According to Korean media, Queen of tears (Queen of Tears) invested in a budget of 56 billion won (about 1031 billion VND) for 16 episodes, equivalent to 3.5 billion won per episode (about 64 billion VND). This is a truly impressive number for Korean television.
Initially, the estimated budget was about 40 billion won (about 737 billion VND), but during the production process, the film’s budget increased by an additional 16 billion won (nearly 300 billion VND).
“Queen of Tears” brought in a profit of 10 billion won (about 184 billion VND) (Photo: tvN).
With large investment costs but Queen of tears is said to still bring large profits to manufacturers. The profits come from the sale by the film’s producers Queen of tears for Netflix and tvN (Korea).
The amount of money they earned from selling the film’s broadcasting rights was 65 billion won (1,200 billion VND). Therefore, the film’s profit is currently 10 billion won (about 184 billion VND).
Launched last March, Queen of tears quickly caused a fever on the Netflix platform in many countries, at one point even reaching the top 1 position globally, in the non-English drama category. The film also became a topic of discussion on most Asian film forums or social networks.
Queen of tears It also has quite impressive viewership ratings. Specifically, according to Nielsen Korea data, episode 14 of the movie broadcast on April 21 achieved an average rating (viewership rate) in Korea of 21.625%, just below the record of Landing on you 0.058%. With this number, Queen of tears is currently the drama with the second highest rating of tvN.
A quality cast is considered a factor in helping “Queen of Tears” succeed (Photo: tvN).
Queen of tears Written by Park Ji Eun. Park Ji Eun once made a series of works such as The star brought you here, Landed on you, Legend of the blue sea. The film’s attractive content with lots of drama is one of the factors that attracts audiences.
Queen of tears revolves around the love story of two characters including the third-generation heiress of Queens Group Hong Hae In (played by Kim Ji Won) and the son of a local grocery store owner Baek Hyun Woo (played by Kim Soo). Hyun plays).
In addition to the attractive content, the harmonious and beautiful acting of the two main actors, Kim Ji Won and Kim Soo Hyun, also attracted the movie’s audience. In addition to the two main actors, the film also has the participation of many famous stars as guests such as Song Joong Ki and Kim Shin Rok.
According to some sources, actress Son Ye Jin of Landing on you may appear in the final few episodes of Queen of tears. This information makes the audience of Queen of tears more excitement.
Before that, many viewers also thought it was the wedding of the two main actors Queen of tears inspired by the wedding party of Son Ye Jin and Hyun Bin in real life.
