Champion
“There's nothing he can't knock down.”
A former arm-wrestling champion raised in the U.S. returns to South Korea for a tournament that could return him to glory, but he finds his life complicated by the appearance of the biological family he never knew.
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Cast
44 people
Don Lee
Mark
Known for
Train to Busan
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
Kwon Yul
Jin-ki
Known for
Bring It On, Ghost
The King: Eternal Monarch
Han Ye-ri
Soo-jin
Known for
Minari
Hello, My Twenties!
Choi Seung-hoon
Joon-hyung
Known for
Strong Girl Bong-soon
Black Knight
Ok Ye-rin
Joon-hee
Known for
Twenty Five Twenty One
Black Knight
Son Sook
Mark's Mother
Known for
The Glory
My Mister
John D. Michaels
Fight Announcer
Known for
I Am Not a Robot
Squid Game
Carson Allen
Announcer
Known for
The Legend of the Blue Sea
So Not Worth It
Lee Kyu-ho
Punch
Known for
Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area
#Alive
Derek Chouinard
Club Goer
Known for
No Other Choice
Can This Love Be Translated?
No Ji-yoo
Exhibition Hall Reporter
Also in
The Uncle
Excited
Jeon Gwon-ha
Prison Punch Opponent
Known for
The Beast
Kim Yong-wan Director · Nam Dae-won Composer Yoo Ji-sun Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $9M · United States release May 18, 2018 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China, South Korea
Box office
Worldwide gross
$8,974,547
Production
Warner Bros. Korea
Production
Finecut
Production
Core Corner
Production
Huayi Tencent Entertainment
Production
SM Life Design Group
Production
Hong Kong SAR China · South Korea
Produced in
Languages
Original title
챔피언
Original language
Korean
Spoken on screen
English · Korean
Release dates
South Korea · May 1, 2018
Theatrical
United States · May 18, 2018
Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
July 26, 2018 · Theatrical
Japan
October 20, 2018 · Digital
Philippines
May 30, 2018 · Theatrical
Singapore
May 31, 2018 · Theatrical
Taiwan
June 15, 2018 · Theatrical
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