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'The King's Warden' tops box office for 8th consecutive weekend

Published: 30 Mar. 2026, 11:15

A still from ″The King's Warden″ [SSL]

“The King's Warden” held on to the top spot at the domestic box office for an eighth consecutive weekend, data showed on Monday.

The historical film attracted 511,901 moviegoers from Friday to Sunday, or 42.2 percent of tickets sold at theaters nationwide this weekend, according to the Korean Film Council. It has led the chart since its Feb. 4 release.

Having surpassed the 15 million admission mark last Wednesday, the film has continued its run to become the country's all-time box office hit. Only two Korean films rank ahead of it: the 2014 war epic “The Admiral: Roaring Currents” with 17.6 million, and the 2019 action comedy “Extreme Job” with 16.2 million.

Directed by Jang Hang-jun, “The King's Warden” reimagines historical events through a fictional lens and follows the unlikely friendship between the village chief Eom Heung-do, played by Yoo Hai-jin, and the deposed King Danjong, played by Park Ji-hoon, of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) during the latter's exile in the village.

Meanwhile, Hollywood sci-fi film “Project Hail Mary,” starring Ryan Gosling, came in second, drawing 391,884 viewers over the weekend and bringing its total cumulative audience to 1.15 million since its opening on March 18.

Yonhap