The film “The Man Who Lives With the King” is closing in on 10 million moviegoers, drawing attention to whether director Jang Hang-jun will walk back a joking pledge he made earlier this year.
Jang will appear with BA Entertainment CEO Jang Won-seok on a recorded broadcast of SBS PowerFM’s “Bae Seong-jae’s Ten” on March 4. The episode is scheduled to air March 8.
Interest is focused on how Jang will address his so-called “10 million pledge,” made during a January appearance on the program. At the time, he said, “It won’t happen, but if it does, I’ll change my phone number, change my name, get plastic surgery so no one recognizes me. I’m even thinking about changing my nationality. I hope no one looks for me. I’ll have to throw a party on a boat.”
That joke is now closer to becoming reality. According to the Korean Film Council’s integrated box office system on March 3, the movie drew 2,479,933 admissions from Feb. 27 to March 2, a holiday period, bringing its cumulative total to 9,213,368.
Online, users have teased Jang for speaking too soon while cheering the film on toward the 10 million mark.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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