{"id":848,"date":"2026-05-29T13:38:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=848"},"modified":"2026-05-29T13:38:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:38:29","slug":"na-hong-jins-hope-sets-sales-record-for-korean-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=848","title":{"rendered":"Na Hong-Jin\u2019s \u2018Hope\u2019 Sets Sales Record for Korean Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nInternational buyers are mad for <em>Hope<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>\nNa Hong-Jin\u2019s sci-fi monster movie, a highlight of the Cannes Film Festival this year, has all but sold out worldwide, securing pre-sale deals in 200 territories worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=847\">At SXSW London, Get Ready to Network and Discuss AI, Robots and Technofeudalism<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tStudio divisions Focus Features and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions picked up the film for select international territories, with Focus, together with UPI France, acquiring rights for France, Benelux and South Africa; and SPWA taking Portugal, Scandinavia, Iceland, Israel and the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOther major international territorial deals include with Japan\u2019s Gaga, CIS\u2019 The World Pictures, Eastern Europe\u2019s Unicorn Media and India\u2019s Star Ent. Neon acquired <em>Hope<\/em> for North America, the U.K. and Australia ahead of Cannes and Mubi pre-bought multiple territories, including Germany, Spain, Italy and Latin America.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPlus M Entertainment, which is handling worldwide sales on the title, said the pre-sales deals for <em>Hope<\/em> have set an all-time record for a Korean title, noting the film has already recouped \u201cnearly half\u201d of its net production budget before theatrical release. For several of the distributors, <em>Hope<\/em> is their first-ever Korean film acquisition. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tHope follows Bum-seok (<em>The Wailing<\/em> star Hwang Jung-min), chief of police in the small town of Hope Harbor, a South Korean outpost located near the Demilitarized Zone, which comes under attack from strange, otherworldly creatures. Zo In-sung and Hoyeon co-star with show-stopping cameos from Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander and Taylor Russell. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=845\">With \u2018Off Campus\u2019 Season 2, Mika Abdalla\u2019s \u201cIt\u201d Girl Moment Has Arrived<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe film was an audience and critical favorite in Cannes. <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>\u2018s chief film critic David Rooney called it a \u201crip-roaring sci-fi creature feature\u201d with \u201ccult classic written all over it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\n\tInternational buyers clearly hope that have a money maker on their hands, though the film\u2019s original running length, clocking in at 2 hours and 40 minutes, could make it a programming challenge for some distributors. Na Hong-Jin has set up the film as the first in a possible franchise. <\/p>\n<p>\n<em>Hope<\/em> is set for release in Korea this summer followed by a North American rollout in the fall and subsequent releases worldwide. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=843\">\u2018Star City\u2019 Review: Apple\u2019s \u2018For All Mankind\u2019 Spinoff Puts a Darkly Compelling Spin on the Space Race<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sci-fi monster movie, which Neon has for North America, has pre-sold to more than 200 territories worldwide, a record for a Korean film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[24,8,157,2,108],"class_list":["post-848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-cannes","tag-cannes-2026","tag-hope","tag-international","tag-na-hong-jin"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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