[HanCinema's News] "Alienoid: Return to the Future" Breaks 400,000 Viewer Mark
By William Schwartz | Published on
According to the Korean Film Council, "Alienoid: Return to the Future" earned 189,179 admissions in its fifth day of availability at the South Korean box office, January 14th. This now brings the sci-fi comic action mashup film to 648,653 admissions overall. The results are underwhelming, given the movie's fifty million dollar budget, and suggest that "Alienoid: Return to the Future" will have a similarly mediocre box office performance as its predecessor "Alienoid" did in 2022.
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"Alienoid: Return to the Future" as well as "Alienoid" are the latest project from hitmaker Choi Dong-hoon, whose exceptional record in the South Korean film industry includes such hits as "The Thieves" from 2012 and "Assassination" from 2015, both films on the all-time top ten for the South Korean box office. It is not known whether Choi Dong-hoon's name will attract such faith from investors in the future. The director has no confirmed upcoming projects.
Written by William Schwartz
William Schwartz
Staff writer. Has been writing articles for HanCinema since 2012, having lived in South Korea from 2011 to 2021. He is currently located in the Portland metropolitan area. William Schwartz can be contacted via william@hancinema.net, and is open to requests for content in future articles.