{"id":257155,"date":"2026-04-11T22:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T13:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:54:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:54:43","slug":"korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean Box Office Breakthrough: &#8216;The King and the Clown&#8217; Surpasses 16 Million Viewers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2025-0118\/image-906b8b9b-a135-43f2-b85a-dca6b2408a3a.png\" alt=\"&nbsp;Showbox\" \/><figcaption>&nbsp;Showbox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> [Sports Seoul | Reporter Yoon Dong-eon] The film The Man Who Lives with the King has surged past 16 million admissions, vaulting to No. 2 on South Korea\u2019s all-time box office chart.<\/p>\n<p> According to the Korea Integrated Ticketing System on the 11th, the film has drawn 16,283,970 viewers as of its 67th day in release. That total surpasses the final tally for the 2019 hit Extreme Job, which finished with 16,260,000 admissions. The all-time box office leader remains Myeongryang with 17,610,000 admissions.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2025-0118\/image-7f0e1f68-5b47-4dee-8bea-5b35536cad77.jpeg\" alt=\"&nbsp;Showbox\" \/><figcaption>&nbsp;Showbox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> Directed by Jang Hang-jun, the period drama is set at Cheongryeongpo in 1457. It follows a village chief who chooses exile to save his community and a young, deposed king. The cast includes Yoo Hae-jin, Park Ji-hoon, Yoo Ji-tae, Jeon Mi-do and Ahn Jae-hong.<\/p>\n<p> Distributor Showbox said the film continues to attract steady audiences even as it enters its 10th week in theaters.<\/p>\n<p> The gap with No. 1 Myeongryang stands at roughly 1,330,000 admissions, and industry observers are watching to see whether the film can sustain momentum and overtake the record. hellboy321@sportsseoul.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The film &#8216;The King and the Clown&#8217; surpasses 16 million viewers, ranking second in Korean box office history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2025-0118\/image-906b8b9b-a135-43f2-b85a-dca6b2408a3a.png","footnotes":""},"categories":[278103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-257155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Korean Box Office Breakthrough: &#039;The King and the Clown&#039; Surpasses 16 Million Viewers!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The film &#039;The King and the Clown&#039; surpasses 16 million viewers, ranking second in Korean box office history.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ko_KR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Korean Box Office Breakthrough: &#039;The King and the Clown&#039; Surpasses 16 Million Viewers!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The film &#039;The King and the Clown&#039; surpasses 16 million viewers, ranking second in Korean box office history.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"nonhyeon-ilbo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-11T13:52:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-15T07:54:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CP-2025-0118-36468483_thumb.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1201\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"\uac1c\ubc1c\uae30\ud68d\ud300\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\uac1c\ubc1c\uae30\ud68d\ud300\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/b2265094fd34d8bb5cfbaf6040fa17d3\"},\"headline\":\"Korean Box Office Breakthrough: &#8216;The King and the Clown&#8217; Surpasses 16 Million Viewers!\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-11T13:52:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-15T07:54:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/\"},\"wordCount\":183,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2025-0118\/image-906b8b9b-a135-43f2-b85a-dca6b2408a3a.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Media\"],\"inLanguage\":\"ko-KR\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/\",\"name\":\"Korean Box Office Breakthrough: 'The King and the Clown' Surpasses 16 Million Viewers!\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2025-0118\/image-906b8b9b-a135-43f2-b85a-dca6b2408a3a.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-11T13:52:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-15T07:54:43+00:00\",\"description\":\"The film 'The King and the Clown' surpasses 16 million viewers, ranking second in Korean box office history.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ko-KR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ko-KR\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2025-0118\/image-906b8b9b-a135-43f2-b85a-dca6b2408a3a.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2025-0118\/image-906b8b9b-a135-43f2-b85a-dca6b2408a3a.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\ud648\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Media\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/category\/media\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Korean Box Office Breakthrough: &#8216;The King and the Clown&#8217; Surpasses 16 Million Viewers!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"nonhyeon-ilbo\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"nonhyeon-ilbo\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ko-KR\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"nonhyeon-ilbo\",\"alternateName\":\"nonhyeon-ilbo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ko-KR\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cdn.tenbizt.com\/tenbizt\/2026\/02\/05114330\/mvp-org-logo-696x696-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn.tenbizt.com\/tenbizt\/2026\/02\/05114330\/mvp-org-logo-696x696-1.jpg\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"nonhyeon-ilbo\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/b2265094fd34d8bb5cfbaf6040fa17d3\",\"name\":\"\uac1c\ubc1c\uae30\ud68d\ud300\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/author\/fastmaster\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Korean Box Office Breakthrough: 'The King and the Clown' Surpasses 16 Million Viewers!","description":"The film 'The King and the Clown' surpasses 16 million viewers, ranking second in Korean box office history.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/","og_locale":"ko_KR","og_type":"article","og_title":"Korean Box Office Breakthrough: 'The King and the Clown' Surpasses 16 Million Viewers!","og_description":"The film 'The King and the Clown' surpasses 16 million viewers, ranking second in Korean box office history.","og_url":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/","og_site_name":"nonhyeon-ilbo","article_published_time":"2026-04-11T13:52:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-15T07:54:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1201,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CP-2025-0118-36468483_thumb.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"\uac1c\ubc1c\uae30\ud68d\ud300","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/"},"author":{"name":"\uac1c\ubc1c\uae30\ud68d\ud300","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/b2265094fd34d8bb5cfbaf6040fa17d3"},"headline":"Korean Box Office Breakthrough: &#8216;The King and the Clown&#8217; Surpasses 16 Million Viewers!","datePublished":"2026-04-11T13:52:08+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-15T07:54:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/"},"wordCount":183,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2025-0118\/image-906b8b9b-a135-43f2-b85a-dca6b2408a3a.png","articleSection":["Media"],"inLanguage":"ko-KR"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/","url":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/","name":"Korean Box Office Breakthrough: 'The King and the Clown' Surpasses 16 Million Viewers!","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2025-0118\/image-906b8b9b-a135-43f2-b85a-dca6b2408a3a.png","datePublished":"2026-04-11T13:52:08+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-15T07:54:43+00:00","description":"The film 'The King and the Clown' surpasses 16 million viewers, ranking second in Korean box office history.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"ko-KR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ko-KR","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2025-0118\/image-906b8b9b-a135-43f2-b85a-dca6b2408a3a.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2025-0118\/image-906b8b9b-a135-43f2-b85a-dca6b2408a3a.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/media\/2026\/04\/11\/korean-box-office-breakthrough-king-clown\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\ud648","item":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Media","item":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/category\/media\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Korean Box Office Breakthrough: &#8216;The King and the Clown&#8217; Surpasses 16 Million Viewers!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/","name":"nonhyeon-ilbo","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"nonhyeon-ilbo","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ko-KR"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#organization","name":"nonhyeon-ilbo","alternateName":"nonhyeon-ilbo","url":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ko-KR","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cdn.tenbizt.com\/tenbizt\/2026\/02\/05114330\/mvp-org-logo-696x696-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.tenbizt.com\/tenbizt\/2026\/02\/05114330\/mvp-org-logo-696x696-1.jpg","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"nonhyeon-ilbo"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/b2265094fd34d8bb5cfbaf6040fa17d3","name":"\uac1c\ubc1c\uae30\ud68d\ud300","url":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/author\/fastmaster\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}