Jo Jung-suk's 'Zombie Daughter' Nears 2 Million.. 'King of Kings' Surpasses 1 Million

[Financial News] A comic drama about a doting father who enters secret training to protect his daughter who has become a zombie has successfully evoked laughter and tears from the audience. The movie 'Zombie Daughter' is set to surpass 2 million viewers in its opening week.
According to the integrated computer network for movie tickets on the 4th, this movie achieved the highest opening performance of the year upon its release on July 30. It surpassed 1 million viewers in just four days after its release. This is the fastest pace this year, even quicker than 'Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning' starring Tom Cruise. It is also a record for the shortest time to reach 1 million viewers this year, along with director Bong Joon-ho's 'Mickey17'. It matches the record of the highest-grossing summer films of 2023, 'Smuggling', and 2024, 'Pilot'.
'Zombie Daughter' achieved a cumulative audience of 1,146,221 by 7 a.m. last Saturday (2nd) and gathered over 800,000 more over the weekend, recording a cumulative audience of 1,866,255 by 8 a.m. on the 4th.
The second place was taken by the foreign film 'F1: The Movie'. Among the foreign films released at the same time, 'F1: The Movie', which has good word of mouth, has surpassed 3 million viewers. The Korean animation 'King of Kings', which was a hit in North America, also surpassed 1 million viewers. It is the only animation released this year to surpass 1 million viewers. The Korean film 'Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint', which adapted a web novel of the same name to the screen, is set to surpass 1 million.




jashin@fnnews.com Shin Jin-ah Reporter