Achieve 2 Million Viewers, Exhuma Becomes The Best-selling Korean Film In Indonesia

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JAKARTA - The film Exhuma directed by director Jang Jae Hyun officially became the best-selling Korean film in Indonesia. The film received 2 million viewers on the 23rd day of screening in theaters.

Feat Pictures as the distributor announced this achievement by uploading an alternative poster of Exhuma. They thanked the Indonesian audience for supporting this thriller horror film.

"So far, I can only talk about it, when can I have a film that passes a million viewers? Now suddenly I'm given a film that gets 2 million," tweeted the distributor's account today, Thursday, March 21.

"Thank you, Indonesia! This is what dreams are made of intended," they continued.

The growth of the audience for the film Exhuma has increased since its premiere in Indonesia on February 28. This film managed to carve 1 million viewers on March 10.

With this, Exhuma officially overtook the film Parasite which had held the throne as the best-selling Korean film in Indonesia. When the theatrical broadcast, Parasite earned 700 thousand viewers and aired in two different times.

Parasite, which is now in second place, is followed by The Moon with 313,000 spectators, The Childe with 233 thousand, and Decible with 200 thousand.

Exhuma tells the story of a group of fengshui experts and shamans assigned to save possessed babies. Hwa Rim (Kim Go Eun) and Bong Gil (Lee Do Hyun) work with Kim Sang Deok (Choi Min Sik) and Yeong Geun (Yoo Hae Jin).

They found the location of ancestral graves believed to be related to this incident. However, the Deok and Hwa Rim did not expect something big to threaten their lives and world safety.

In South Korea, Exhuma also triumphed with 9 million viewers and placed the film as the best-selling film in South Korea this year.