South Korea Confidential Assignment returned 6.6× its production cost, earning $56.1M against a $8.5M budget — one of the highest-return South Korea films in our catalog.
Synopsis
공조
“Joint Mission, Hidden Intentions”
When a crime organization from North Korea crosses borders and enters South Korean soil, a South Korean detective must cooperate with a North Korean detective to investigate their whereabouts.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 5m runtime, production spent $68K per minute on screen and earned $449K per minute back.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Confidential Assignment. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From CJ Entertainment
Action + Drama in South Korea
114 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Action and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Confidential Assignment itself).
The 2016–2018 South Korea Window
Confidential Assignment holds position #145 of 268 South Korea films in the 2016–2018 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in South Korea, 719 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Confidential Assignment premiered alongside 88 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 88 other South Korea films in 2017.
The 830th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Audience Engagement
94 audience reviews — more than 82% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 70th percentile among South Korea films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Confidential Assignment, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- cooperation · 3
- buddy detective duo · 1
- buddy cop · 8
- police · 105
- south korea · 97
- spy · 46
- detective · 44
- seoul · 38
- inter-korean relations · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #644 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (54th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #119 of 266 (top 45%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | Portuguese, Korean |
| Production Companies | CJ Entertainment, JK Film, Rear Window, HB Entertainment |
| Runtime | 2h 5m |
| Release Date | January 18, 2017 |
| IMDb | tt5606538 |