South Korea Extreme Job returned 15.4× its production cost, earning $124.7M against a $8.1M budget — one of the highest-return South Korea films in our catalog.
Synopsis
극한직업
“Part-time frying chicken, full-time undercover.”
A drug squad attempts to take down a criminal organization and they must go undercover to do so, so they begin working at a chicken restaurant, that becomes famous for its delicious chicken. Due to the unexpected popularity, the detectives find themselves in a situation they never expected.
The 2018–2020 South Korea Window
272 South Korea films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Extreme Job sits at position #154.
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Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Extreme Job. 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 Extreme Job premiered. 719 total titles in this decade from South Korea.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 51m runtime, production spent $73K per minute on screen and earned $1.1M per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #574 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (59th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.2 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #97 of 266 (top 36%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, Korean |
| Production Companies | CJ Entertainment, about Film, Haegrimm Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 51m |
| Release Date | January 23, 2019 |
| IMDb | tt9541602 |