{"id":557719,"date":"2026-03-24T15:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/557719\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T15:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:20:08","slug":"the-kings-warden-becomes-highest-grossing-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/557719\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The King’s Warden’ Becomes Highest-Grossing Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tHistorical drama \u201cThe King\u2019s Warden\u201d made cinematic history during the weekend of Mar. 20\u201322, becoming the highest-grossing film of all time in South Korea. <\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the film\u2019s cumulative revenue reached $95.3 million, surpassing the previous financial records held by the 2019 comedy \u201cExtreme Job\u201d ($93.7 million) and the 2014 war epic \u201cThe Admiral: Roaring Currents\u201d ($91.1 million).<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe King\u2019s Warden\u201d earned $5.3 million from 803,668 admissions over its seventh weekend, maintaining a dominant 52.2% share of the market. Directed by Jang Hang-jun and starring Yoo Hae-jin and Park Ji-hoon, the film has now reached 14,757,103 cumulative admissions. While it currently ranks first in total revenue \u2013 boosted by higher average ticket prices \u2013 it remains third in terms of all-time admissions, trailing \u201cThe Admiral: Roaring Currents\u201d (17.61 million) and \u201cExtreme Job\u201d (16.26 million).<\/p>\n

\n\tHollywood science-fiction epic \u201cProject Hail Mary<\/a>\u201d debuted in second place, earning $3.3 million over the weekend. Since its Mar. 18 opening, the adaptation has drawn 561,363 admissions and grossed a total of $4.3 million, securing a 32.49% revenue share.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHoppers<\/a>\u201d took third place with $573,821 for the weekend. The animated feature has amassed $4.2 million and 646,431 admissions since its launch.<\/p>\n

\n\tJapanese anime \u201cAttack on Titan The Movie : The Last Attack\u201d took fourth place, earning $224,747 over the weekend to bring its cumulative South Korean total to $6.8 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe local comedy \u201cMethod Acting\u201d debuted in fifth place, taking in $163,018 over the weekend. Directed by Lee Ki-hyuk and starring Lee Dong-hwi as an actor struggling with his identity while playing a king, the film has reached a cumulative gross of $276,294 from 43,722 admissions.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn sixth place, the horror-mystery \u201cSamakdo\u201d earned $74,434. Directed by Chae Ki-jun and starring Jo Yoon-seo and Kwak Si-yang, the film follows an investigative reporting team uncovering absolute evil from the Japanese colonial era. It has grossed $510,203 since its Mar. 11 debut.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Japanese mystery-thriller \u201cBakudan\u201d opened in seventh place, grossing $54,645. Directed by Nagai Akira and starring Sato Jiro and Yamada Yuki, the film depicts a high-stakes interrogation involving a man who claims to have visions of bomb explosions.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 1995 classic \u201cThe Shawshank Redemption\u201d re-entered the charts in eighth place following a specialty re-release, earning $41,383. It was followed by the Japanese drama \u201cThe Keeper of the Camphor Tree\u201d in ninth with $31,853. Rounding out the top ten was the musical drama \u201cChoir of God,\u201d which added $21,480 to bring its cumulative total to $9.1 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe overall market collective gross for the weekend was $15.5 million, up from last week\u2019s $10.8 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Historical drama \u201cThe King\u2019s Warden\u201d made cinematic history during the weekend of Mar. 20\u201322, becoming the highest-grossing film…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,133354,337,21344,215940],"class_list":["post-557719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-hoppers","tag-movies","tag-project-hail-mary","tag-the-kings-warden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}