Extreme Job

After failing their latest mission, a group of young narcotics detectives led by squad chief Go are offered one last chance to save their career. They should carry out an undercover surveillance of an international drug gang. Their stakeout location is a chicken restaurant. Things seem to work, but Go is informed that the restaurant will soon go out of business. Go and his colleagues decide to purchase the restaurant, still planning to use it for their undercover operation. However, a rib marinade they have to improvise for a sticky chicken recipe becomes an instant hit, and their chicken restaurant becomes famous for its food.{{Cite news|url=http://news.jtbc.joins.com/article/article.aspx?news_id=NB11760050|script-title=ko:'극한직업', 463마리 치킨이 완성한 웃음|publisher=JTBC News|author=Park Jung-sun|date=22 January 2019|language=ko}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2019/01/689_262347.html|title=Comedy films dominate box office again|date=20 January 2019|website=The Korea Times|author=Park Jin-hai}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-mini-extreme-job-review-20190124-story.html|title=Review: 'Extreme Job' is a Korean comedy in the tradition of 'Police Academy'|work=Los Angeles Times|author=Michael Rechtshaffen|date=24 January 2019}}

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• Ryu Seung-ryong{{Cite news|url=http://pop.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=201803141641108781168_1|script-title=ko:류승룡·이하늬·진선규·이동휘·공명, '극한직업' 마약반 캐스팅(공식)|publisher=Herald Pop|date=14 March 2018|language=ko}}{{Cite web|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=3058381|title=Ryu Seung-ryong finds his team: The actor shines in 'Extreme Job' with help of all-star cast|date=19 January 2019|website=Korea JoongAng Daily}} as Squad chief Go

:A determined but poorly performing cop. He is a dedicated worker who invests his retirement fund into the fried chicken business. Nicknamed the Zombie as he has survived 12 stab wounds.

• Lee Hanee as Detective Jang

:The team's not-always-efficient problem solver. Nicknamed Jang-Bak (from Ong Bak) due to having been a kickboxing (Muay Thai) champion previously. She has a love/hate relationship with Ma.

• Jin Seon-kyu as Detective Ma

:A financially unreliable cop with gambling tendencies. The key figure behind the success of the fried chicken restaurant. He uses his parents' rib marinade recipe for exquisite taste. He is a showboater and an overconfident cop. He was a member of the South Korean judo team in the past and has a love/hate relationship with Detective Jang.

• Lee Dong-hwi as Detective Young-ho

:The team's determined goal-setter and the most serious member of the team. He was rumored to have been an ex-military and a member of the elite UD team with kills under his belt.

• Gong Myung{{Cite news|url=http://news.hankyung.com/article/201901213959H|script-title=ko:공명 "'극한직업' 제 인생 터닝포인트" (인터뷰)|publisher=Hangkyung News|author=Kim So-yeon|date=22 January 2019|language=ko}} as Detective Jae-hoon

:The enthusiastic, youngest team member and cheerleader. He is extremely gullible and childish. He has extraordinary resilience to blows due to being a high school baseball star and enduring brickbats for years.

• Shin Ha-kyun{{Cite news|url=https://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?news_id=N1005086575|title='극한직업' 신하균X오정세, 신개념 악당 변신…벌써 재밌네|access-date=2019-01-22|publisher=SBS News|author=Kim Ji-hye|date=7 January 2019|language=ko}} as Lee Moo-bae
• Oh Jung-se{{Cite news|url=http://www.sportalkorea.com/butterfly/view.php?gisa_uniq=2019010709394095799|title='극한직업' 신하균X오정세, 구타유발 악당콤비..파격 변신|access-date=2019-01-22|publisher=Sportal Korea|date=7 January 2019|language=ko}} as Ted Chang
• Han Joon-woo as Detective
• Kim Eui-sung as Police superintendent
• Song Young-kyu as Detective squad chief Choi
• Heo Joon-suk as General manager Jung
• Kim Ji-young as Squad chief Go's wife
• Kim Jong-soo as Chicken restaurant owner
• Lee Joong-ok as Hwan-dong
• Jung Jae-kwang as Gungpyeong Port uniformed police
• Yang Hyun-min as Hong Sang-pil
• Shin Shin-ae 3rd floor aunt (special appearance)

By the second day since the release of the film, it topped the box office by selling 720,000 tickets.{{Cite web |url= https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2019/01/689_262689.html|title='Extreme Job' tops box office in just two days [VIDEO]|date=25 January 2019|work=The Korea Times|author=Dong Sun-hwa}}

On January 25, 2019, just three days after release, Extreme Job surpassed 1 million viewers. It set a record of exceeding 1 million views in the shortest period of time for a January comedy film in Korea. It has also tied with the 2016 film Luck Key as the fastest comedy film to reach 1 million views.{{Cite web |url= http://www.osen.co.kr/article/G1111071449|script-title=ko:'극한직업', 개봉 3일만 100만 돌파..역대 코미디 영화 최단 기록 [공식입장]|language=ko|date=25 January 2019|work=OSEN|author=Park Jin-youngl}}

Soon after, on January 26, 2019, the film reached a total of 2 million moviegoers and broke the record for the fastest comedy film to hit the 2 million mark in just four days. The previous record holders Miracle in Cell No. 7 and Miss Granny took six days to achieve that.{{Cite web |url= https://www.tvreport.co.kr/?c=news&m=newsview&idx=1105589|script-title=ko:'극한직업' 4일만에 200만 돌파..'7번방의 선물'보다 빠르다[공식]|language=ko|date=26 January 2019|work=TV Report|author=Kim Soo-jungl}}

The film continued becoming a box office hit as it reached the 3.1 million mark in five days at a faster rate than previous films that reached 10 million moviegoers such as Veteran and The Thieves which took six days to achieve the 3 million milestones.{{Cite web |url= https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20190127047600005?input=1195m|script-title=ko:'극한직업' 개봉 5일만에 300만 돌파|language=ko|date=27 January 2019|work=Yonhap News Agency|author=Lee Do-yeon}} The film also broke the January daily ticket sales record previously held by Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds with 916,652 admissions on January 1, 2018.{{Cite web |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2019/01/689_262810.html|title='Extreme Job' attracts over 3 mil., renews daily ticket sales records|date=28 January 2019|work=The Korea Times|author=Kang Aa-young}}

Topping the local box office for nine straight days since its January 23 release, the film surpassed 5 million admissions on February 1, way beyond its 2.3 million tickets break-even point.

Two weeks after its initial release on February 6, the film finally reached a grand domestic total of 10 million admissions, making it the 23rd film to pass the 10 million mark. It also becomes the second comedy film in six years to reach 10 million moviegoers after Miracle in Cell No. 7.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mydaily.co.kr/new_yk/html/read.php?newsid=201902061315931563&ext=na|title="설 연휴 천만돌파!"…'극한직업', 역대 18번째 천만영화 기록[공식]language=ko|date=6 February 2019|work=My Daily}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2019/02/689_263204.html|title=Korean comedy 'Extreme Job' tops 10 million admissions|date=6 February 2019|work=The Korea Times}}

On February 10, just in 19 days, Extreme Job became the highest-grossing Korean comedy film of all time by reaching 12,835,396 moviegoers setting a new record. The previous record was held by Miracle in Cell No. 7 which drew a total of 12,811,206 moviegoers during its run.{{Cite web |url=http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201902110736302410|script-title=ko:‘극한직업’ 1283만 관객 돌파, 역대 코미디 영화 1위 등극[박스오피스]|language=ko|date=11 February 2019|work=Newsen|author=Lee Min-ki}}

According to statistics released by the Korean Film Council on February 18, Extreme Job has set a new record for the second-most-watched film in Korea of all time, coming in at 14,536,378. It is now second place behind The Admiral: Roaring Currents which still reigns on top with 17.61 million moviegoers in total. It has also become the highest-grossing film of all time in South Korea (unadjusted).{{Cite web |url=http://news.kmib.co.kr/article/view.asp?arcid=0013073587&code=61181511&cp=nv|script-title=ko:‘극한직업’ 1400만 돌파…“역대 2위 눈앞에”|language=ko|date=17 February 2019|work=News Kmib|author=Kim Nae-yeon}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201902180758596710|script-title=ko:‘신과함께’ 넘은 ‘극한직업’ 앞엔 ‘명량’ 뿐..1453만 돌파[박스오피스]|language=ko|date=18 February 2019|work=Newsen|author=Bae Hyo=joo}}

It was projected to gross around $100–120 million by the end of its theatrical run.{{Cite web|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20190210000075|title = 'Extreme Job' a step away from becoming No. 1 Korean comedy film|date = 10 February 2019}}

Extreme Job and Chinese film Lobster Cop (龍蝦刑警, released in June 2018) were developed in the same project called the 'Korean-Chinese story co-development project' that was a cooperation between Chinese and Korean companies, with the same script localized differently in their respective countries.{{cite web|date=2020-08-19|title='극한직업' 중국판 '비밀경찰: 랍스터캅', 한국 버전과 뭐가 다를까|url=https://www.news1.kr/articles/?4030828|website=news1}}

In April 2019, it was reported that a Hollywood remake was being worked on, starring Kevin Hart.{{cite web|date=2019-04-30|title=영화 '극한직업', 美리메이크 확정…케빈 하트 주연|url=https://www.edaily.co.kr/news/read?newsId=01246406622461368&mediaCodeNo=258}}

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