‘Hunt’ surpasses 3 million viewers 12 days after its release

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SEOUL, August 22 (Yonhap) -- “Hunt,” starring Lee Jung-jae and Jung Woo-sung, exceeded 3 million cumulatvie viewers 12 days after its release, its distribution company Megabox Plus M announced.

“Hunt” added 230,000 on Aug. 21, while it gathered 303,000 on Aug.20

The break-even point estimate for this film, which costed more than 20 billion won to produce, is 4.2 million people.

“Hunt” has been at the top of the box office for 11 consecutive days from Aug. 10, the day before its release.

Lee Jung-jae's directorial debut, “The Hunt” is a spy action depicting the story of Secrecy Ministry agents Park Pyong-ho (Lee Jung-jae) and Kim Jeong-do (Jung Woo-sung), who suspect each other as spies within the organization.

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Jiwon Woo.)

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