Director Jang Hang-jun's film "The King's Warden" has surpassed 16 million moviegoers. This narrows the gap with the No. 2 all-time box office hit, Extreme Job, to 260,000.
Distributor SHOWBOX said on social media (SNS) on the 5th that "The King's Warden" had surpassed 16 million cumulative admissions as of this morning.
Only three domestic releases have drawn more than 16 million viewers: "The Admiral: Roaring Currents" (2014, 17.61 million), "Extreme Job" (2019, 16.26 million), and "The King's Warden."
"The King's Warden" opened on Feb. 4. On the 31st day of release, on the 6th, it surpassed 10 million admissions, and on the 50th day, on Mar. 25, it topped 15 million. However, weekday attendance recently fell to around 30,000–50,000, and since the 3rd it has ceded the No. 1 spot at the box office to the sci-fi blockbuster "Project Hail Mary."
Meanwhile, "The King's Warden" portrays the deposed Danjong, Lee Hong-wi (played by Park Ji-hoon), spending the final chapter of life in exile in Yeongwol, Gangwon Province.