The Roundup (Korean: lit. Crime City 2) is a 2022 South Korean crime action film directed by Lee Sang-yong, starring Ma Dong-seok, Son Seok-koo, and Choi Gwi-hwa. A sequel of 2017 film The Outlaws, the film was released theatrically on May 18, 2022 in IMAX format. Set after 4 years from the previous film, Detective Ma Seok-do, who travels to Vietnam to extradiate a suspect, but comes across some gruesome murders of Korean tourists by a vicious killer named Kang-Hae Sung.
On accounting its box office performance, the film opened at number 1 at the South Korean box office and mobilized 467,525 admissions, which is the best opening for a Korean film in the last 882 days. It became first film in South Korea to register 10 million admissions in 2022 on 25th day. It is the 4th film starring Ma Dong-seok to break through the 10 million, and the 20th Korean film in history to achieve the feat. As of June 12, the film ranks at 5 in global box office being released in 5 countries.
The film became the highest performing South Korean release since COVID-19 pandemic. Currently it is the top-grossing film of 2022 in South Korea, with gross of US$100.06 million and 12.59 million admissions, and also figures in the List of highest-grossing films in South Korea at 3rd place in Domestic films by gross and at 9th place in Domestic films by admissions as per Korean film council.
