Sinkhole
2021 1h 53m movie Film South Korea

Sinkhole

싱크홀

“A house earned after 11 years of effort falls deep into the ground in a minute.”

Synopsis

싱크홀

“A house earned after 11 years of effort falls deep into the ground in a minute.”

A working class family move into a new condo purchased after 11 years of hard work. They throw a housewarming party to show his co-workers when overnight a heavy downpour creates an extremely deep sinkhole that engulfs the entire building.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Sinkhole. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Comedy + Drama in South Korea

214 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Sinkhole itself).

The 2020–2022 South Korea Window

Sinkhole holds position #177 of 269 South Korea films in the 2020–2022 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Break the Silence: The Movie
    #1

    Break the Silence: The Movie

    ★ 9.2 · 2020
  2. 2020 (G)I-DLE Online Concert 'I-Land : Who Am I'
    #2

    2020 (G)I-DLE Online Concert 'I-Land : Who Am I'

    ★ 9.2 · 2020
  3. Under the Queen's Umbrella
    #3

    Under the Queen's Umbrella

    ★ 9.1 · 2022
  4. BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage - LA
    #4

    BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage – LA

    ★ 9.0 · 2022
  5. BTS Permission to Dance On Stage - Seoul: Live Viewing
    #5

    BTS Permission to Dance On Stage – Seoul: Live Viewing

    ★ 9.0 · 2022
  6. Undercover
    #6

    Undercover

    ★ 9.0 · 2021
  7. The Fabulous
    #7

    The Fabulous

    ★ 8.8 · 2022
  8. It's Okay to Not Be Okay
    #8

    It's Okay to Not Be Okay

    ★ 8.6 · 2020

The 2020s South Korea Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in South Korea, 301 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Sinkhole premiered alongside 81 others.

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Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$11.4M
Budget
$18.0M
Revenue
$6.6M
Net Profit
1.6×
Return Ratio

At a 1h 53m runtime, production spent $101K per minute on screen and earned $159K per minute back.

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 81 other South Korea films in 2021.

The 1232nd 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

104
Reviews
84th
Review-volume percentile
85th
Popularity percentile

104 audience reviews — more than 84% of South Korea films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 85th percentile among South Korea films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Sinkhole, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • home · 5
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • father son relationship · 26
  • disaster · 23
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • south korea · 97
  • south korea · 97
  • seoul · 38

Reception Benchmarks

7.1
TMDB Rating
104
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #584 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (58th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.2 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.

Among South Korea Comedy productions specifically: #177 of 427 (top 41%).

Production Details

Primary CountrySouth Korea
Original LanguageKorean
Production CompaniesThe Tower Pictures, Showbox
Runtime1h 53m
Release DateAugust 11, 2021
IMDbtt12664618