SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean crime-action film “The Roundup: Punishment” is edging closer to achieving the 10 million admission milestone as the movie continues to reign on the local box-office chart, data showed Monday. According to data from the Korean Film Council, the fourth installment of the “The Roundup” crime-action film franchise, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean crime-action film “The Roundup: Punishment” topped the weekend box office chart, with data showing Monday it drew nearly 3 million moviegoers during its opening weekend. According to data from the Korean Film Council, the fourth installment of “The Roundup” crime-action film franchise, starring Ma Dong-seok, attracted 2.91 [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Don Lee’s action flick “The Roundup: Punishment” got off to a great start, attracting over 821,000 moviegoers on its opening day, data showed Thursday. Released Wednesday, the movie dominated the local box-office chart, accounting for over 96 percent of tickets sold that day, according to the data from the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – “The Roundup: Punishment” set a ticket reservation record for Korean films of all time on its opening day, Wednesday, its distributor said, signaling a robust start for the highly anticipated film. The latest installment in “The Roundup” crime-action franchise starring Ma Dong-seok amassed over 830,000 presold tickets at theaters [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The action film “The Roundup: Punishment,” starring Ma Dong-seok, also known as Don Lee globally, has been pre-sold to 164 countries ahead of its release later this month, the film’s distributor said Friday. This sets a presale record for the successful police action series “The Roundup,” with the previous [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean action comedy film “The Roundup: Punishment” or “Beom-Joe-do-si 4″ has been officially invited to the 74th Berlin International Film Festival set to kick off next month, organizers said Monday. The film, the latest sequel in the action series starring Ma Dong-seok, also known by his English name [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean action comedy film “The Roundup: No Way Out,” starring Ma Dong-seok, has become the first film of 2023 to cross the 7 million mark in audience number at the local box office, the film’s distributor said Saturday. The sequel to “The Roundup” (2022) reached the milestone at [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean action comedy film “The Roundup: No Way Out,” starring Ma Dong-seok, topped a cumulative 5 million admissions at the domestic box office on the sixth day of its release Monday, its distributor said. The sequel to “The Roundup” (2022) reached the milestone at 4:40 p.m., according to [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean action comedy “The Roundup” topped 10 million admissions in local theaters on Saturday. The sequel to the 2017 hit movie “The Outlaws” had set the record by 1:50 p.m., according to its local distributor, ABO Entertainment Co., based on a real-time box-office tally from the Korean Film [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The action comedy “The Roundup” has become the most-watched Korean film in the pandemic era, box-office data showed Thursday. The sequel to the 2017 hit comedy “The Outlaws” garnered 342,000 people Wednesday, bringing its combined total to 4.51 million, according to the Korean Film Council. It surpassed the attendance [...]