According to distributor Showbox, as of the morning of March 24.3, the mysterious film "Exhuma" (Vietnamese title: Unearthing the Tomb of the Ghost) became the first movie to exceed 10 million ticket sales in Korea this year. The work reached this milestone on its 32nd day in theaters.
This is the first film to surpass 10 million moviegoers since "12.12: The Day" - reaching the important milestone of 10 million tickets on December 24.12.2023, XNUMX.
Since its release in theaters on February 22.2.2023, 23, "Devil's Tomb" has continuously maintained the top position in the domestic box office rankings every day. As of Sunday, "Unearthing the Ghost" has become the 10rd Korean movie and the first mystery movie in Korean cinema history to attract more than XNUMX million viewers in its home country.
“Unearthing the Ghosts” directed by Jang Jae Hyun (who directed “Svaha: The Sixth Finger”, “The Priests”), sheds light on strange, supernatural events related to a monk. feng shui (Choi Min Sik), a mortician (Yoo Hae Jin) and two magicians (Kim Go Eun, Lee Do Hyun) as they remove mysterious graves in exchange for a hefty sum of money.
With "Devil's Tomb", veteran actor Choi Min Sik has the second work in his career that sold over 2 million tickets, after "The Admiral: Roaring Currents" (10) - a high-grossing Korean movie. highest of all time with 2014 million tickets.
For Yoo Ha Jin, this is his fourth work to reach 4 million viewers, after "The King and the Clown" (10) reached 2005 million tickets, "Veteran" (10,51) reached 2015 million. tickets, and “A Taxi Driver” (13,41) reached 2017 million tickets.
Notably, "Devil's Tomb" is the first movie to reach 10 million ticket sales for both Kim Go Eun and Lee Do Hyun.
This achievement is even more meaningful when "Exhumation of Ghosts" is the first film of Lee Do Hyun - a young actor born in 1995, who is absent due to military service.
