Top Box Office Rankings in Indonesia for this Year:
1st place: "Agak Laen" - 8.2M viewers
2nd place: "Ancika: Dia yang Bersamaku 1995" - 1.31M viewers
3rd place: "Kereta Berdarah" - 1M viewers
4th place: "Pemandi Jenazah" - 910,000 viewers
5th place: "Trinil: Kembalikan Tubuhku" - 830,000 viewers
Release Dates Overseas:
- Mongolia: February 22
- Indonesia: February 28
- Taiwan: March 8
- Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand: March 14
- Vietnam, United Kingdom: March 15
- Philippines: March 20
- Thailand: March 21
- United States, Canada: March 22
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-Wow... Did it just gain 100,000 viewers in just one day?? Didn't they just reach 800K viewers yesterday?ㅋㅋㅋ That's really amazing.
-Wow... The numbers of viewers of the other movies are even more astonishing...
-Wow... I'm really curious about "Agak Laen". The number of the viewers are way off compared to other movies.
-8.2M viewers for the movie that ranks 1st??
-Why?? What makes 'Exhuma' so popular in Indonesia?
ㄴA very well-known Indonesian director recommended the movie and they also have a history of Japanese colony. Besides, Indonesians generally love horror movies. I guess that's why it gains popularity in Indonesia.
-There's a huge gap between the number of viewers for the movie that ranks 1st and 2nd. I wonder if the one that ranks 1st is interesting.
-I'm sure they just reached 800K or 900K viewers yesterday...ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-https://www.pagi.co.id/bbs/board.php?bo_table=contribution&wr_id=141 There's a Korean review about the movie that ranks 1st
-I wonder what the movie that ranks 1st is about...
-I'm really curious about the movie that ranks 1st because the number of viewers is so high compared to others...
-Looks like Indonesians really love horrorㅋㅋㅋ The movie that ranks 1st is a horror-comedy, while the ones that rank 3rd to 5th are horror.
-Wow, Southeast Asians seem to be really interested in shamanism, that's why 'Exhuma' is really popular thereㅋㅋㅋ Jang Jaehyun, hurry up and give us 'Exhuma 2'!!
-Synopsis of the 1st place movie: Four friends guarding a haunted house at a night market in pursuit of their dream to change their destiny, search for new ways to scare visitors so they can avoid bankruptcy. Unfortunately, due to the efforts of Bene, Jegel, Boris, and Oki, one of the visitors dies. Shocked, they bury the victim in the haunted house. Unexpectedly, the ghost of the victim wanders around, making the haunted house even scarier and crowded with visitors. As the police begin to investigate, they have no choice but to embark on all sorts of ridiculous conspiracies to cover up the real incident. What will happen to them next? It's a horror-comedy, so it seems interesting.
-Indonesians seem to not watch their own movies despite having a large population...
-Do they understand what 'Exhuma' is about?
-I wonder if they understand the movie... I don't mean to look down on them, it's just that 'Exhuma' has a historical/folk background they might not understand...
-'Exhuma' broke the record that 'Parasite' was holding and became the most-viewed Korean movie in Indonesia...
-It's really fascinating how horror movies are extremely popular in Indonesia. Is it like a national genre in Indonesia? Just like how anime dominates Japan? Do they enjoy watching scary movies because the weather is hot there?
-Indonesia has a large population, but it's famous for having movie ticket prices extremely high compared to the national income of its citizens. Unfortunately, even though the number of screens has increased significantly due to foreign investments compared to the past. It's a country where horror and action movies have always been popular in, that's why it looks like they enjoy 'Exhuma'ㅋㅋㅋ
-That's fascinating. I'm really curious about their reaction...
-It's amazing how the movie that ranks 1st already surpassed 8M viewers. It's only March...
-I live in Indonesia and watched 'Exhuma' on the day it premiered in Indonesia. There were a lot of people who came to watch 'Exhuma'! When I booked my ticket, I saw that the entire cinema was fully packed.
-Here in Indonesia, it's a horror paradise. I was waiting for a movie alone in the theater, and horror movies kept coming out in the trailers. It was so scary that I turned off my phone. I'm also planning to watch "Exhuma" this week! Usually, Korean movies are only released in CGV theaters, but "Paranormal Activity" is also being released in XXI theaters.
-Wow, looking at it like this, I understand why K-pop album sales have increased so much. Anyway, it feels good to have a positive response even from abroad.
-I'm from Malaysia, and here they showed it slightly in advance (?) like a pre-release screening, so I just watched it yesterday! Except for me and my friends, everyone else was local people and they enjoyed the movie!ㅋㅋ
-Indonesia is near the equator, so it's humid and has jungles, which leads to many natural disasters and large animals like tigers and crocodiles. Perhaps that's why there have been quite a few old tales and legends passed down, so maybe the theme resonated well.
