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.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 47m runtime, production spent $18K per minute on screen and earned $331K per minute back.
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The 2012–2014 South Korea Window
Hide and Seek holds position #119 of 183 South Korea films in the 2012–2014 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
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 Hide and Seek premiered alongside 56 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 56 other South Korea films in 2013.
The 564th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Audience Engagement
85 audience reviews — more than 81% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 72th percentile among South Korea films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Hide and Seek, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- pervert · 4
- phobia · 3
- apartment · 3
- rich family · 1
- mysophobia · 1
- mental illness · 13
- missing person · 13
- brother brother relationship · 12
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 |