Hive Media Corp

Hive Media Corp (하이브미디어코프) is a Korean production and distribution company that turned scale into a signature without losing its taste for commercially risky material. Founded in 2014 by Kim Seong-yong and now led by William Kim, the company opened with The Last Princess, a biographical drama that sold 5.6 million tickets locally before proving the banner could move between prestige framing and mass-market performance.

The slate that followed made the brand sharper. Hive backed Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum, which surprised the market with 2.6 million admissions, then kept building through titles including The Man Standing Next, 12.12: The Day, Harbin, and Yadang: The Snitch. That run put the company in the tier of Korean film banners that can combine box-office scale with politically charged drama, genre elasticity, and star-led event filmmaking.

It remains current, not just historically important. The company's 2026 pipeline includes Nambeol, which pairs Lee Byung-hun with director Lee Mo-gae for a period action project that keeps Hive in the middle of Korea's mainstream-film conversation. If you want the corporate through-line between prestige actors, muscular commercial storytelling, and Korea's modern theatrical business, Hive Media Corp is part of it.