[HanCinema's News] "Exit - Movie" Hits a Million Viewers in Just Three Days
By William Schwartz | Published on
By morning of Friday August 2nd "Exit - Movie" had already racked up an exceptionally impressive one million admissions. The movie is currently on track to have a monstrously successful opening weekend even in the face of stiff competition. CJ Entertainment has released a silly picture of lead actors Cho Jung-seok and Yoona to commemorate the event.
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Historically this performance puts "Exit - Movie" in the same general area as "Extreme Job", "Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds", "Veteran", "The Thieves", and "The Assassination" when it comes to admissions speeds. "Exit - Movie" is also doing significantly better than "Ode to My Father" and "Miracle in Cell No.7" by this metric.
"Exit - Movie" has been helped along by exceptionally strong positive buzz. The chemistry between Cho Jung-seok and Yoona in particular has been strongly praised, and the movie is enjoying high user ratings on various movie websites. The success is also surprising given that "Exit - Movie" is a disaster film - a reasonably popular genre in South Korea, but not one that is known for breaking major records.
Written by William Schwartz
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"Exit - Movie" is directed by Lee Sang-geun, and features Cho Jung-seok, Yoona, Go Doo-shim, Park In-hwan, Kim Ji-young, Kang Ki-young. Release date in Korea: 2019/07/31.
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.