Breaking 4.5 Million Viewers, 'KKN DI DESA PENARI' Becomes the Best-Selling Horror Film

Kapanlagi.com - Since its premiere on April 30, 2022, the film KKN DI DESA PENARI has won the hearts of the Indonesian people. Proof of this is that, to this day, the film has already broken 4.5 million viewers and set a record as the most popular horror film to watch.

In his social media post, Manoj Punjabi, CEO of MD Pictures and producer of KKN DI DESA PENARI, confirmed that the number of viewers has not subsided and continues to grow.

"KKN DI DESA PENARI is the best-selling horror film of all time! As of 5 PM today, more than 4.5 million viewers have met Badarawuhi!" wrote Manoj Punjabi on his @manojpunjabimd account on Thursday (5/12).

1. Tak Menyangka

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On this achievement, Manoj is grateful and certainly did not expect that the film KKN DI DESA PENARI which was postponed twice due to the pandemic, received quite high attention in Indonesian society. Especially since the competitor of the film is DOCTOR STRANGE: IN MULTIVERS OF MADNESS from Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

"Alhamdulilah, I am grateful that we can become the best-selling horror film in Indonesia. I thank all Indonesian society who have been willing to queue and work hard to be able to watch KKN," said Manoj Punjabi when contacted by journalists via telephone, Thursday (12/5) night.

"Based on information from social media and several cinema networks, the interest in KKN is still very high, even in many areas the audience is larger than DOCTOR STRANGE. It is a pride for me that KKN can succeed in competing with Hollywood box office films," added Manoj Punjabi.

2. Easier Watching

Therefore, Manoj Punjabi wants to make it easier for the audience to be able to watch the film easily, so they no longer have to queue in the midst of the limitation of the number of cinema screens that play the KKN film.

3. First Day Sales Record

Previously, the film directed by Awi Suryadi had been watched by 315,486 viewers on the first day of its release. With the sale of 315,486 tickets on the opening day, the film KKN DI DESA PENARI broke the record for the highest opening day ticket sales for an Indonesian horror film.

This achievement surpassed the previous record holder, namely the film DANUR 3: SUNYARURI which is also a production of MD Pictures. At that time, on its first day of release, DANUR 3 managed to sell 251,157 tickets.

4. Appreciated by the Community

With satisfying results, Manoj Punjabi is grateful that the Indonesian community appreciates the work of local artists. Especially KKN DI DESA PENARI which until now is still receiving high attention from national film lovers in cinemas.

"Continue to support Indonesian cinema by not recording scenes while watching in the cinema! Proud of Indonesian films. For those who haven't watched it yet, let's go to the cinema and buy tickets now," said Manoj Punjabi.

5. Synopsis of 'KKN DI DESA PENARI'

KKN di Desa Penari is a film adapted from the phenomenal and best-selling novel by Simpleman. In addition to being directed by the talented Awi Suryadi, this film also stars Tissa Biani, Adinda Thomas, Achmad Megantara, Aghniny Haque, Calvin Jeremy, M Fajar Nugraha, Kiki Narendra and Aulia Sarah.

This film starts with 6 students carrying out KKN in a remote village, Nur (Tissa Biani), Widya (Adinda Thomas), Ayu (Aghniny Haque), Bima (Achmad Megantara), Anton (Calvin Jeremy) and Wahyu (M.Fajar Nugraha) never expected that the village they chose was not an ordinary village. Pak Prabu (Kiki Narendra), the village head, warned them not to cross the forbidden gate, a gate that leads to Tapak Tilas. That mysterious place may have something to do with the beautiful dancer who is starting to disturb Nur and Widya.

One by one, they begin to feel the strangeness of the village and Bima starts to change his attitude. Their KKN program is a mess, apparently the invisible inhabitants of the village do not like them. Nur finally discovered the shocking fact that one of them violated the most fatal rule in the village. The terror of the mysterious dancer becomes more frightening, they try to ask for help from Mbah Buyut (Diding Boneng), a local shaman, but it's too late, they are threatened to not be able to return safely from the village known as the dancing village.

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