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.
Audience Engagement
230 audience reviews — more than 93% of South Korea films in our index.
Review volume (93th percentile) outruns trending popularity (78th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 51m runtime, production spent $73K per minute on screen and earned $1.1M per minute back.
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
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 Extreme Job itself).
The 2018–2020 South Korea Window
Extreme Job holds position #154 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 Extreme Job premiered alongside 88 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 88 other South Korea films in 2019.
The 1012th 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 Extreme Job, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- korean cuisine · 4
- drug crime · 3
- chicken · 2
- cheerful · 2
- fried chicken · 1
- police officer · 25
- undercover cop · 15
- ambush · 6
- police · 105
- south korea · 97
- detective · 44
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 |