Harbin attracts one million moviegoers within two days of its showing
Set in 1909, and centered around a real-life historical figure, Ahn Jung Geun (Hyun Bin), the film follows Korean independence activists fighting against the Japanese for Korea's independence.
The number of viewers for the Korean film, which was released domestically on December 24, exceeded one million viewers on December 25, its second day of release, according to distributor statistics from the Korean Film Council's integrated computer network for entering cinemas.
This matches the pace of the famous South Korean films The Roundup and The Roundup: Punishment.
With the fastest record number among winter-released films in history to surpass 1 million moviegoers, Harbin's box office success revitalizes the winter movie theater market, which had been relatively dormant compared to the summer season after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Given its strong beginning, compelling plot, stellar cast (Hyun Bin, Jeon Yeo Bin, Park Jung Min, Jo Woo Jin, Park Hoon, Yoo Jae Myung, Lee Dong Wook) and a huge production budget of billions of KRW, it is very likely that Harbin will continue to break records in the coming days.