Overview
- The period drama held the No. 1 spot for a second weekend with $6.4 million from 956,747 admissions, according to KOBIS.
- Cumulative admissions reached about 3.52 million by Wednesday, after the film passed 3 million and its break-even point in 13 days.
- On Feb. 16 the film drew 537,190 moviegoers in a single day, the strongest Lunar New Year day since the pandemic began.
- Korean theaters logged 3.23 million admissions over the Feb. 14–17 holiday stretch, and the weekend market gross rose to $11.9 million from $8.6 million a week earlier.
- Ryoo Seung-wan’s Humint opened in second place with $3.4 million over the weekend and $4.8 million total, and officials confirmed President Lee Jae Myung watched The King’s Warden at a CGV in Yongsan.