Korean thriller film starring Jo Woo Jin, Lee Jae In and Ji Chang Wook called Hard Hit continues to bag amazing feats at the Korean box office, proving its immense popularity among moviegoers!
Jo Woo Jin, Lee Jae In and Ji Chang Wook’s new movie Hard Hit maintains its No. 1 position at the box office for ten days since its release, signifying its complete success.
On July 3, the Korean Film Promotion Commission formally announced that the hit film gathered 49,986 audiences on July 2, exactly nine days after its release, leading to a cumulative count of 546,888.
Upon its launch on June 23, Hard Hit was able to sustain its momentum on the top of the Korean box office for ten consecutive days. Notably, the film with literal translation Restricted Call, also garnered the largest number of movie-goers among all the Korean films released so far for 2021.
As of July 2, it is also the current highest-grossing Korean movie for 2021, showing how great the anticipation and the excitement of spectators are for its premiere on the big screen. Thus, expectations are now rising regarding its future performance on the following weekends to come.
AN EXTRAORDINARY PLOT
Hard Hit is the brainchild of brilliant director Kim Chang Ju and was based on a Spanish thriller film by Alberto Marini titled Retribution. It specifically tells the story of Seong Gyu (played by Jo Woo Jin), who was the head of a large bank center in Busan. He will then encounter a crisis, while on the way to school, where her daughter, Hye In (Lee Jae In) will take her admission test.
While in the car, Hye In receives a phone call from an unknown caller, whose number is tagged as “restricted,” saying that there is a bomb under her seat and once they stop and get out of the car, it will immediately explode.
Hard Hit is still showing on theaters all over South Korea. Currently, Jo Woo Jin is working on his upcoming drama on Netflix called Suriname, while Ji Chang Wook will play Lee Eul, one of the lead roles in The Sound of Magic. Lee Jae In is starring in the ongoing SBS drama Racket Boys.
Source: News1
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