Lee Byung-hun wins the first week of the competition → 700,000 won..Infants are on the verge of surpassing 1 million

Mar 31, 2025

 Lee Byung-hun wins the first week of the competition → 700,000 won..Infants are on the verge of surpassing 1 million



The human drama film 『Buddhist" (directed by Kim Hyung-joo, produced by Moonlight) topped the weekend box office, surpassing 700,000 cumulative viewers.

'Victory' topped the box office overwhelmingly with 708,838 cumulative viewers in the opening week. Above all, 'Victory' not only easily surpassed the cumulative audience of 604,875 in the opening week of the top Korean movie in 2025 'Hitman2', but also set a box office record of 744,135 in the opening week of 'Firefighters'. It is expected that the box office momentum will continue as it is certain to surpass 1 million viewers this week, which marks the second week of its release.

'Victory' also shows high ratings on the websites of the three theaters. It has maintained amazing scores up to 97 percent of CGV Golden Egg Index, 9.4 points for Lotte Cinema, and 9.1 points for Megabox, ranking first among Korean movies currently being screened.




'Victory' is a story about Korea's best Go legend, Cho Hoon-hyun, who once again challenges the top with his natural temperament as a adventurer after losing a match against his student. Lee Byung-hun, Yoo Ah-in, Ko Chang-seok, Hyun Bong-sik, Moon Jung-hee, and Kim Kang-hoon appeared, and director Kim Hyung-joo of 'Security' took the megaphone.



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