The film "The King's Warden" is now roughly 100,000 admissions away from claiming the No. 2 spot on Korea’s all-time box office chart.
According to the Korean Film Council’s box office database on April 8, the movie drew 32,137 viewers on April 7, lifting its cumulative admissions to 16,161,645.
After hitting the 16 million milestone on Day 61 of release, "The King's Warden" has narrowed the gap with the current No. 2, "Extreme Job" (16,266,641 admissions), to about 100,000.
Over the April 5-7 weekend, the film ceded the weekend box office crown for the first time since release to "Project Hail Mary." But entering its ninth-week weekdays, it climbed back to No. 1 on the daily box office chart.
That said, the daily audience is now hovering in the 30,000 range as admissions trend down. Plus, Showbox is opening its new title "Salmokji: Whispering Water" today (April 8), and "The King's Warden" is expected to lose some screens.
If the current pace holds, the film is projected to surpass "Extreme Job"’s final admissions around this coming weekend.
(SBS Entertainment News | Kim Ji-hye)