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• "The Man Who Lives With The King" hit 10 million hearts

The movie "The Man Who Lives with the King" (director Jang Hang-joon) has surpassed 10 million viewers.

"The Man Who Lives with the King" exceeded 10 million cumulative viewers at 6:33 p.m. on the 6th. "The Man Who Lives with the King" achieved the 10 million mark in about two years after the movie "The Outlaws 4."

The movie "The Man Who Lives with the King" tells the story of Eom Heung-do (Yoo Hae-jin), a chief who claimed to be a exile for the revival of Cheongnyeongpo Village in 1457, and Lee Hong-wi (Park Ji-hoon), a young king who was expelled from the throne and exiled.

"The Man Who Lives with the King" was the first 10 million movie in 2026 and was on the list of 10 million movies about two years after "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).

Yoo Hae-jin added 10 million movies to her filmography for the fifth time after "The King's Man," "Veteran," "Taxi Driver" and "The Tomb." Through this film, Park Ji-hoon won the 10 million actor title with his first feature film debut.

Director Jang Hang-joon said in an interview released earlier in the day ahead of the 10 million audience, "I have never imagined a 10 million audience, and both my family and I are happy and cautious. If something this good happens, I think the opposite will happen, so everything becomes cautious," he said.

Director Jang said, "I have received congratulatory calls from many people and am writing back all day with gratitude," adding, "No matter how hard we live and how calculated we live, I think there are things in our minds that we want to protect." "I hope I can think about what I am," "What is my significance," and "What is the minimum moral Maginot Line that I should protect?" he said.

"The Man Who Lives with the King" has become a welcome rain for the film industry, which is suffering from a severe drought. With the expansion of OTT services since the COVID-19 era, the number of audiences in Korean theaters has decreased significantly, and "The Man Who Lives with the King" has brought many audiences to the theater for the first time in a long time. For audiences who were reluctant to watch movies due to the increase in theater admission fees and lack of infrastructure, "the fact that they gathered together in the theater to make them feel the joy of laughing and crying" means more than anything else.

Attention is focusing on whether the warm wind in the theater will continue due to the 10 million mark of "The Man Who Lives with the King" and how many audiences "The Man Who Lives with the King" will be able to attract.

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