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Ji Chang-Wook’s 2025 Net Worth Breakdown ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Ji Chang-Wook is one of the most sought-after actors, known for his versatility in the South Korean entertainment industry. From donning a villainous character in Gangnam B-Side to featuring in a rom-com drama like Welcome to Samdal-ri, he has done it all, proving his worth as an actor.

In the last few years, he has delivered a few of the highest-rated K-dramas. With such an impressive career and filmography, have you ever wondered what his net worth might look like? Well, his ever-increasing net worth deserves to be discussed. So, scroll ahead and find out more about it.

Ji Chang-Wook’s Career Highlights & Net Worth

Ji Chang-Wook has always picked up projects in which he can challenge himself emotionally or physically to become that character. There has hardly been any drama or movie that his audience and fans didn’t like.

Netflix is commencing production on new Korean action comedy thriller, “Husbands in Action,” featuring an unconventional rescue mission with a comedic twist.

The film follows Chung-sik, a dedicated Drug Squad detective, who must team up with his ex-wife’s current husband, Min-seok, a veterinarian, to rescue her from a dangerous criminal organization. Director Park Gyu-tae, known for his recent comedy hit “6/45,” will bring his characteristic wit and humor to the project.

Jin Sun-kyu will portray Chung-sik, while Gong Myoung takes on the role of Min-seok. Both actors previously worked together in the film “Extreme Job.”

The cast also includes Kim Ji-suk as Do-joon, the tech-savvy drug gang leader; Yoon Kyung-ho (“The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call”) as rival gang leader Yong-gang; Kang Han-na as Si-nae, who actively fights against her captors; and Lee Da-hee as Hye-ran, Do-joon’s wife and key player in the drug world.

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Before Bong Joon-Ho’s “Parasite” swept the 2020 Academy Awards, Cj Entertainment, the South Korean production and distribution company behind the film, were not planning such a big entry into the Hollywood mainstream. In fact, prior to this success, they were trying to shop a potential English-language remake of the 2003 Korean cult favorite “Save the Green Planet!” on an indie scale similar to the original. As reported on by The Hollywood Reporter, while speaking at the 2024 Busan International Film Festival at a forum on Navigating the New Paradigm, head of Cj Enm’s film division, Jerry Ko admitted that despite trying carry on the homespun spirit of the original, attaching talent like Yorgos Lanthimos, Ari Aster, Emma Stone, and Jesse Plemons has ballooned the project, now retitled “Bugonia,” into something bigger than he ever expected.

“We started out with the belief that the film’s concept was ahead of its time...

When Cj Entertainment, the production team behind Jang Joon-hwan’s Save the Green Planet, got the idea of remaking the 2003 cult Korean sci-fi comedy, they didn’t expect it to get so big.

This was before the release of Bong Joon-ho’s multi-Oscar winner Parasite, before Korean cinema exploded worldwide and before Cj Entertainment became one of the biggest global production outfits with its 2022 acquisition of Endeavor Content (now Fifth Season).

“[Cj Enm] was sort of an unknown production company from a marginalized place then,” said Jerry Jerry Ko, head of Cj Enm’s film division, speaking at a forum on Navigating the New Paradigm at the 2024 Busan International Film Festival.

“We started out with the belief that the film’s concept was ahead of its time and that [maybe we] could make an indie movie, but as we traveled around Hollywood, we realized that there were many hidden fans of the original film.

Executives from Cj Enm, Korea’s largest media and entertainment conglomerate, Friday committed to investing upwards of KRW1 trillion ($750 million) per year in content.

“We continue to believe in K-content,” said group CEO Yoon Sang-hyun at an event hosted on the sidelines of the Busan International Film Festival. “By retaining our investment in content at KRW1 billion, and using our insight accumulated through global studios, theaters and Ott platforms , Cj Enm will dedicate itself to improving the film industry figures.”

Yoon and other executives from the group tried to sound optimistic about the long-term future of the business, while acknowledging severe near term headwinds.

Yoon identified the challenges as including ongoing weakness of theatrical box office in Korea (and elsewhere), changes within the streaming sector, an audience shift towards consumption of short form video and potential disruption from artificial intelligence.

“We are already making the biggest content investment of any...

“Fabricated City” is Park Kwang-Hyun’s long overdue follow-up to his smash hit and award winning 2005 war comedy “Welcome to Dongmakgol,” which on its release was the fourth highest grossing film in South Korean film history, coming second at the box office that year just behind Lee Joon-ik’s “The King and the Clown.”

“Fabricated City” screened at the New York Asian Film Festival

Just his third film, “Fabricated City” keeps the humour of “Welcome to Dongmakgol” but trades the war time setting for a contemporary one, and the conflict between North and South Korea for that between youth and adults. The protagonist, Kwon Yoo (Ji Chang-wook), spends his days playing online video games at an internet cafe (baang) as the leader of a virtual team combat unit named Resurrection. In his online life, Kwon is a hero, placing his avatar at risk in order to save his virtual army.

While the release of his Choi Min-sik/Han Suk-kyu starring historical film “Forbidden Dreams” is still eagerly awaited by fans, melodrama supremo Hur Jin-ho is set for the release of his 43-minute short film “The Present”, starring the inimitable Shin Ha-kyu.

Synopsis

Ha-neul and Bo-ra are getting ready to open an establishment, when their plans to develop a fire-fighting thermal imaging camera by day and night fail, and they are on the verge of being kicked out of their studio. When everything seems to be hitting a brick wall, a strange man appears in the middle of their studio and claims that is his factory… A collaboration beyond time begins!

Shin Ha-kyun seems to have found a fancy for comedy of late. The actor, best known for his serious, hard-hitting roles in films such as “The Villainess” and “Pied Piper”, among others, has been in films with comedic elements in...

Leading Korean actress, Lee Ha-nee has signed with Hollywood agents Phillip Sun of Wme and David Unger of Artist International Group. The deals are intended to extend the actress’ acting scope to include Hollywood, and were announced Thursday by Korean independent talent management agency Saram Entertainment.

A former Miss Korea winner in 2006 and a Miss Universe contestant in 2007, the bilingual actress has starred in films including “Tazza-The Hidden Card,” “Fabricated City” and “Blackened Heart,” and multiple TV series. She recently finished shooting Korean comedy film “Extreme Job.”

With a Masters degree in Korean traditional music, Lee appeared at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and performed a Korean traditional court dance.

“For a long time, global representatives have shown interest in Lee as she has proven herself in many different spheres. We decided to work with partners that can be the most helpful for Lee in developing her career in Hollywood,...