South Korea The Outlaws returned 9.0× its production cost, earning $52.9M against a $5.9M budget — one of the highest-return South Korea films in our catalog.
Synopsis
범죄도시
“Kickstarting a plan to mop up the mob in one clean sweep!”
In Chinatown, law and order is turned upside down when a trio of feral Chinese gangsters arrive, start terrorizing civilians, and usurping territory. The beleaguered local gangsters team up with the police, lead by the badass loose cannon Ma Seok-do, to bring them down. Based on a true story.
Audience Engagement
301 audience reviews — more than 95% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 93th percentile among South Korea films.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 1m runtime, production spent $49K per minute on screen and earned $438K per minute back.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Outlaws. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Hong Film
Action + Crime in South Korea
77 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Action and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Outlaws itself).
The 2016–2018 South Korea Window
The Outlaws holds position #54 of 268 South Korea films in the 2016–2018 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 The Outlaws premiered alongside 88 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 88 other South Korea films in 2017.
The 891st 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 The Outlaws, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- illegal alien · 1
- gang · 26
- 2000s · 7
- korean chinese · 7
- police · 105
- south korea · 97
- detective · 44
- seoul · 38
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #230 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (84th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.9 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #33 of 266 (top 12%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Hong Film, Plus M Entertainment, BA Entertainment, Kiwi Media Group, Michigan Venture Capital |
| Runtime | 2h 1m |
| Release Date | October 3, 2017 |
| IMDb | tt7468056 |
| Official Site | mline-distribution.com |