The movie ’Zombie Daughter,’ starring Jo Jung-seok, reached the top of the box office as soon as it was released. According to the Korea Film Council’s integrated ticket sales network, ’Zombie Daughter’ attracted 430,091 viewers on its opening day, achieving an overwhelming result. This film is a comic drama about a father who begins secret training to protect his daughter, who has become the last remaining zombie in the world, and it received positive reactions from both audiences and critics after its press screening.

The opening performance of ’Zombie Daughter’ surpassed the 423,892 viewers of the highest-grossing film of 2025, ’Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning.’ Additionally, it exceeded the 368,582 viewers of ’Extreme Job,’ achieving the highest opening score among Korean comedy films of all time. The movie easily surpassed the opening scores of blockbuster films like ’The Drug King’ and ’Spring in Seoul,’ and it recorded the highest opening score among non-series Korean films released in the last five years.

The reactions from actual viewers are also positive. The CGV Egg Index is at 91%, Lotte Cinema’s rating is 9.1, and Naver’s rating is 9.08, all indicating high numbers. Jo Jung-seok is receiving acclaim once again as a summer box office powerhouse, following his successes in ’Exit’ and ’Pilot.’

In second place is ’F1: The Movie,’ starring Brad Pitt, which drew 118,149 viewers and recorded a cumulative audience of 2,637,781. It is expected to surpass 3 million viewers this weekend. Third place goes to ’The Reader’s Point of View,’ starring Ahn Hyo-seop and Lee Min-ho, which attracted 83,988 viewers, bringing its cumulative audience to 826,409. However, this film is expected to struggle to reach the break-even point of 6 million viewers.

Fourth place is taken by ’Fantastic Four: A New Beginning,’ which attracted 49,820 viewers, while fifth place is held by ’Bad Guys 2,’ which drew 41,513 viewers.