SHANG-CHI Claims Yet Another First Place Finish for Marvel

Local Films Await Chuseok Holidays in Mid-SeptemberAfter dominating the summer holiday season, local films are taking a brief break in early September, as they await the Chuseok holidays later in the month. This opened the door for Hollywood to rule the roost,...

THE SUICIDE SQUAD Fails to Take Out ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU 

Local Blockbusters Shut Out Hollywood in Summer SeasonLocal blockbusters continued to hold the foreign competition at bay during the summer holidays, as sales were down a slight 10% week-on-week. Out of a total of 895,000 admissions, the local market share sto...

PAWN Remains Top Draw Post-Chuseok

Following last week’s massive Chuseok holiday bounce, business fell back to earth over the past weekend as admissions fell about 50% week-on-week. However, with 534,000 tickets sold over the weekend, business was about 30% better than the week before the holid...

PAWN Dominates Chuseok Holiday Weekend

Thanks to the Chuseok holidays, the Korean box office came roaring back to life in early October. Business shot up 150% from last week’s session, which had already started to show signs of recovery after the late summer COVID spike with a 30% rise from the pre...

DELIVER US FROM EVIL Stays in 1st as OK! MADAM Opens Well

With another major local release finding favor with audiences, the Korean box office remained relatively strong in mid-August, with 1.68 million tickets, down just 7% from last week’s COVID-19 Era high. With the top four slots all occupied by local releases, t...

SECRET ZOO Opening Confines BAD BOYS FOR LIFE

In the weekend before the Lunar New Year holiday, a pair of new titles launched that will hope to keep the turnstiles spinning throughout the holidays, even as new competition prepares to launch. Admissions were down slightly, with 1.49 million viewers recorde...

JOKER and CRAZY ROMANCE Continue to Laugh It Up

With a lack of enticing new releases, holdovers claimed most of the top five as overall admissions slid around 35% to 1.68 million. Of those, 41% were snatched up by local titles, mostly in their second or third week in theaters. Remaining in first place was t...

BAG GUYS Reigns over Powerful Chuseok Box Office

With the Chuseok holidays underway, the box office almost tripled compared to last week, as just over 4 million tickets were snatched up over the past weekend. With three major new titles timed for the holidays, it was a bonanza for the local industry, as Kore...

HOBBS & SHAW Shove Aside Local Holdovers

Following a few weeks of local dominance, a Hollywood tentpole once again topped the box office, but strong holdovers allowed the domestic industry to retain a 57% market share advantage. All told, 3.07 million tickets were sold, slowing 20% from last week as ...

THE BATTLE: ROAR TO VICTORY Close Behind as EXIT Hangs On

With the late summer box office in full swing, admissions remained very strong as they were almost flat with the previous week at 3.6 million sales. Meanwhile, thanks to a strong holdover and solid new releases, the domestic industry saw its market advantage r...