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Memories of Murder(2003)
Released
2003 · FILM

Memories of Murder

A meticulous Seoul detective teams up with a jaded rural cop to solve a string of brutal 1980s murders, but their clash of modern forensic science versus gut‑instinct tactics threatens to let the killer slip away.

“The worst of them will stay with you... forever.”

Directed by
Bong Joon Ho
Written by
Sung Bo Shim, Bong Joon Ho
Rated
BBFC · 15
Runtime
131 min
Language
KO
CrimeDramaMystery
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

In 1980s South Korea, a sadistic serial rapist and murderer preys on young women in a small province. As the violence escalates, three detectives, each with differing approaches and growing desperation, work to uncover the killer's identity and psychology, though their efforts ultimately prove unable to solve the case.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 54+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Sun Min KimShot by Hyung Koo KimScored by Taro IwashiroDesigned by Ryu Seong Hie

Box Office

2003 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 9.3× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$26.0M

Budget$2.8M
Worldwide gross$26.0M
break-even (2.5×)

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Also known as

  • Memories of Murderde
  • Memories of Murderen
  • Crónica de un asesino en seriees
  • Memories of Murderfr
  • Memorie di un assassinoit

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