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An endless vengeance begins.

The Villainess

Korean Cinema20172h 9mKoreanTop 96% of Korean Cinema budgets
43Standing

120th of 194 in Korean Cinema

Reported gross
36
Return on budget
96
Audience rating
23
Momentum
34
  • Out-grossed 36% of Korean Cinema releases with reported figures ($9M).
  • Returned 20× its budget, against an industry median of 2.4×.
  • Momentum in the 34th percentile.
  • Audience rating 6.9 from 803 votes, the 23rd percentile.
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Cost
$125K
Took
$9M
Blockbuster69.9× its cost

Against a Korean Cinema median of 2.4×, so this one returned 29.1 times what a typical release there does.

The money says blockbuster. What do you say?

The picture

Honed from childhood into a merciless killing machine by a criminal organization, assassin Sook-hee is recruited with the promise of freedom after ten years of service. However, secrets from her past destroy everything she’s worked for and now she embarks on a roaring rampage of revenge.

Released
8 June 2017
Runtime
2h 9m
Language
Korean
Industry
Korean Cinema
Top billedAll 23 credits
Made by
Screenplay
Jung Byeong-sik
Original Music Composer
Koo Ja-wan
Director of Photography
Park Jung-hun
Filed under
ActionThriller

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