The youth romance film Lovely Runner recorded great achievements.
Lovely Runner is having success beyond expectations, continuously recording great achievements even though it does not have a famous cast like Queen of Tears or Chief Detective 1958. The film's success is said to be external. The station's own expectations when from the beginning, Lovely Runner was just a movie of the week (a time frame that was not favored for promotion) and did not have a large online distribution platform to support it.
On the rating race, Lovely Runner recorded not too high numbers, but in other categories, the film recorded extremely formidable achievements. According to Good Corporation Korea's survey results, Lovely Runner recorded a discussion score of 42,395 points in the television drama category (TV-OTT). The high number in the first week of release increased the film's popularity by 149%.
With the release platform in Korea – TVING, the film has now surpassed Queen of Tears to become the most viewed work on this platform. It is known that after only 4 episodes aired, Lovely Runner has helped the number of paid subscribers to the online broadcasting service TVING increase by 10,000 subscribers.
The movie is currently ranked #1 on TVING
In the international market, the film also received an extremely warm reception. According to Ratuken Viki (an online platform for watching TV shows and dramas), Lovely Runner ranked first in 133 countries out of 190 countries with distribution rights, showing the strong destructive power of this work. Particularly in Vietnam, Lovely Runner is also ranked #1 on the main platform that has purchased the copyright to release it. In addition, according to data from the online broadcasting service U-NEXT in Japan recorded on April 19, the film ranked first in the drama category.
The film is currently ranked first on the official distribution platform in Vietnam
In China, Lovely Runner also proved its extremely strong appeal with a score of up to 9.0/10 on Douban. Even on the global publishing platform Viki, the score is almost reaching the absolute level of 9.8/10. With Imdb, the number also reaches 9.0, much higher than Queen of Tears with 8.3 points. International audiences rate this as a truly perfect film, it is difficult to find flaws in both the acting and the screenplay. That's why, regardless of platform, the film is receiving positive feedback with a score that is too high compared to the average level of Korean films.
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