| Extreme Job | |
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 Promotional poster | |
| Hangul | 극한직업 |
| Revised Romanization | Geukan Jigeop |
| Directed by | Lee Byeong-heon |
| Written by | Bae Se-young |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Noh Seung-bo |
| Edited by | Nam Na-yeong |
| Music by | Kim Tae-seong |
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| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
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Running time | 111 minutes[1] |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | ₩6.5 billion[2] (US$5.8 million) |
| Box office | US$120 million[3] |
Extreme Job (Korean: 극한직업) is a 2019 South Korean action comedy film directed by Lee Byeong-heon, starring Ryu Seung-ryong, Lee Hanee, Jin Seon-kyu, Lee Dong-hwi and Gong Myung.[4] The film was released on January 23, 2019.[5]
The film has become a major box office success in South Korea, grossing ₩91.5 billion (US$81.6 million) on a production budget of ₩6.5 billion (US$5.8 million) and surpassing 10 million ticket sales in just 15 days.[2][6]
As of June 2022, Extreme Job is the highest-grossing film and the second most viewed film in South Korean film history.[7]
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- ^ "'Extreme Job' soars as most-viewed film ever over Lunar New Year holiday". Yonhap News Agency. 7 February 2019.
- ^ "이동휘 "'극한직업' 1600만 관객 돌파 아직도 믿기지 않아" [★숏터뷰]". 스타뉴스 (in Korean). 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2019-06-14.