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.
The 2016–2018 South Korea Window
268 South Korea films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Outlaws sits at position #54.
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
The 2010s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Outlaws premiered. 719 total titles in this decade from South Korea.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 1m runtime, production spent $49K per minute on screen and earned $438K per minute back.
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 |