[HanCinema's News] "The Roundup" Breaks Eight Million Viewer Mark

According to the Korean Film Council, at approximately nine in the morning on June 4th Korean time the cop action movie "The Roundup" sold its eight millionth ticket at the box office. This indicates another strong weekend for the Ma Dong-seok led film faces little competition due to local disinterest in the new Jurassic World movie. "The Roundup" now seems increasingly certain to break the ten million viewer mark and be the first South Korean film to do so since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Compared to prior ten million viewer films, "The Roundup" is now on pace with the numbers posted by "Veteran" and outperforming those of "Parasite" with that award-winning Bong Joon-ho film being the last South Korean movie to hit the ten million viewer benchmark. "The Roundup" will face the similarly critically praised "Broker" next week. "The Roundup" was released on May 18th and hit eight million viewers in its eighteenth day of availability.

Written by William Schwartz

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"The Roundup" is directed by Lee Sang-yong, and features Ma Dong-seok, Son Sukku, Choi Gwi-hwa, Park Ji-hwan, Heo Dong-won, Ha Jun. Release date in Korea: 2022/05/18.