Don Lee-Starring ‘Men of Plastic’ Sells Strongly for Showbox

“Males of Plastic,” a present comedy movie starring the larger-than-life Korean American actor Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok) has racked up gross sales in 32 territories for distributor Showbox.

Lee is the star of the crime motion movie sequence that kicked off with “The Outlaws” and which was adopted by “The Roundup,” this 12 months’s largest movie in Korea with a $100 million cumulative.

“Males of Plastic” which sees Lee enjoying a small-time entrepreneur who units up a mega studio in Apgujeong, the center of Korea’s cosmetic surgery trade, was launched in Korea final week. Produced by Lee and directed by Lim Jin-sun, it has earned $3.34 million to this point and holds second place on the field workplace going into its second weekend.

The movie was licensed to Film Cloud for Taiwan, Purple Plan for Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Vietnam, At Leisure for Japan, CJ ENM HK for Thailand, Eagle Worldwide for Inflight, Viva Communications for The Philippines, Lotus Photos for Mongolia and Edko Movies for Hong Kong. North American rights have been licensed to Capelight, Showbox advised Selection.

Lee is a former boxer and bodybuilder who was born in Korea, raised within the U.S. and returned to Korea to look in additional than 80 movies the place he has developed a cult following. He has had vital roles within the “Alongside With The Gods” hit movie pair, and “The Gangster, The Cop, The Satan.” Internationally, he could also be finest recognized for his starring function in breakout zombie horror movie “Practice to Busan” or a supporting function in Marvel’s “The Eternals.”

Lee has not too long ago wrapped “The Roundup: No Manner Out,” the third movie within the “Roundup” franchise and has plunged straight into making a fourth movie, “The Roundup: Punishment.”