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On October 3, 2024, South Korean media Star News reported that BTS' Jungkook's I AM STILL documentary film, generated over $11.5 million in just 11 days of its global release. The film was released across selected cinema theatres globally on September 18, 2024.
The solo documentary film encapsulates the BTS sensation's journey till when he released his debut solo album, GOLDEN, on November 3, 2023. Several unseen moments, behind-the-scenes footage, and exclusive interviews are also featured in the film. It raked over $3.12 million (about 4.1 billion won) in North America alone. The international box office collection is over $8.53 million.
It also became the first and only documentary film of a Korean soloist to enter the top 10 and rank No. 9 in the North American box office in just 3 days of its release. The film also earned the highest opening-day earnings for a documentary film released by a K-pop idol in South Korea. Over 39,440 people went to watch the film in theatres in South Korea as of October 3.
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BTS' Jungkook's unprecedented success as a K-pop soloist with the release of GOLDEN
BTS' Jungkook released his debut solo album, GOLDEN, with 11 English tracks on November 3, 2023. The album's title track, Standing Next To You, opened at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart, becoming his third song to top the chart in 2023. It was also his third song from the album to come atop the chart, following SEVEN and 3D's No. 1 entries earlier.
The album became the fastest album by a Korean solo act to earn over 1 billion streams on the day of its release. It was due to its pre-released single, SEVEN (feat. Latto), that was dropped on July 14, 2023, and amassed over 1 billion streams by September 2023. GOLDEN also became the longest-charting album by an Asian act on Spotify's Weekly Top Albums Global chart.
With this, the BTS idol surpassed Miley Cyrus' previous record of amassing over 1 billion streams in the shortest time. Miley Cyrus achieved 1 billion Spotify streams on her 2023 single Flowers within 112 days. Jungkook's SEVEN beat the record by 108 days and became the fastest song by a global artist to achieve this feat.
In other news, Jungkook enlisted in the South Korean military on December 12, 2023, and will return in June 2025. He enlisted alongside his bandmate, Park Jimin. BTS' Namjoon and Taehyung enlisted a day ahead of Jungkook and Jimin, on December 11, 2023.
