‘Train to Busan’ Director Yeon Sang-ho’s ‘Paradise Lost’ Clinches 118-Country Sales Ahead of Hawai‘i Festival U.S. Bow

By Naman Ramachandran

Naman Ramachandran

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“Paradise Lost,” the new psychological thriller by “Train to Busan” filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho, has been sold to 118 countries and will have its U.S. premiere at the 46th Hawai‘i International Film Festival. It will play in the Spotlight on Korea section on Nov. 1 and 4.

CJ ENM, which is handling international sales, said overseas sales revenue alone had already topped the picture’s net production budget. The company put the result down to buyers’ faith in Yeon as a filmmaker and to the reach of a distribution network it has built over years of selling Korean films abroad.

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