On Your Wedding Day

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On Your Wedding Day
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Theatrical poster
Hangul
너의 결혼식
Literal meaningYour Wedding
Revised Romanization Neoui Gyeolhonsik
Directed byLee Seok-geun
Written byLee Seok-geun
Produced byCha Sang-min
Starring
CinematographyLee Seong-jae
Edited byLee Gang-hee
Music byLee Jin-hee
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
  • August 22, 2018 (2018-08-22)
Running time
110 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$21.1 million [2]

On Your Wedding Day [3] (Korean : 너의 결혼식) is a 2018 South Korean romantic comedy film that depicts the ten-year love and friendship of two people from teenage to adulthood. It was written and directed by Lee Seok-geun, and stars Park Bo-young and Kim Young-kwang. [4] [5] [6] [7] The film was released on August 22, 2018. [8]

Contents

Synopsis

A man receives a wedding invitation from his first love whom he met in high school. He reminisces all the trouble he went through to get together with her over the span of years beginning from youth, and how they had ups and downs in their life together. He finally goes to her wedding, and thanks her for being the shining star in his life and she thanks him for his support in need. He then walks away from her wedding function. [5] [9]

Cast

Main

Supporting

Cameo and special appearances

Production

Release

The film was released in South Korea on August 22, 2018. [2]

International release

Home media

The film was released in VOD service and digital download on September 27, 2018. [25]

Reception

Critical response

The Korea Herald described the film as a "funny, cute, lighthearted, and leaving you reminiscent of how it used to be when you were younger", and that it "created likeable characters... everyone in the movie perfectly fits his or her part." [26]

William Schwartz from HanCinema commented that it is "an all-around excellent movie", and wrote that the film "chronicles their love story through 2005 and 2007 and 2012, before finally ending on a twist in 2018. It is a marathon. Any of the four different eras could be a fully-fledged movie on its own. They all have strong, engaging story-lines." [27]

Local online entertainment media TV Report remarked that On Your Wedding Day is "emerging as the dark horse of theater's summer season." It reported that the film attracts audience in all ages—teenagers, 20s, 30s and middle-age—as it depicts a chronicle of real first love; showed realistic stories and various emotions in the changing environment; and sympathized with the memories of youth. [28]

Online magazine Cosmopolitan Philippines commented that the film "served important life and love lessons without being too cheesy or unrealistic." The reviewer also praised the lead stars' acting performance and their on-screen chemistry. [29]

Box office

The film premiered in South Korean cinemas on August 22, 2018. [30] It attracted 99,318 moviegoers on its opening day and finished first place with US$794,127 gross, slightly higher than The Witness which finished in second place. [31] It topped the box office during its first weekend with 30% revenue share, by attracting 694,237 moviegoers and grossing US$5.5 million. [32] After topping the box office for six consecutive days, the film reached 1 million admissions on August 27, 2018. [33] On August 31, it reached its break-even point with 1.5 million of admissions, as result of a strong ten days box office performance. [34]

During its second weekend, it remained on the top of the box office by having 568,267 attendance with US$4.5 million gross, 18.6% lower gross compared to its debut weekend. [35] [36] On September 3, 2018, it surpassed 2 million cumulative admissions. [37] After a two weeks strong performance, the film fell to second place during its third weekend with US$2.4 million gross from 321,342 attendance, tailing Searching . [38] On September 12, 2018, the film reached 2.6 million views and became the most watched romance film in South Korea in 2018, surpassing Be with You . [39]

As of September 24, 2018, the film attracted 2,812,135 total admission with US$21.1 million gross. [2]

Awards and nominations

AwardsCategoryRecipientResultRef.
55th Grand Bell Awards Best New DirectorLee Seok-geunNominated [40]
2nd The Seoul Awards Best Actress Park Bo-young Nominated [41]
Best New Actor Kim Young-kwang Nominated
39th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Actress Park Bo-young Nominated [42]
Best New Actor Kim Young-kwang Nominated
Popular Star Award Kim Young-kwang Won [43]
55th Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actor Kim Young-kwang Won [44]
Best New Director Lee Seok-gunNominated [45]

Remake and adaptation

A Chinese remake of the film titled My Love was released on April 30, 2021. It was directed and co-written by Han Tian, and stars Greg Hsu and Zhang Ruonan. [46]

On June 23, 2021, it was announced that On Your Wedding Day will be adapted into a webtoon. It will be serialized on webtoon platforms such as Naver and Kakao. [47]

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