South Korea Box Office for Asura : The City of Madness (2016)

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Asura : The City of Madness
Theatrical Performance (US$)
South Korea Box Office $18,524,389Details
Worldwide Box Office $18,736,628Details
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Synopsis

Detective Han, who for years has been secretly doing dirty work for the corrupt mayor Park Sungbae, is now pressured by a ruthless prosecutor Kim Cha-in to cooperate in an investigation against the mayor. Feeling trapped, Han persuades his young partner Sunmo to take over his work for the mayor, but things start to get tangled in unpredictable ways. As things are getting worse, only the most evil survives in this dog-eat-dog world.

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Movie Details

South Korea Releases: September 26th, 2016 (Wide)
September 28th, 2016 (Wide)
September 29th, 2018 (Wide)
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 136 minutes
Keywords: Corrupt Cops, Government Corruption, Set in South Korea, No Honor Among Thieves, Internal Affairs, Crime Thriller
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Sanai Pictures, CJ Entertainment
Production Countries: Republic of Korea
Languages: Korean

Theater Averages: Asura has Maddening Opening with $10,627

October 12th, 2016

Asura: The City of Madness

Asura: The City of Madness was the only film in the $10,000 club with an average of $10,627 in two theaters. Interestingly, Operation Mekong nearly rose to that milestone with an average of $9,511 in 17 theaters. More...

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2016/09/30 1 $8,250,148   1,278 $6,456   $12,621,364 1
2016/10/07 3 $1,593,247 -81% 721 $2,210   $17,347,547 2
2016/10/14 8 $203,209 -87% 376 $540   $17,875,558 3
2016/10/21 - $12,190 -94% 45 $271   $17,942,069 4
2016/10/28 - $2,077 -83% 6 $346   $17,962,700 5
2016/11/04 - $1,800 -13% 5 $360   $17,627,972 6

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
Australia 10/14/2016 $18,638 7 7 14 $32,786 10/24/2016
New Zealand 10/14/2016 $2,595 2 2 4 $4,952 10/25/2016
North America 10/7/2016 $21,253 2 28 55 $174,501
South Korea 9/28/2016 $59,665 0 1278 2431 $18,524,389 10/2/2018
 
Worldwide Total$18,736,628 10/2/2018

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Leading Cast

Jung Woo-sung    Detective Han

Supporting Cast

Hwang Jung-min    Mayor Park Sungbae
Ju Ji-hoon    Moon Sunmo
Kwak Do-won    Prosecutor Kim Cha-in
Jung Man-sik    Do Chang-hak
Yoon Ji-hye    Cha Seung-mi
Kim Hae-gon    Tae Byeong-jo
Kim Won-hae    Stick
Oh Yeon-ah    Jeong Yoon-hee
Yoo Jeong-ho    Maeng Jin-ho

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Sung-soo Kim    Director
Sung-soo Kim    Screenwriter
Han Jae-duk    Producer
Jeong Tae-Sung    Executive Producer
Kang Hyun    Associate Producer
Kim Jong-min    Associate Producer
Lee Mo Gae    Director of Photography
Jang Geun-Young    Production Designer
Kim Sang-bum    Editor
Kim Jae-bum    Editor
Lee Jae-jin    Composer
Cho Sang-kyung    Costume Designer