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The King’s Warden’ Crosses 3.5 Million Admissions, Leads Korea’s Lunar New Year Box Office

Holiday turnout improved year over year, remaining far from pre-pandemic peaks.

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.