Miracle 4 million Zombie Daughter..Even the refreshing and sour soda pop challenge is a mega hit.

By Jeeyoung, Jo

Aug 17, 2025

Miracle 4 million Zombie Daughter..Even the refreshing and sour soda pop challenge is a mega hit.



Actor Cho Jung-seok broke his own record once again. The human comedy film 'Zombie Daughter' (directed by Pil-Seong-Sung, produced by Studio N) attracted 4 million viewers in 17 days, making it the best box office hit of the year.

According to the Film Council's integrated computer network of movie theater admission tickets on the 17th, 'Zombie Daughter' mobilized 261,373 people on the 16th to maintain the top spot in the overall box office. The cumulative audience of 'Zombie Daughter' is 4,311,175. On the same day, 'F1 The Movie' (director Joseph Kosinski) came in second with 130,438 (accumulated 4,102,882) and 'The Devil's Moving' (director Lee Sang-geun) came in third with 57,834 (accumulated 224,135).

Since its release on the 30th of last month, it has surpassed 1 million in four days, surpassed 2 million in six days, surpassed 2.2 million in seven days, surpassed 3 million in 11 days, and surpassed 4 million in 17 days, winning the first, shortest, and top three box office hits this year.




The 4 million box office speed of this 'Zombie Daughter' is the same as that of the 2023 summer box office hit 'Pilot' (director Ryu Seung-wan) (17th) and faster than that of the 2024 summer box office hit 'Pilot' (director Kim Hangyul) (22nd). In particular, Cho Jung-seok drew attention by breaking the box office speed of 'pilot', which was the highest hit in terms of one-top lead movie by mobilizing 4.71 million people. This is why expectations are high that Cho Jung-seok will surpass Cho Jung-seok's best record.

In addition, "Zombie Daughter" is firmly at the top of the box office, winning the title of this year's top box office over prominent foreign films such as "F1 the Movie" and "Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning" (25, directed by Christopher Macquarie).

Miracle 4 million Zombie Daughter..Even the refreshing and sour soda pop challenge is a mega hit.
Earlier, Cho Jung-seok and Yoon Kyung-ho, the main characters of 'Zombie Daughter', announced the 'Soda Pop' challenge of the Netflix animation 'K-Pop Demon Hunters' (directed by Catfish Kang and Chris Appalhands) with a pledge of over 3 million when they appeared on the YouTube channel 'Channel Fifoya', and came to 'Channel Fifoya' to destroy the confusion on the 15th. A video titled 'Zombie Daughters - Soda Pop Challenge' was released, drawing a lot of attention.




Cho Jung-seok, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Yuri, Lee Jung-eun, and Yoon Kyung-ho of 'Zombie Daughter' performed choreography to the song 'Soda Pop' as well as perfectly reproducing the lion boy outfit in 'K-pop Demon Hunters'. In particular, Cho Jung-seok, who plays Jin-woo, the leader and center of the Lion Boys, captivated fans with his perfect dance line as much as an idol, while Yoon Kyung-ho, who plays Abby, the main dancer, is encouraging the Nth viewing of the `Zombie Daughter' by drawing laughter with the visuals that tore apart the synchro ratio in the animation.

The perfect acting ensemble of actors, harmless laughter and tears, stimulating the sympathy of the entire generation of audiences and exploding word-of-mouth 'Zombie Daughter' is now cruising to the 5 million mark. Attention is focusing on how far the success of `Zombie Daughter' will continue.

A film adaptation of Lee Yun-chang's popular webtoon of the same name, 「Zombie Daughter」 is a story about a father who started top-secret training to protect his daughter, who became the last zombie in the world. Cho Jung-seok, Lee Jung-eun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Yoon Kyung-ho, and Choi Yu-ri appeared, and director Pil-sung of 'Humanity' took the megaphone.








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