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The Man from Nowhere

Korean Cinema20101h 59mKoreanTop 91% of Korean Cinema budgets
75Standing

26th of 194 in Korean Cinema

Reported gross
82
Return on budget
96
Audience rating
88
Momentum
34
  • Out-grossed 82% of Korean Cinema releases with reported figures ($43M).
  • Returned 20× its budget, against an industry median of 2.4×.
  • Momentum in the 34th percentile.
  • Audience rating 7.7 from 1,575 votes, the 88th percentile.
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Cost
$1M
Took
$43M
Blockbuster34.3× its cost

Against a Korean Cinema median of 2.4×, so this one returned 14.3 times what a typical release there does.

The money says blockbuster. What do you say?

The picture

A reclusive pawnshop owner goes on a brutal rampage to rescue a young girl kidnapped by a criminal organization.

Released
4 August 2010
Runtime
1h 59m
Language
Korean
Industry
Korean Cinema
Top billedAll 21 credits
Made by
Original Music Composer
Shim Hyun-jung
Director of Photography
Lee Tae-yoon
Filed under
ActionThrillerCrime

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