[HanCinema's News] "12.12: The Day" Becomes Top-performing Film of the Year at the South Korean Box Office
By William Schwartz | Published on
After thirty-four days of availability at the South Korean box office, "12.12: The Day" has outdone "The Roundup: No Way Out" to become the most popular film of 2023. The news comes as "12.12: The Day" had only even broke ten ten million viewer mark on its thirty-third day of availability. Continued strong box office receipts of the late seventies military thriller came even as it faced tough competition from the sixteenth century naval war film "Noryang: Deadly Sea" in its opening weekend.
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As of this writing, "12.12: The Day" has 10,735,036 admissions compared to 10,682,813 admissions for "The Roundup: No Way Out" as "12.12: The Day" now appears well-positioned to go as high as even eleven million admissions. "12.12: The Day" is the first film in the South Korean market since "Parasite" from 2019 to hit these numbers without being a franchise film. "12.12: The Day" fictionalizes the Coup d'état of December Twelfth and stars Hwang Jung-min and Jung Woo-sung in leading roles.
Written by William Schwartz
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William Schwartz
Staff writer. Has been writing articles for HanCinema since 2012, having lived in South Korea from 2011 to 2021. He is currently located in the Southern Illinois. William Schwartz can be contacted via william@hancinema.net, and is open to requests for content in future articles.