[HanCinema's News] "Broker" Tops Early Film Reservations
By William Schwartz | Published on
According to figures released by the Korean Film Council, "Broker" is officially leading early films reservations, suggesting that the acclaimed Cannes Film Festival selection will have a strong first weekend. "Broker" first hit the number one spot on June 6th. As of this writing, the baby box themed sentimental drama holds 37.2% of all reservations compared to 22.5% for "The Roundup" in second place.
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While these are good early numbers for "Broker" they are unlikely to prevent "The Roundup" from hitting the ten million viewer mark in its fourth weekend. Whether the more aesthetically sophisticated "Broker" will have as much long-term interest as the action genre cop flick remains to be seen. However, there is ample precedent for Cannes Film Festival acclaimed movies to do well at the South Korean box office, as was seen with "Parasite" in 2019.
Written by William Schwartz
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"Broker" is directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, and features Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, Bae Doona, Lee Ji-eun, Lee Joo-young, Bek Hyunjin. Release date in Korea: 2022/06/08.
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 Portland metropolitan area. William Schwartz can be contacted via william@hancinema.net, and is open to requests for content in future articles.