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The Wailing

Korean Cinema20162h 36mKoreanTop 37% of Korean Cinema budgets
75Standing

24th of 194 in Korean Cinema

Reported gross
86
Return on budget
67
Audience rating
73
Momentum
66
  • Out-grossed 86% of Korean Cinema releases with reported figures ($50M).
  • Returned 4.6× its budget, against an industry median of 2.4×.
  • Momentum in the 66th percentile.
  • Audience rating 7.4 from 2,185 votes, the 73rd percentile.
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Cost
$11M
Took
$50M
Blockbuster4.6× its cost

Against a Korean Cinema median of 2.4×, so this one returned 1.9 times what a typical release there does.

The money says blockbuster. What do you say?

The picture

A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.

Released
12 May 2016
Runtime
2h 36m
Language
Korean
Industry
Korean Cinema
Top billedAll 21 credits
Made by
Director
Na Hong-jin
Original Music Composer
Dalpalan, Jang Young-gyu
Director of Photography
Hong Kyung-pyo
Producer
Lim Min-sub
Filed under
HorrorMystery

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