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Life-or-death survival begins.

Train to Busan

Korean Cinema20161h 58mKoreanTop 55% of Korean Cinema budgets
88Standing

6th of 194 in Korean Cinema

Reported gross
94
Return on budget
86
Audience rating
89
Momentum
79
  • Out-grossed 94% of Korean Cinema releases with reported figures ($88M).
  • Returned 10.3× its budget, against an industry median of 2.4×.
  • Momentum in the 79th percentile.
  • Audience rating 7.7 from 8,793 votes, the 89th percentile.
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Cost
$9M
Took
$88M
Blockbuster10.3× its cost

Against a Korean Cinema median of 2.4×, so this one returned 4.3 times what a typical release there does.

The money says blockbuster. What do you say?

The picture

When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.

Released
20 July 2016
Runtime
1h 58m
Language
Korean
Industry
Korean Cinema
Top billedAll 20 credits
Made by
Director
Yeon Sang-ho
Original Music Composer
Jang Young-gyu
Director of Photography
Lee Hyung-deok
Producer
Kim Yeon-ho
Filed under
ActionHorrorThriller

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