‘My Daughter is a Zombie’ Opens at No. 1, Sets New Korean Comedy Box Office Record
Jul 31, 2025
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According to the integrated computer network for movie theater admission tickets on the 31st, 'Zombie Daughter' topped the box office overwhelmingly with 430,000 people on the first day of its release. After the premiere, 'Zombie Daughter', which attracted attention as a No. 1 comedy this summer, received much anticipation as it recorded the highest pre-booking among this year's releases thanks to explosive word of mouth from the media, critics, and audiences.
The opening performance of "Zombie's Daughter" was surprising, surpassing the top box office hit of 2025 'Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning' (423,892), as well as achieving the highest opening score for Korean comedy films ever, beating 'Extreme Job' (368,582). In addition, it has easily surpassed the opening score of last summer's most popular movie 'pilot'(373,859), as well as the 10 million movies 'Pillot'(331,118), and has continued its new record by achieving the highest opening score among non-series Korean movies released in the past five years.
On top of that, the reactions of real-time visitors are also hot. It has a high rating of 91% for CGV's Egg Index, 9.1 for Lotte Cinema, and 9.08 for Naver. Viewers who watched the movie were happy to meet such a nice and harmless movie after laughing 1000% of satisfaction and crying!", "A cool summer movie that captures both pleasure and emotion!", "Large comedy, until the last real emotion!" After 'Exit' and 'pilot', Cho Jung-seok, who once again proved to be a summer box office powerhouse, received generous favorable reviews.
Meanwhile, 'Zombie Daughter' is a comic drama about a father of a daughter who went into top-secret training to protect her daughter, who became the last zombie in the world, and is showing high praise.
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