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Official 20th Anniversary Re-Release Trailer

Oldboy(2003)
Released
2003 · FILM

Oldboy

A man imprisoned in a mysterious room for 15 years escapes into a twisted reality in 2003, racing to uncover his captor and confront a world that has moved on without him.

“15 years of imprisonment, five days of vengeance.”

Directed by
Park Chan Wook, Han Jang Hyeok
Written by
Garon Tsuchiya, Nobuaki Minegishi
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
120 min
Language
KO
ActionDramaMystery
Streaming on
  • Kanopy

Synopsis

A man, with no knowledge of how he was imprisoned, drugged, and tortured for 15 years, becomes desperate and seeks revenge against his captors.

Credits

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 171+ 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 Kim Jae BeomShot by Chung Hoon ChungScored by Cho Young WukDesigned by Ryu Seong HieSound by Sung Jin LeeCostumes by Jo Sang GyeongVFX by Sung Jin Jung

Box Office

2003 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.8× 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

$17.5M

Budget$3.0M
Worldwide gross$17.5M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $707K — 4% of worldwide · International: $16.8M (96%)

Re-release box office

2023250 theaters
$2.5M($2.8M today)

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Full synopsis

Other versions & cuts

  • (French, dubbed version)French, dubbed version

These are distinct edits of the film. Their own runtime and release year aren’t on file yet — we only have the alternate title so far.

Also known as

  • Old Boyde
  • Oldboyde
  • Oldboyen
  • Old Boyfr
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • South KoreaNov 21, 2003
  • FranceMay 15, 2004
  • RussiaJun 24, 2004
  • CzechiaJul 4, 2004
  • GermanyAug 13, 2004

Companies

ProductionShow East, Egg Films

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