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.
The 2016–2018 South Korea Window
268 South Korea films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Confidential Assignment sits at position #145.
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
The 2010s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Confidential Assignment premiered. 719 total titles in this decade from South Korea.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 5m runtime, production spent $68K per minute on screen and earned $449K per minute back.
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 |