{"id":355097,"date":"2026-03-30T11:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/355097\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T11:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:40:08","slug":"the-kings-warden-surpasses-15-million-admissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/355097\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The King’s Warden’ Surpasses 15 Million Admissions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tHistorical drama \u201cThe King\u2019s Warden\u201d continued its record-breaking trajectory during the weekend of March 27\u201329, crossing the 15 million admissions milestone at the South Korean box office.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlready the highest-grossing film of all time in South Korea, the feature added $3.3 million over the weekend to bring its cumulative gross to an unprecedented $99.4 million \u2013 just shy of the historic $100 million mark.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film, directed by Jang Hang-jun and starring Yoo Hae-jin and Park Ji-hoon, drew 511,901 admissions over the three-day period, bringing its total attendance to 15,615,948. While it has already claimed the crown for absolute revenue (surpassing the $93.7 million held by \u201cExtreme Job\u201d), it is now rapidly closing in on the all-time attendance records. The film currently ranks third in total admissions, now less than 650,000 tickets away from overtaking \u201cExtreme Job\u201d (16.26 million) for the No. 2 spot on the all-time list.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn second place, Hollywood science-fiction epic \u201cProject Hail Mary<\/a>\u201d maintained a strong presence, earning $2.9 million from 391,882 admissions. The film has reached a cumulative gross of $8.6 million with total admissions of 1,150,694 since its Mar. 18 debut. The adaptation secured a 37.57% revenue share, continuing to perform well as the primary alternative to the local leader.<\/p>\n

\n\tJapanese animated feature \u201cDetective Conan<\/a> the Movie: The Last Wizard of the Century\u201d debuted in third place, earning $330,899 over the weekend. The plot centers on the heist of a newly discovered Imperial Easter Egg \u2013 a priceless Romanov artifact \u2013 targeted by the Phantom Thief Kid. As Conan investigates, he uncovers a deeper mystery involving the Russian revolution and a deadly assassin known as Scorpion. The film has grossed $360,912 since its Mar. 27 launch.<\/p>\n

\n\tPixar\u2019s \u201cHoppers<\/a>\u201d took fourth place, adding $289,973 to reach a cumulative total of $4.6 million. It was followed by a resurgence for \u201cDemon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle Arc,\u201d which earned $187,608 from 25 screens. The film\u2019s total South Korean gross now stands at $40.8 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tJapanese anime \u201cAttack on Titan The Movie : The Last Attack\u201d took sixth place, earning $131,936 for a total of $7 million. French animated adventure \u201cPets on a Train\u201d (Volez-vous !) debuted in seventh place, earning $57,094. It was followed by the action-thriller \u201cProtector\u201d in eighth place, which grossed $54,214 over the weekend and since its Mar. 25 debut, it has earned $104,344.<\/p>\n

\n\tPeter Chan Ho-sun\u2019s 1997 Hong Kong classic \u201cComrades: Almost A Love Story\u201d re-entered the charts in ninth place following a re-release, earning $51,022 and has a total of $103,081. Rounding out the top 10 was the family musical \u201cThe Bath Fairy,\u201d which earned $40,749 over the weekend for a total of $51,186. Based on the bestseller by Baek Hee-na, the film captures a live stage performance of the story about a young girl who meets a magical elderly fairy in an old neighborhood bathhouse.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe overall market collective gross for the weekend was $7.9 million, a steep drop from last week\u2019s $15.5 million. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Historical drama \u201cThe King\u2019s Warden\u201d continued its record-breaking trajectory during the weekend of March 27\u201329, crossing the 15…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[187795,156,97653,409,111,139,69,95894,187796],"class_list":{"0":"post-355097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-detective-conan","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-hoppers","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz","15":"tag-project-hail-mary","16":"tag-the-kings-warden"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}