Stronger than Dune 2! This phenomenal film attracted 8 million viewers in just 18 days

8 million viewers in just 18 days… Released in Korea on February 22, Jang Jae-hyun’s supernatural thriller Exhuma recorded 2.3 million viewers in Korean theaters this weekend, while Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Second brought in 522,000 viewers (and placed ). second position).

The biggest hits of the year in South Korea

This supernatural horror movie grossed $17.2 million from Friday to Sunday, representing 69% of the total box office.

Exhuma is South Korea’s biggest hit of the year to date, with $59 million in 3 weeks, surpassing last year’s top-grossing South Korean film, 12.12: The Day, by one week. , a historical saga depicting the 1979 military coup in Korea.

Worn by Min-Sik Choi, previously seen in Old Boy and I Met the Devil, Do-Hyun Lee (Sweet Home), Go-Eun Kim (Little Women) and Hae-Jin Yoo, Exhuma follows a shaman and medium, e.g. year To help a wealthy Korean family living in America to save a newborn baby after a series of paranormal events. Believing that the problem lies with the family’s ancestors, the duo, accompanied by a geomancer and gravediggers, dig up an ancestral grave. Then they release the evil power.

The film crew also struck a pose to mark the event, as reported by the film’s production company, Showbox.

Kim Ji-woon’s excellent I Met the Devil and Na Hong-jin’s supernatural thriller Aliens, trailer available above, plunge viewers into the heart of a fascinating investigation. A release date in France has not yet been announced.