Hitman 2 (2025 film)

Jun, who gained brief fame as the creator of the webtoon Assassination Agent Jun, quickly earns the reputation of a "brainless writer" after Season 2 gets criticized miserably, but things take a turn when a real-life terrorist attack mirrors the plot of Season 2, leaving Jun wrongly accused by the NIS of being the mastermind behind the crime.

• Kwon Sang-woo as Kim Bong-joon / Jun / Kim Soo-hyuk
• Jung Joon-ho as Cheon Deok-kyu
• Lee Yi-kyung as Cheol
• Hwang Woo-seul-hye as Lee Mi-na
• Kim Sung-oh as Chang Cheol-ryong / Pierre Jean
• Lee Ji-won as Kim Ga-young
• Lee Soon-won as Yong-chool, National Intelligence Service agent
• Han Ji-eun as Jeon Hae-in, the final runner{{cite web|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/477/0000432790 |title=[단독]한지은, '히트맨2' 마지막 주자 낙점…'열일' 행보ing |trans-title=[Exclusive] Han Ji-eun, selected as the final runner for 'Hitman 2'... 'Hot' move|author=Kang Hyo-jin |work=SPOTV News |publisher=Naver|date= June 5, 2023|access-date=December 11, 2024|language=ko}}
• Park Kwang-jae as Anton, Pierre Jean's subordinate.
• Kim Han-jun as Sasha, Pierre Jean's subordinate.

In May 2023, Kim Sung-oh and Lee Soon-won joined the original cast of the film.{{cite web|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/109/0004858061 |title=[단독] 김성오·이순원, 흥행작 '히트맨2' 합류…권상우→이이경 맞선다(종합) |trans-title= [Exclusive] Kim Sung-oh and Lee Soon-won join the hit 'Hitman 2'… Kwon Sang-woo → Lee Yi-kyung face off (Comprehensive) [Official]|author=Kim Bo-ra |work=OSEN |publisher=Naver|date= May 26, 2023|access-date=December 10, 2024|language=ko}}

Principal photography began on June 2, 2023, and filming ended on September 3 2023.{{cite web|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/109/0004922338 |title='히트맨2' 크랭크업…권상우→최원섭 감독 다시 뭉쳤다 "재밌는 영화 완성"[공식] |trans-title= 'Hitman 2' cranks up... Kwon Sang-woo → Director Choi Won-seop reunite "Completing a fun movie" [Official]|author=Kim Bo-ra |work=OSEN |publisher=Naver|date= September 7, 2023|access-date=December 10, 2024|language=ko}}{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=437&aid=0000358685|last=Park|first=Jeong-sun|title=히트맨2' 크랭크업…돌아온 권상우·정준호·황우슬혜|trans-title='Hitman 2' cranks up... Kwon Sang-woo, Jung Joon-ho and Hwang Woo-sul-hye are back in action|publisher=JTBC|via=Naver|date=September 7, 2023|access-date=December 11, 2024|language=ko}}

Hitman 2 premiered in South Korean theaters on January 22, 2025 released by Bypoem Studio.{{cite web|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/437/0000423399 |title=권상우 '히트맨2', 1월 22일 개봉 확정…새해 웃음 책임진다|trans-title=Kwon Sang-woo's 'Hitman 2' confirmed to be released on January 22nd... New Year's laughter is responsible |author=Kim Sun-woo |work= JTBC|date= December 19, 2024|access-date=December 22, 2024|language=ko}}

The film was released on January 22, 2025 on 1,410 screens.{{cite web|url= https://www.kobis.or.kr/kobis/mobile/main/findDailyBoxOfficeList.do|title= Daily Box Office|access-date= March 20, 2025|work= KOBIS|language= ko}} It opened at first place on Korean box office with 105,911 running audiences. It surpassed the number of cinegoers on the opening day of the previous work Hitman: Agent Jun released in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/609/0000945285 |title='히트맨2' 전작 넘었다, 10만명↑ 보며 새 1위 등극[박스오피스]|trans-title='Hitman 2' surpasses its predecessor, sees 100,000+ viewers and takes new No. 1 [Box Office] |author=Bae Hyo-joo |work= Newsen|publisher=Naver|date= January 23, 2025|access-date=January 25, 2025|language=ko}} In the first weekend it was at 2nd place with 604,887 commutative audience at the Korean box office.{{cite web|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/movie/article/018/0005932662 |title=NEW 송혜교 통했다… '검은 수녀들', 개봉 첫주 1위 등극 |trans-title=NEW Song Hye-kyo is popular… 'Black Nuns' takes first place in first week of release |author=Yoon Ki-baek |work=Edaily|publisher=Naver |date= January 27, 2025|access-date=January 27, 2025|language=ko}} On January 29, the film surpassed 1 million audience on 8th day of its release. It is the first Korean film to do so in 2025 at the box office.{{cite web|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/109/0005233900 |title=권상우 '히트맨2', 무릎 꿇은 절박함 터졌다..설날 첫 100만 돌파 [공식]|trans-title=Kwon Sang-woo's 'Hitman 2', Kneeling Desperation Explodes.. First Lunar New Year 1 Million Surpass [Official]|author=Ha Soo-jung|work=OSEN|publisher=Naver |date=January 29, 2025|access-date= January 29, 2025|language=ko}} On February 3, it crossed 2 million viewers on 13th day of its release.{{cite web|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/108/0003300328 |title= 권상우, 일냈다..'히트맨2' 200만 돌파 [공식] |trans-title= Kwon Sang-woo, did it... 'Hitman 2' surpasses 2 million [Official] |author= Kim Nara|work=Star News|publisher=Naver|date=February 3, 2025|access-date=February 4, 2025 |language=ko}}

{{As of|2025|3|19|df=US|}}, the film has grossed {{USD|16,432,209}} from 2,547,405 admissions making it the top-grossing Korean film of 2025 at the South Korean box office.

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• {{kmdb film|35287}}
• {{hancinema film|Hitman_2}}
• {{IMDb title|tt30788876}}

Category:2020s Korean-language films

Category:2025 action comedy films

Category:Films about the National Intelligence Service (South Korea)

Category:South Korean action comedy films