South Korea Hide and Seek returned 18.7× its production cost, earning $35.5M against a $1.9M budget — one of the highest-return South Korea films in our catalog.
Synopsis
숨바꼭질
“Stop peeping at me.”
Sung-soo has everything a man could want: a beautiful wife and children, a comfortable home and luxury car, and plenty of money in the bank. When he learns that his estranged brother, Sung-chul, has gone missing, haunting memories of their troubled past urge him to visit his brother’s apartment in search of answers.
The 2012–2014 South Korea Window
183 South Korea films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Hide and Seek sits at position #119.
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The 2010s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Hide and Seek premiered. 719 total titles in this decade from South Korea.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 47m runtime, production spent $18K per minute on screen and earned $331K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #897 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (36th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Thriller productions specifically: #117 of 218 (top 54%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Next Entertainment World, Studio Dream Capture |
| Runtime | 1h 47m |
| Release Date | August 14, 2013 |
| IMDb | tt3155654 |