A Taxi Driver was released, "A Taxi Driver" surpassed 10 million viewers selling 10,068,708 tickets, earning a total of . "A Taxi Driver" also became the first film of 2017 and the fifteenth Korean film overall to surpass the 10 million milestone. It is also Song Kang-ho's third film to have sold more than 10 million tickets. The film topped the South Korean box office for three consecutive weekends. By August 28, the film had attracted 11.4 million viewers. According to the film's distributor Showbox, the total attendance of the film surpassed the 12 million mark as of September 9, becoming the tenth
Taxi Driver: Oko Ashewo scene. At that point you may think Taxi Driver is headed for tragedy. It doesn’t and that is the film’s tragedy. [...] His [Oriahi's] need to crowd-please wins over the film’s edginess in his story". Kemi Filani commended the film's sound design, cinematography and the general production quality. She also praised the characterization, and the actors' performances, but condemned the concluding part of the film, describing it as "confusing". "Modern Ghana" praised the actors' performances, soundtrack, cinematography and set design, concluding:"What sets "TAXI DRIVER: Oko Ashawo" from other movies, is it's realism and down-earthedness that it showcases to its viewers,