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2003 • R • 2h 0m • Thriller/Suspense • Tartan Films

15 years of imprisonment, five days of vengeance.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$69K
3-day opening
Domestic total
$2.50M
Incl. 2023 re-release
Worldwide total
$8.00M
$5.50M international
Budget$3M

Cast & crew

Directed byPark Chan-wook ScreenplayHwang Jo-yun, Lim Jun-hyung, Park Chan-wook Based onOld Boy by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi Produced byLim Seung-yong CinematographyChung Chung-hoon Music byJo Yeong-wook StarringChoi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jung StudioShow East

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 25-27 48 $69.0K — 5 $13,791 $69.0K
2 Apr 1-3 57 $33.2K −51.8% 8 $4,152 $134.3K
4 Apr 15-17 40 $85.4K — 27 $3,161 $300.2K
5 Apr 22-24 45 $60.6K −29.0% 28 $2,164 $394.3K
6 Apr 29-May 1 54 $38.4K −36.7% 25 $1,535 $468.3K
7 May 6-8 51 $28.3K −26.2% 26 $1,088 $522.5K
8 May 13-15 55 $22.3K −21.3% 21 $1,060 $564.1K
9 May 20-22 60 $17.1K −23.1% 18 $951 $595.7K
10 May 27-29 63 $9.2K −46.1% 11 $838 $619.2K
11 Jun 3-5 55 $10.9K +18.1% 11 $990 $637.8K
12 Jun 10-12 67 $7.9K −27.5% 11 $718 $654.0K
13 Jun 17-19 68 $7.1K −10.0% 9 $790 $669.6K
14 Jun 24-26 92 $2.2K −69.1% 6 $366 $676.9K
15 Jul 1-3 90 $2.9K +34.1% 4 $737 $680.5K
16 Jul 8-10 92 $3.1K +4.6% 7 $441 $688.4K
17 Jul 15-17 91 $2.5K −19.8% 4 $618 $692.7K
18 Jul 22-24 98 $1.4K −44.5% 4 $343 $695.1K
19 Jul 29-31 112 $920 −33.0% 3 $307 $696.7K
20 Aug 5-7 127 $466 −49.3% 2 $233 $697.9K
21 Aug 12-14 121 $105 −77.5% 1 $105 $700.6K
22 Aug 19-21 117 $272 +159.0% 3 $91 $701.7K
23 Aug 26-28 127 $195 −28.3% 1 $195 $702.7K
24 Sep 2-4 126 $130 −33.3% 1 $130 $702.9K
25 Sep 9-11 136 $45 −65.4% 1 $45 $702.9K
26 Sep 16-18 135 $125 +177.8% 1 $125 $703.2K
27 Sep 23-25 139 $205 +64.0% 1 $205 $703.4K
28 Sep 30-Oct 2 143 $163 −20.5% 1 $163 $703.7K
30 Oct 14-16 134 $295 — 1 $295 $704.2K
32 Oct 28-30 131 $295 — 1 $295 $705.1K
33 Nov 4-6 127 $182 −38.3% 2 $91 $705.7K
34 Nov 11-13 121 $723 +297.3% 3 $241 $706.4K
37 Dec 2-4 129 $165 — 1 $165 $707.4K
961 Aug 18-20 — $493.4K — 250 $1,974 $1.6M
962 Aug 25-27 — $176.9K −64.1% 182 $972 $2.1M
963 Sep 1-3 — $64.7K −63.4% 71 $912 $2.3M
964 Sep 8-10 — $30.2K −53.3% 33 $916 $2.4M
965 Sep 15-17 — $10.9K −63.9% 20 $545 $2.4M
966 Sep 22-24 — $9.8K −10.4% 11 $889 $2.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $9.2K
$69.0K
$33.2K
$85.4K
$60.6K
$38.4K
$28.3K
$22.3K
$17.1K
$9.2K
W1W2W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −46.1%
−51.8%
W1→2
−29.0%
W4→5
−36.7%
W5→6
−26.2%
W6→7
−21.3%
W7→8
−23.1%
W8→9
−46.1%
W9→10
Steepest −51.8%Best hold −21.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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