Overview
- Deadline reports the film has reached $4.2 million domestically, making it Park’s top U.S. grosser to date, with a global total near $27 million and a rollout growing to about 700 sites including IMAX play.
- The dark comedy, adapted from Donald E. Westlake’s The Ax, stars Lee Byung-hun and Son Ye-jin and reframes layoffs through automation and AI-era job insecurity.
- South Korea’s official Oscar submission is on the international feature shortlist, with additional recognition including Gotham Best Picture and Critics Choice foreign-language nominations.
- Broadsheet notes recent Golden Globes nominations in musical or comedy and foreign-language categories, though the film did not win those prizes.
- Critical momentum includes a four-star Chicago Tribune review, while Park’s interviews with IndieWire and Mashable highlight meticulous production design—especially a ‘cookie-cutter’ house as a middle-class symbol—and a focus on questioning the system through one man’s story.