"Memoirs of a Geisha" relied on the praise of the Korean media and Spielberg's fame, and it was menacing as soon as it landed, but to the surprise of the media, under the resistance of "Memoirs of a Geisha", "The King's Man" was still sold out.

"The King's Man" beat "Memoirs of a Geisha" and countless other films that challenged it with a total of 38.9% of the Korean box office in a single week, and successfully won the Korean weekly box office championship, becoming its fifth week box office champion.

At the same time, "The King's Man" successfully beat the box office record of "Life and Death", becoming the fourth highest grossing film in Korean film history, and at the same time becoming the fastest film to break 8 million viewers, once again breaking the Korean film record.

Until this time, there were only three mountains in front of "The King's Man".

They are "Friends", "Sebi Island", and "Taiji Flag Flying", which has been praised by the Korean media as a masterpiece and the best war blockbuster in history in recent years.

"Spielberg's 'Memoirs of a Geisha' lost to Lee Jun-ik's 'The King's Man,' which represents the rise of Korean cinema."

"World-class directors have once again suffered a Waterloo in South Korea, and the Korean film market will be dominated by Koreans."

"Lee Jun-ik, the next great Korean director."

Seeing that the wind was not in the right direction, the Korean media took the lead in changing the limelight and began to promote Korean movies and "The King's Man".

In the sixth week, South Korean politics began to use "The King's Man" to set off a satirical offensive and defensive war on the issue of cabinet reshuffle, which was revealed at the time of the change of the old and new presidents of South Korea, and the entire South Korean government was shaken. Countless government civil servants went out of their homes to the cinema to watch "The King's Man".

The influence of "The King's Man" began to affect South Korean politics, and this was the first time in South Korean history that a movie caused changes in South Korean politics, and many political news media that had not reported "The King's Man" couldn't sit still. He began to report on "The King's Man", and at the same time, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung called "The King's Man" a compulsory course for politicians and civil servants.

The stage play of the original work "Er" of "The King's Man" began a national tour, and it became popular as soon as it was launched, directly breaking the box office record of Korean stage plays, and some media claimed that this was the 'Wang Nan effect'.

In the seventh week, the high popularity of "The King's Man" also spread to mobile communication networks. People are starting to buy original scripts in the form of e-books. Download and read on your phone.

The small script attracted more than 100 million won, making Li Lin earn a lot of money.

Week 8. "The King's Man" officially broke 10 million moviegoers and trampled "Friends" under its feet, becoming the third highest-grossing film in Korean history, and some media predicted. "The King's Man" will break the box office record for "Silio Island" in three days. But no one would think that "The King's Man" could break the box office record of "Tai Chi Flag Flying", because after eight consecutive weeks of box office succession, "The King's Man" began to exhaust, and theaters have begun to cut the number of films in "The King's Man", while at the same time, many new Korean films began to land at the end of the summer vacation and launched a strong impact on "The King's Man".

One is that it has been released many times, and all Korean fans who should have seen it have already seen it. One has just been released and is being promoted. And there are so many people that many media believe that "The King's Man" will stop there.

However, to the surprise of the media, "The King's Man", which is considered to be lacking in stamina, once again won the box office championship of Korean Film Week, with the number of moviegoers exceeding 10.84 million, breaking the box office record of "Shibi Island", and marching towards "Taiji Flag Flying", intending to trample "Taiji Flag Flying" under its feet and become a new Korean film myth.

"It's impossible to break through." In the Korea Daily, a film critic said: "Throughout the past few weeks, "The King's Man" has gained momentum, breaking one million viewers in a single week, but this week, it has not exceeded one million viewers. ”

"The reason why it was able to win the box office championship is entirely because the movies released this week are not good."

Yes, the investors and manufacturing companies that will be released this week are going to cry, they thought they would be able to catch up with the end of the summer vacation, but they didn't expect to catch up with the typhoon.

Under the sweep of "The King's Man", their film department failed miserably at the box office, even worse than the off-season of the movie, everyone is talking about "The King's Man", everyone is watching "The King's Man", in newspapers, magazines, on the Internet, all of them are "The King's Man", and their movies are not paid attention to at all.

Just miscalculated the market, and the result was a fiasco, and a film producer committed suicide by jumping off the building on the same day.

In the ninth week, the number of films scheduled for "The King's Man" dropped further, but he still won 600,000 viewers, once again winning the Korean box office champion, which is the box office champion of "The King's Man" in the ninth week, and at the same time marching towards the 11.74 million viewers of "Tai Chi Flag Flying".

At this time, no one would think that "The King's Man" would not be able to break the box office record of "Tai Chi Flag Flying", at this time, the South Korean media have changed their words and said excitedly that "a new movie myth is being born", and many media are aiming at 12 million moviegoers, an area where no film has ever landed.

"The King's Man will be the 'king' of the movie"

"Greet the King"

"The first in the history of "The King's Man" is just around the corner."

"'The King's Man' marches to the highest throne."

"The King's Man will usher in a new era of Korean cinema."

"The King's Man has led to the recovery of the service industry."

"The King's Man has a ripple effect of hundreds of billions of won."

In the tenth week, no film company dared to release new works at this time, they had been completely defeated by confidence, and the Korean theater chain was surprised to find that the number of movies released this week was far less than the Korean average, so they expanded the number of films in "The King's Man".

This is the first time in South Korean history that a movie can be released in theaters after 10 weeks of release, and the Korean media called it a 'strange phenomenon'.

And "The King's Man" did not disappoint the Korean media, as he broke the record of "Taiji Flag Flying" in the tenth week. And in the 11th week, it exceeded 12 million viewers, becoming a film myth in the history of Korean film box office, and at the same time, the overseas version of "The King's Man" began to be translated. American Miramax bought the North American version of The King's Man for a million dollars

This is the first South Korean film to be exported to the United States, and the Korean media has called it a Korean hero.

In the 12th week, "The King's Man" was still released, but at this time, "The King's Man" was close to the next draw, and the number of films scheduled fell below 100 for the first time, and the Korean weekly box office champion was also ceded to other films for the first time.

In the 13th week, the number of films scheduled for "The King's Man" dropped again. The box office fell out of the top 10 of the Korean weekly box office, and many Korean film companies began to breathe a sigh of relief.

"The King's Man" is so tired, which means that they don't need to face this behemoth that has never appeared in the history of Korean cinema. Of course, no one dares to underestimate it because of this, and everyone knows that it has become a myth in the history of Korean cinema.

Week 14. The number of films scheduled for "The King's Man" continues to decline. "The King's Man", which fell below 50 theaters, is no longer visible in the top 20 of the Korean weekly box office.

In the 15th week, the number of films scheduled for "The King's Man" fell again, and only 20 theaters released "The King's Man", and its momentum has run out.

In the 16th week, Korean theaters began to settle the box office of "The King's Man", except for a few theaters in South Korea that are still showing "The King's Man", "The King's Man" is basically announced.

At the same time, the number of viewers of "The King's Man" exceeded 12.3 million, setting a new record in the history of Korean films.

So far. The journey of the Korean film "The King's Man" in South Korea has come to an end, with an investment of 5.4 billion won and a box office of 84 billion won. It is equivalent to 480 million Chinese dollars.

At the same time, it has leveraged an economic effect of more than 200 billion won, and anyone who has anything to do with "The King's Man" will be on fire.

However, the right path of "The King's Man" in the world has not stopped.

"The King's Man" was released in Japan, and as soon as it was released, it broke the box office record of Korean films in Japan, and entered the top ten of the weekly box office in Japan for the first time.

However, in China, "The King's Man" was banned, and "The King's Man" enjoyed the same treatment as "The King's Man", as well as "Memoirs of a Geisha" starring Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li.

Two movies that fought in Japan and South Korea were banned in China at the same time, which made Huaxia fans cry out that they were loveless.

At the same time, the American "NEWSWEEK" sent an interview invitation to Li Lin.

"NEWSWEEK", the United States News Weekly, it is known as the three major news weeklies in the United States along with Time Magazine and U.S. News & World Report.

It is the most awarded and honored weekly among the three major news weeklies.

"Mr. Lee." Robert, a reporter from NEWSWEEK in the United States, came to Li Lin with his cameraman, "Why did you star in the movie "The King's Man"? Did you anticipate the box office of this movie? ”

"How could you have expected the box office? I'm not a prophet. Li Lin smiled and said, "The reason why I chose to star in this movie is because I think the script of this movie attracted me." ”

"I feel like it allows me to push my limits and reach another level."

"Did you succeed then?" Robert asked.

"I feel like I've worked hard."

Li Lin did not have a positive answer, he only used the word 'hard' to express his thoughts.

"It's hard?" Robert asked again.

"Yes." Li Lin said: "When I took over this play, I realized that the original film "The King's Man" was really a big challenge for me. It was really hard to shoot tightrope scenes, but I also grew up because of it. ”

"After filming "The King's Man", I was actually very scared, afraid that others would say what I was, and I suffered from depression because of it. So just one qiē is good. I found myself really growing a lot, thank you "The King's Man" for making me understand this! ”

"It seems that this drama is indeed a great challenge for you, so do you think you are qualified to compete for the Blue Dragon Award? I remember that before filming, you once made a bold statement that you wanted to win the Blue Dragon Award for Best Actor! ”

"I think it should work, but I don't know what the judges think, but I think that when you are born in the world, you should be arrogant, otherwise wouldn't it be too tiring to live?" (To be continued......)