Sinkhole (film)

Sinkhole
Promotional poster
Hangul
싱크홀
Revised RomanizationSingkeuhol
Directed byKim Ji-hoon
Screenplay byJeon Cheol-hong
Kim Jeong-han
Produced byLee Soo-nam
Kim Yang-yeon
Starring
CinematographyShin Tae-ho
Edited byShin Min-kyung
Music byKim Tae-seong
Production
company
The Tower Pictures
Distributed byShowbox
Release dates
  • August 6, 2021 (2021-08-06) (LFF)[1]
  • August 11, 2021 (2021-08-11) (South Korea)[2]
Running time
117 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Budget₩15 billion[3]
Box officeUS$18.8 million[4][5]

Sinkhole (Korean: 싱크홀; RR: Singkeuhol) is a 2021 South Korean disaster comedy film, directed by Kim Ji-hoon and starring Cha Seung-won, Kim Sung-kyun, Lee Kwang-soo and Kim Hye-jun. It is about an average man's house, that took 11 years to obtain, but going down a sinkhole 500 meters underground in a minute.[6] The film with a production cost of ₩15 billion[3] was slated to release in the Chuseok holidays of 2020 but its release was postponed due to the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] It had its world premiere on August 6, at the 74th Locarno Film Festival held in Locarno, Switzerland.[1] It was released in theatres on August 11, 2021.[2]

At the box office, the film crossed 1 million admissions within 6 days of release and became the fastest Korean film in 2021 to do so.[8] As of December 31, 2021, it is the second highest-grossing Korean film of 2021, with a gross of US$17.97 million and 2.19 million admissions.[5][9]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference prem:hp was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Jang Ah-reum (June 28, 2021). "초대형 '싱크홀'에 떨어진 차승원·김성균·이광수…8월11일 개봉 확정" [Cha Seung-won, Kim Seong-gyun, Lee Kwang-soo, who fell into a very large 'sinkhole'... Confirmed to be released on August 11th]. News 1 (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference pc:hy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Sinkhole". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
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  6. ^ "Sinkhole - (Korean Movie, 2019, 싱크홀)". HanCinema. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  7. ^ Shin-Jeong Mo (August 20, 2020). "[단독] 차승원·이광수 주연 '싱크홀', 추석 연휴 아닌 겨울 개봉으로 가닥" [[Exclusive] 'Sinkhole' starring Cha Seung-won and Lee Kwang-soo is set to be released in winter rather than Chuseok holidays]. Sports Korea News (in Korean). Daum. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  8. ^ Kim Mi-hwa (August 16, 2021). "'싱크홀', 2021 韓영화 최단..개봉 6일만 100만 돌파 [공식]" ['Sinkhole', the shortest 2021 Korean movie..Exceeds 1 million in 6 days of release [Official]]. Star News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  9. ^ "KOBIS (Korean Box Office Information System): All films of Year 2021". KOFIC. Retrieved January 1, 2022.