12 ships against a fleet of 330.
The Admiral: Roaring Currents
78Standing
16th of 194 in Korean Cinema
- Out-grossed 99% of Korean Cinema releases with reported figures ($138M).
- Returned 14.6× its budget, against an industry median of 2.4×.
- Momentum in the 80th percentile.
- Audience rating 7 from 345 votes, the 29th percentile.
- Cost
- $10M
- Took
- $138M
Blockbuster14.6× its cost
Against a Korean Cinema median of 2.4×, so this one returned 6.1 times what a typical release there does.
The money says blockbuster. What do you say?
The picture
Admiral Yi Sun-sin faces a tough challenge when he is forced to defend his nation with just 13 battleships against 300 Japanese enemy ships in the Battle of Myeongryang.
- Released
- 30 July 2014
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- Language
- Korean
- Industry
- Korean Cinema
Top billedAll 23 credits
- Choi Min-sikAdmiral Yi Sun-Shin
- Ryu Seung-ryongKurushima Michifusa
- Cho Jin-woongWakizaka Yasuharu
- Jin GooIm Jun-yeong
- Lee Jung-hyunMrs. Jeong
- Kim Myung-gonTodo Takatora
Made by
- Director
- Kim Han-min
- Writer
- Kim Han-min, Jeon Cheol-hong
- Original Music Composer
- Kim Tae-seong
- Director of Photography
- Kim Tae-sung
- Producer
- Kim Min-gi, Jeong Byeong-wuk, Kim Ju-kyung
Filed under
ActionDramaWarHistory