Those who conquer the sea will have it all!
The Pirates
68Standing
36th of 194 in Korean Cinema
- Out-grossed 90% of Korean Cinema releases with reported figures ($64M).
- Returned 5× its budget, against an industry median of 2.4×.
- Momentum in the 63rd percentile.
- Audience rating 7 from 243 votes, the 34th percentile.
- Cost
- $13M
- Took
- $64M
Blockbuster5.0× its cost
Against a Korean Cinema median of 2.4×, so this one returned 2.1 times what a typical release there does.
The money says blockbuster. What do you say?
The picture
At the cusp of the founding of Joseon Dynasty, an envoy from China is delivering Emperor’s Ming’s Royal Seal. But nature in the form of a giant whale intervenes and swallows the royal seal. When a generous reward is offered to whomever can retrieve the royal seal from the belly of the whale, the race is on. A group of mountain bandits led by Jang Sa Jung and a group of pirates led by Yeo Wol go after the lost treasure, but who will get to to it first?
- Released
- 6 August 2014
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Language
- Korean
- Industry
- Korean Cinema
Top billedAll 24 credits
- Son Ye-jinYeo-wol
- Kim Nam-gilJang Sa-jung
- Oh Dal-suHan Sang-jil
- Park Cheol-minMonk
- Yoo Hai-jinCheol-bong
- Lee Kyung-youngSo-ma
Made by
- Director
- Lee Suk-hoon
- Writer
- Chun Sung-il, Lee Suk-hoon, Choi Lee-young
- Original Music Composer
- Hwang Sang-jun
- Director of Photography
- Kim Young-ho
- Producer
- Chun Sung-il, Kim Dae-seung, Park A-hyoung
Filed under
ActionAdventureComedyFantasy