‘The Roundup: Punishment’ attracts more than 4 million viewers on its fifth day of release

A scene from the action film “The Roundup: Punishment”. Courtesy of ABO Entertainment

The action film “The Roundup: Punishment” has attracted more than 4 million moviegoers on its fifth day of release. It became a box office hit with the shortest period of time among the films released this year.

According to the film's distributor Plus M Entertainment on April 28, “The Roundup: Punishment” attracted 4.4 million viewers as of 3:20 p.m. that day. On the 27th alone, which was Saturday, some 1.22 million people visited the theater to watch the film. The new film surpassed the 1.2 million daily attendance recorded by the previous installment “The Roundup: No Way Out” on June 3 last year, and it is also the highest daily attendance of the series.

The cast of “The Roundup: Punishment” and director Heo Myung-haeng(center) pose for a photo to celebrate the film\'s 4 million viewers. Courtesy of Plus M Entertainment

“The Roundup” series is a popular film franchise, which has accumulated more than 30 million moviegoers. The first installment, released in 2017, attracted 6.88 million viewers, even though it was rated as PG-13. The second installment released in 2022 and the third in 2023 attracted 12.69 million and 10.68 million people, respectively.

“The Roundup: Punishment,” which released on April 24, revolves around detective Ma Seok-do who carries out a crime-busting operation against Baek Chang-ki (played by Kim Mu-yeol), a former special forces mercenary who runs a large-scale online illegal gambling organization, and Jang Dong-cheol (played by Lee Dong-hwi), a genius CEO in the IT industry.

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