Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy
108th of 194 in Korean Cinema
- Out-grossed 38% of Korean Cinema releases with reported figures ($9M).
- Returned 0.5× its budget, against an industry median of 2.4×.
- Momentum in the 77th percentile.
- Audience rating 7.4 from 128 votes, the 65th percentile.
- Cost
- $20M
- Took
- $9M
Against a Korean Cinema median of 2.4×, so this one returned 0.2 times what a typical release there does.
The money says flop. What do you say?
Kim Dok-ja is an ordinary office worker whose only hobby is reading an obscure web novel titled 'Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse'. After 10 years and over 3,000 chapters, the story finally ends, and the novel's world suddenly becomes reality. Seoul is plunged into a post-apocalyptic nightmare where humans must participate in deadly scenarios for the entertainment of celestial beings. As the only person who has read the story to its conclusion, Dok-ja uses his knowledge to change the destiny of his world, eventually meeting the novel's original protagonist, Yoo Joong-hyuk, in a struggle to reach a new ending.
- Released
- 23 July 2025
- Runtime
- 2h
- Language
- Korean
- Industry
- Korean Cinema
- Ahn Hyo-seopKim Dok-ja
- Lee Min-hoYu Jung-hyeok
- Chae Soo-binYu Sang-ah
- Shin Seung-hoLee Hyeon-seong
- NanaJeong Hee-won
- Kwon Eun-seongLee Gil-yeong
- Director
- Kim Byung-woo
- Writer
- Kim Byung-woo, Lee Jung-min
- Original Music Composer
- Mowg
- Director of Photography
- Jeon Hye-jin
- Producer
- Yang Yun-sik, Kim Jin-ah, Kim Ji-hong, Kim Eun-hye