On May 23rd, ABO Entertainment confirmed that as of 10:30 AM on that day, "The Roundup: Punishment" now has 10,805,136 admissions at the South Korean box office, The Host, The Roundup: Punishment
A new report from the Korean Film Council released on May 21st has confirmed that April this year was the best April ever for the South Korean film industry. South Korean box office receipts totaled 63.6 billion won over this time- or approximately 46.6 million dollars. This is a massive jump of 273.6% compared to the 16.9 billion won earned in 2023. Additionally, the 6.59 million admissions 1.7 times the prepandemic April average for 2017-2019, Exhuma, The Roundup: Punishment
On May 21st, the Good Data Corporation released its new report for the third week of May measuring the popularity of various South Korean scripted series according to non-traditional metrics, Lovely Runner, The 8 Show, The Atypical Family, The Midnight Romance in Hagwon, Byeon Woo-seok, Chun Woo-hee, Jung Ryeo-won, Kim Hye-yoon
According to figures released by the Korean Film Council on May 21st, "The Roundup: Punishment" now stands at 10,711,197 admissions, having earned 51,464 admissions on the previous day, a Monday, Following, The Roundup: No Way Out, The Roundup: Punishment
Despite holding the lowest position in the show s hierarchy, 1 (played by Bae Sung-woo) has shown remarkable stoicism in the face of this blatant unfairness, even sabotaging 2 s attempt to end the game in the sixth episode, to horrific results. In the cliffhanger to the seventh episode, we learned that 1 had sneaky reasons for this endurance. After earning a billion won, or roughly a million dollars, he intended to buy a superior room, The 8 Show, Bae Sung-woo, Chun Woo-hee, Han Jae-rim, Lee Jenny, Lee Yul-eum, Lee Zoo-young, Park Hae-joon, Park Jung-min, Ryu Jun-yeol, Song Su-rin