‘My Daughter is a Zombie’ crosses 1 million viewers; sets a record for the fastest Korean film to reach this feat

My Daughter Is a Zombie

’ has been breaking records from the moment it was released on August 30! First, the movie managed to attract the most moviegoers on its opening day, surpassing Tom Cruise’s ‘Mission: Impossible’, and now it has achieved another major feat in just a few days!

‘My Daughter is a Zombie’ garners more than 1 million moviegoers

Within only 4 days, the zombie-comedy film managed to hit another major milestone! According to statistics from the Korean Film Council, this project has already managed to achieve 1,452,243 moviegoers at the time of this report!As of right now, the film is close to reaching more than 1.5 million moviegoers, setting a major record for any film released in South Korea. It is now the

fastest Korean film

of 2025 to reach this feat.

It has also managed to catch up to the previous records set by ‘Smugglers’ and ‘Pilot’, which were the

highest-grossing films

of the summer of 2023 and summer of 2024, respectively.

About ‘My Daughter is a Zombie’

The film features a powerful cast, which includes

Jo Jung Suk

, Cho Yeo Jeong,

Lee Jung Eun

,

Yoon Kyung Ho

, and Choi Yu Ri. The comedy film spins the zombie genre around and shares a hilarious yet touching tale of a father who is surviving with his daughter, the last zombie left in the entire world. The film revolves around a devoted father trying his level best to teach his zombie daughter how to survive in the real world without getting caught. His daughter, on the other hand, has become even more fierce and moody than she was before, and always tries her level best to fight and bite people around her. Even while being a zombie, she hasn't forgotten what it was to be human, which shows with her love for churros, as well as her dancing skills that she still seems to remember. The tale has managed to win the hearts of many across the country.