The Host
“Man has made his newest predator.”
A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.
Genres
Horror, Drama, Science Fiction
Studio
Chungeorahm Film
Language
ko
Status
Released
How The Host performed
Budget
$11.0M
Worldwide Gross
$88.5M
Gross Profit
$77.5M
Return
8.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$18M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~44/56, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (45% of the domestic run, typical for Horror) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Park Gang-du
Song Kang-ho
Park Gang-du
Park Hie-bong
Byun Hee-bong
Park Hie-bong
Park Nam-il
Park Hae-il
Park Nam-il
Park Nam-joo
Bae Doona
Park Nam-joo
Park Hyun-seo
Ko Asung
Park Hyun-seo
The Monster (voice)
Oh Dal-su
The Monster (voice)
Se-jin
Lee Jae-eung
Se-jin
Se-joo
Lee Dong-ho
Se-joo
Homeless Man
Yoon Je-moon
Homeless Man
Fat Guevara
Yim Pil-sung
Fat Guevara
Yellow Suit at Funeral
Kim Roi-ha
Yellow Suit at Funeral
Hostage nurse
Koh Soo-hee
Hostage nurse
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