[HanCinema's News] "The Roundup" Leads in Online Reservations Three Days Ahead of Its Release
By William Schwartz | Published on
According to figures released by the Korean Film Council, the upcoming action film "The Roundup" featuring Ma Dong-seok is the presumptive victor of the upcoming South Korean box office weekend. As of this writing the KOBIS chart lists the sequel to the surprise hit "The Outlaws" from 2017 as holding over sixty percent of all ticket reservations. This is a very strong number for a film not yet available to watch, and signals a big victory for domestic South Korean film in a year dominated by foreign films.
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Expectations for "The Roundup" have been so high that shooting for "The Outlaws 3" is already set to begin at the end of the next month. With the early reservations in hand, "The Roundup" will clear the one million viewer mark easily. However, the movie has a difficult battle ahead with the previous box office champion, the new Doctor Strange movie, likely to clear the five million viewer mark next week even in the face of diminishing returns.
Written by William Schwartz
William Schwartz
Staff writer. Has been writing articles for HanCinema since 2012, having lived in South Korea since 2011. Started out in Gyeongju, then to Daegu, then to Ansan, then to Yeongju, then to Seoul, lived on the road for HanCinema's travel diaries series in the summer of 2016, and is currently settled in Anyang. Has good tips for utilizing South Korea's public bus system. William Schwartz can be contacted via william@hancinema.net. He also has a substack at williamschwartz.substack.com where he discusses the South Korean film industry in broader terms and takes suggestions for future movies to review.
