Girls’ Generation’s YoonA is crushing the box office before her movie even drops.
Her upcoming horror-comedy, Pretty Crazy, is already third in advance ticket sales with a 6.9% booking rate, according to the Korean Film Council on August 1. The movie hits theaters August 13 in South Korea.
Pretty Crazy stars YoonA and Ahn Bo Hyun, marking her reunion with director Lee Sang Geun, who made 2019’s hit EXIT. That film drew 9.42 million viewers.
The new movie trails only behind F1: The Movie (second) and My Daughter is a Zombie (first) in advance sales. It’s already outselling the 30-billion-won film Omniscient Reader: The Prophet, which ranks fourth.
The plot follows Gil Goo (Ahn Bo Hyun), an unemployed man taken on a strange job guarding Seon Ji (YoonA), a woman who turns into a demon every night. The cast also includes Song Dong Il and Joo Hyun Young.
Industry insiders expected a strong run. These early numbers are turning heads as Pretty Crazy battles multiple big-name releases at once.
Pretty Crazy drops August 13 nationwide.
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Ahn Bo Hyun in “Pretty Crazy” | Hancinema
Still from “Omniscient Reader: The Prophet”
