'THE ROUNDUP 4' sets a new record of 830,000 advance reservations
'THE ROUNDUP 4' sets a new record of 830,000 advance reservations
With the movie 'THE ROUNDUP: PUNISHMENT' being released today (24th), the pre-sale volume of 830,000 copies set a new record for the 'THE ROUNDUP' series, as well as the highest pre-sale record of this year and the highest pre-sale record for a Korean film of all time.
'THE ROUNDUP 4' sets a new record of 830,000 advance reservations
'THE ROUNDUP 4' sets a new record of 830,000 advance reservations
According to the integrated movie theater ticket network, 'THE ROUNDUP: PUNISHMENT' ranked first with an overwhelming real-time reservation rate and advance reservation volume exceeding 700,000 tickets as of 8 a.m. on the 24th. 'THE ROUNDUP: PUNISHMENT', which has been ranked first in advance reservation rates since the 11th, two weeks before its release, has been ranked first in advance reservation rates every day, predicting that it will bring refreshing vitality to theaters in April. The extraordinary advance sales, which surpassed the previous film and set new records every day in the history of the series, reached their climax today, the release date. As of 8 a.m. on the opening day, the pre-order volume was 640,638 tickets (87.3% reservation rate), far surpassing the record of the previous installment in the series, 'THE ROUNDUP 3' (2023), which ranked first in overall reservation rate. Following 'THE ROUNDUP 3', 'THE ROUNDUP 4' once again surpassed more than 600,000 pre-orders and set a remarkable new record with 834,455 tickets (95.5% pre-sale rate). This overwhelming pre-sale volume is not only the highest pre-sale volume for a film released this year, but also the highest pre-sale volume for the Korean film 'Along with the Gods' (2018) with 646,517 tickets and 'Battleship Island' (2017) with 565,992 tickets. It is an overwhelming record that surpasses all 505,382 copies of ‘Parasite’ (2019).

'THE ROUNDUP: PUNISHMENT' follows the return of monster detective Ma Seok-do (Don Lee) against villain Baek Chang-gi (Kim Moo-yeol), a former special forces mercenary who runs a large-scale online illegal gambling organization, and Jang Dong-cheol (Lee Dong-hwi), a genius CEO in the IT industry. ), a movie depicting a crime eradication operation carried out with the Gwangsoo Unit & Cyber Team. It opens in theaters nationwide today (24th).

Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia reporter bella@tenasia.co.kr translated by google