South Korea EXIT returned 6.4× its production cost, earning $69.5M against a $10.9M budget — one of the highest-return South Korea films in our catalog.
Synopsis
엑시트
“There's no way out.”
At his mother's 70th birthday party, Yong-nam runs into Eui-joo, who rejected him in college. When the city is engulfed in toxic gas from a terrorist attack, the two must find a way to escape using all the techniques they learned in their college rock climbing club.
Audience Engagement
200 audience reviews — more than 92% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 85th percentile among South Korea films.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 43m runtime, production spent $106K per minute on screen and earned $675K per minute back.
Other Titles From Filmmaker R&K
Action + Comedy in South Korea
69 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding EXIT itself).
The 2018–2020 South Korea Window
EXIT holds position #96 of 272 South Korea films in the 2018–2020 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
#1Break the Silence: The Movie
★ 9.2 · 2020
#22020 (G)I-DLE Online Concert 'I-Land : Who Am I'
★ 9.2 · 2020
#3Intention
★ 9.1 · 2018
#42018 GFRIEND FIRST CONCERT Season of GFRIEND
★ 8.9 · 2018
#5BLACKPINK: Arena Tour 2018 'Special Final in Kyocera Dome Osaka'
★ 8.7 · 2019
#6It's Okay to Not Be Okay
★ 8.6 · 2020
#7Mr. Queen
★ 8.6 · 2020
#8Parasite
★ 8.5 · 2019
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 EXIT premiered alongside 88 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 88 other South Korea films in 2019.
The 1055th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on EXIT, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- birthday party · 5
- poison gas · 2
- city nights · 1
- survival · 28
- disaster · 23
- escape · 22
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #301 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (78th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #44 of 266 (top 17%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Filmmaker R&K, filmK, CJ Entertainment |
| Runtime | 1h 43m |
| Release Date | July 31, 2019 |
| IMDb | tt10648440 |