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Extreme Job

Extreme Job
Promotional poster
Hangul
극한직업
Revised RomanizationGeukan Jigeop
Directed byLee Byeong-heon
Written byBae Se-young
Produced by
  • Kim Seong-hwan
  • Lee Jong-suk
  • Go Dae-Suk
Starring
CinematographyNoh Seung-bo
Edited byNam Na-yeong
Music byKim Tae-seong
Production
companies
  • About Film
  • Haegrim Pictures
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • January 23, 2019 (2019-01-23)
Running time
111 minutes[1]
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Budget₩6.5 billion[2]
(US$5.8 million)
Box officeUS$120 million[3]

Extreme Job (Korean: 극한직업) is a 2019 South Korean action comedy film directed by Lee Byeong-heon, starring Ryu Seung-ryong, Lee Hanee, Jin Seon-kyu, Lee Dong-hwi and Gong Myung.[4] The film was released on January 23, 2019.[5]

The film has become a major box office success in South Korea, grossing ₩91.5 billion (US$81.6 million) on a production budget of ₩6.5 billion (US$5.8 million) and surpassing 10 million ticket sales in just 15 days.[2][6]

As of June 2022, Extreme Job is the highest-grossing film and the second most viewed film in South Korean film history.[7]

  1. ^ '극한직업', 이병헌 감독, 웃음+메시지+통쾌함까지...최고의 조합 (in Korean). Daily Hankooki. 18 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b "'Extreme Job' takes over box office by storm". The Korea Times. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Extreme Job (2019)". Korean Film Biz Zone.
  4. ^ Kang Aa-young (18 December 2018). "Undercover cops at career crossroads". The Korea Times.
  5. ^ [인터뷰②]'극한직업' 류승룡 "오정세? 이름만 들어도 빵 터져, 엄청난 능력" (in Korean). Asiae. 16 January 2019.
  6. ^ "'Extreme Job' soars as most-viewed film ever over Lunar New Year holiday". Yonhap News Agency. 7 February 2019.
  7. ^ "이동휘 "'극한직업' 1600만 관객 돌파 아직도 믿기지 않아" [★숏터뷰]". 스타뉴스 (in Korean). 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2019-06-14.