▲ This still from "Humint," provided by NEW (Next Entertainment World), shows actor Zo In-sung as Manager Cho, a South Korean national intelligence officer. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

Korean film-Netflix ranking

Action-romance 'Humint' claims top spot on Netflix's chart

SEOUL, April 8 (Yonhap) -- Director Ryoo Seung-wan's action film "Humint" debuted atop Netflix's non-English movies chart, the streaming giant said Wednesday.

The movie, which was released on the platform last Thursday, garnered 11 million views in the week ending Sunday.

Short for human intelligence, "Humint" follows Manager Cho (Zo In-sung), a South Korean national intelligence officer who forms an unlikely cooperation with Park Gun, a North Korean intelligence officer, to save his crucial informant Chae Sun-hwa (Shin Se-kyung).

Premiering in South Korea on Feb. 11, the film attracted 1.98 million moviegoers, far short of the estimated 4 million admissions needed to break even. The action film was overshadowed by box-office sensation "The King's Warden," which opened in local theaters a week earlier and has since drawn over 16 million.

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