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Raised to be a killer.

Hwayi: A Monster Boy

Korean Cinema20132h 5mKoreanTop 21% of Korean Cinema budgets
48Standing

107th of 194 in Korean Cinema

Reported gross
55
Return on budget
28
Audience rating
70
Momentum
30
  • Out-grossed 55% of Korean Cinema releases with reported figures ($16M).
  • Returned 1× its budget, against an industry median of 2.4×.
  • Momentum in the 30th percentile.
  • Audience rating 7.4 from 263 votes, the 70th percentile.
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Cost
$16M
Took
$16M
Average1.0× its cost

Against a Korean Cinema median of 2.4×, so this one returned 0.4 times what a typical release there does.

The money says average. What do you say?

The picture

After being kidnapped as a small child and raised by the five men who abducted him, a teenage boy is now forced to join their life in crime.

Released
9 October 2013
Runtime
2h 5m
Language
Korean
Industry
Korean Cinema
Made by
Original Music Composer
Mowg
Director of Photography
Kim Ji-yong, Lee Mo-gae
Producer
Lee Dong-ha
Filed under
ActionThrillerCrime

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