The Lake House
2006 1h 39m movie Film South Korea

The Lake House

“How do you hold on to someone you've never met?”

Synopsis

“How do you hold on to someone you've never met?”

A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.

The 2005–2007 South Korea Window

122 South Korea films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Lake House sits at position #29.

  1. Alone in Love
    #1

    Alone in Love

    ★ 8.9 · 2006

  2. Avatar: The Last Airbender
    #2

    Avatar: The Last Airbender

    ★ 8.7 · 2005

  3. My Lovely Sam-Soon
    #3

    My Lovely Sam-Soon

    ★ 8.5 · 2005

  4. High Kick
    #4

    High Kick

    ★ 8.5 · 2006

  5. Jumong
    #5

    Jumong

    ★ 8.3 · 2006

  6. Coffee Prince
    #6

    Coffee Prince

    ★ 8.1 · 2007

  7. Princess Hours
    #7

    Princess Hours

    ★ 7.9 · 2006

  8. The 101st Proposal
    #8

    The 101st Proposal

    ★ 7.7 · 2006

Titles With Overlapping Themes

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

The 2000s South Korea Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Lake House premiered. 321 total titles in this decade from South Korea.

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Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$40.0M
Budget
$114.8M
Revenue
$74.8M
Net Profit
2.9×
Return Ratio

At a 1h 39m runtime, production spent $404K per minute on screen and earned $1.2M per minute back.

Reception Benchmarks

7.0
TMDB Rating
2,507
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #636 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (54th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among South Korea Drama productions specifically: #438 of 868 (top 50%).

Production Details

Primary Country South Korea
All Production Countries South Korea, United States of America
Original Language En
Production Companies Sound for Film, Village Roadshow Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures, Sidus
Runtime 1h 39m
Release Date June 16, 2006
IMDb tt0410297
Official Site wwws.warnerbros.de

Themes & Motifs

  • chicago
  • illinois
  • future
  • writing
  • architect
  • time travel
  • love letter
  • time
  • remake
  • architecture
  • mysterious letter
  • first kiss
  • passage of time
  • lake house

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