Chapter 240

Deboning's opening-day numbers were overwhelming compared to every other film released that year.

Even the genre barrier of being a revenge drama proved powerless against the sheer force of its direction and performances.

From opening day, Deboning brushed past its competitors to claim the top spot at the box office, and from there it swept up audiences at an unstoppable pace.

Crowds eager to witness for themselves the performance that had earned Joo Sae-i an eight-minute standing ovation at the Jeanne festival poured into theaters all weekend long.

As a result, by midnight on the Sunday that closed out its opening weekend —

Deboning had effortlessly blown past two million cumulative admissions in its very first week, a feat that left everyone talking.

It was the moment the film carrying Sae-i as its lead seized the throne, pushing aside every other movie that had been counting on the year-end box…