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The only thing he must not have crossed.

The Yellow Sea

Korean Cinema20102h 36mKoreanTop 56% of Korean Cinema budgets
47Standing

113th of 194 in Korean Cinema

Reported gross
54
Return on budget
37
Audience rating
71
Momentum
20
  • Out-grossed 54% of Korean Cinema releases with reported figures ($16M).
  • Returned 1.9× its budget, against an industry median of 2.4×.
  • Momentum in the 20th percentile.
  • Audience rating 7.4 from 624 votes, the 71st percentile.
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Cost
$8M
Took
$16M
Hit1.9× its cost

Against a Korean Cinema median of 2.4×, so this one returned 0.8 times what a typical release there does.

The money says hit. What do you say?

The picture

A Korean man in China takes an assassination job in South Korea to make money and find his missing wife. But when the job is botched, he is forced to go on the run from the police and the gangsters who paid him.

Released
22 December 2010
Runtime
2h 36m
Language
Korean
Industry
Korean Cinema
Top billedAll 23 credits
Made by
Director
Na Hong-jin
Original Music Composer
Lee Byung-hoon, Jang Young-gyu, Dalpalan
Director of Photography
Lee Seong-je
Filed under
DramaThrillerCrime

Every Korean Cinema film of 2010: hits and flops