Salmokji: Whispering Water film reaches 2 million, the highest-grossing Korean horror after the pandemic

The cast of the film Salmokji: Whispering Water (X @showboxmovie)

JAKARTA - South Korean film industry is starting to rise with record after record that continues to increase. The film Salmokji: Whispering Water has 2 million viewers as of April 27.

Korean Box Office Information System (KOBIS) announced that the film "Salmokji: Whispering Water" has been watched by more than 2 million viewers as of Monday, April 27.

This film became the second film in 2026 to reach millions of viewers following The King's Warden. Not only that, this film became the first Korean film to get millions of viewers after Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum which aired 8 years ago.

<Salmoji> continues to break through 200,000 viewers!

2 million viewers, thank you very much❤️‍🔥

<Salmoji> #Screening #Kim Hye Yoon #Lee Jong Won #Kim Joon Han #Kim Young Sung #Oh Dong Min #Yoon Jae Chan #Jang Da Ah pic.twitter.com/62L7sKkBgD

— SHOWBOX (@showboxmovie) April 27, 2026

The actors and director appreciated the audience by posing together to celebrate 2 million viewers. Actors such as Kim Hye Yoon, Lee Jong Won, Kim Jun Han, Kim Young Sung, Oh Dong Min, Yoon Jae Chan, and Jang Da Ah and director Lee Sang Min were present in this photo.

The film gained an increase in viewers within a week after 1 million viewers. Thanks to the positive response and the audience's reception in South Korea, Salmokji began to get viewers who were curious about the Salmokji phenomenon.

"Salmokji: Whispering Water" tells the story of a production crew sent to a reservoir named Salmokji to find out about the mysterious figure they found in their footage. In the process of the journey, the crew experiences a series of mystical events.

Han Su In (Kim Hye Yoon) becomes the group leader in place of the crew who disappeared after visiting the area.

Salmokji: Whispering Water is also planned to be shown in Indonesian cinemas starting May 1.