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With Rocker Princess a veritable blockbuster in South Korea [at the time of this article’s posting the film was sitting strong at #12, with a total box office draw of 35,738,409,626 KRW - roughly $30.1 million USD - made off a mere $2 million USD production budget], the studio decided it was time to move the hit film over to the Land of the Rising Sun to capitalize on Jessica Jiyeon’s growing fame with Heathers.
The musical went up against the 5th entry of the popular Fast and the Furious franchise as well Moteki, and managed to take 2nd place with 1,125,317,656 YEN [$14,721,661 USD].
Positive reviews for the film have carried over to Japan as well, with Megami Robishu {aka the "Roger Ebert of Japan"} writing a glowing review on his popular blog. Quote:
“It’s not often you find a film that takes a well-worn fairytale like Cinderella & gives it a legitimately fresh spin. In all my years of reviewing films geared toward the modern younger set, this is the first one I can honestly say I not only enjoyed immensely from start to finish, but would gladly see again without hesitation.”
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