Yoo Hae-jin's 5th, Park Ji-hoon → Yoo Ji-tae's first 10 million..The record that "The Prince" will leave [Star Issue]

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"I hope that our movies will become the wheat of another leap forward in the stagnant Korean film industry."

The movie "The Man Who Lives with the King" is revitalizing the stagnant theater district, with 10 million viewers ahead of it. It is expected to be a symbolic box office record for the Korean film industry, which has been sluggish since the "Pillow" and "Criminal City 4" in 2024.

"The Man Who Lives with the King" is a movie about Cheongryeongpo in 1457, a chief who claimed to be exiled for the revival of the village, and a young predecessor who was expelled from the throne and exiled. For the first time in a Korean movie, Danjong is put at the center of the screen. The movie begins when he, who has never lived his way since he was born, left the palace in 1457 and went into exile in Cheongnyeongpo, a mountain village in Yeongwol.

Director Jang Hang-joon attempted a new approach, breaking away from the fact that most mass media have focused on the process of usurping the throne by recreating before and after the Gyeyujeongnan. He wanted to pay attention to the end of King Danjong's Lee Hong-wi, who was deprived of the throne, but to look into his other side, which was only painted fragmentarily under the name of 'King of Unlucky'. His joy, sorrow and pleasure on the screen attracted the audience to the middle of the story, and even after the ending credits went up, he left an emotional afterimage for a while.

Thanks to such favorable reviews, word of mouth, and Nth viewing, "The Man Who Lives with the King" surpassed 9 million viewers on the 2nd, the 27th day of its release. This is faster than the historical films "The King's Man" (50th) and "The Gwanghae, The Man Who Became the King" (31st), which have surpassed 10 million viewers, and is expected to rank 10 million within this week.

If "The Man Who Lives with the King" exceeds 10 million viewers, it will become the first 10 million movie in 2026 and the first 10 million movie in about two years since "The Outlaws 4" (2024). It is the 34th record of all time and the 25th record for a Korean movie. It is the fourth historical drama film after "The King's Man" (2005), "The Gwanghae, the Man Who Became the King" (2012), and "The Roaring Currents (2014).

Director Jang Hang-joon will be named as the 10 million movie director, while Yoo Hae-jin will become the fifth 10 million movie protagonist after "The King's Man" (2005), "Veteran" (2015), "Taxi Driver" (2017) and "Flamingo" (2024). Park Ji-hoon won the title of "10 million actors" for his first commercial film, and actors Yoo Ji-tae and Jeon Mi-do also enjoyed the honor of the first 10 million film in filmography.

It's only a matter of time before the 10 million viewers hit the mark. "The Man Who Lives with the King" has left a special meaning not only for the Korean film industry but also for actors. Beyond simple box office records, attention is being paid to whether it can be a turning point to signal the recovery of the frozen theater.

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