FAST & FURIOUS 9 Revs Up with Biggest Foreign Film Debut of Pandemic

Admissions Shoot Up 150% in Best Weekend of 2021The Korean box office has finally gotten a shot in the arm after a long period of hibernation. Owing to the debut of a Hollywood tentpole that was originally scheduled to open in spring last year, the box office ...

Chuseok Holdovers Dominate THE SOUL-MATE

After several busy weekdays that fell over the Chuseok holidays, business was relatively quiet over the weekend with admissions topping out at 1.88 million. With the glut of local releases on offer, Korean films accounted for a massive 86% of all sales. Repeat...

SEARCHING Finds Its Way to the Top

In the absence of major new titles, as multiplexes brace for an onslaught of traffic during the Chuseok holiday frame later this month, business slowed once more to 1.54 million sales over the past weekend. 64% of those went to Hollywood titles while the local...

PRINCESS Escapes LITTLE FOREST to Take 1st Place

While two new local entries rearranged the charts and gave domestic films the market edge once more at 55%, admissions remained flat at the Korean box office, as 1.66 million tickets were sold over the past weekend. Entering the charts at number one was CJ Ent...

An Unexpected Jackpot

Box Office Report of 2017 The Korean film market reached new all-time benchmarks for income and admissions in 2017 after a strong December rally. Yet the real story behind the numbers was which unexpected films got audiences the most excited while several seem...

THE SWINDLERS Takes 3rd Weekend Crown

Despite no change to the first two ranks at the box office, business remained almost level with last week as another 1.8 million cinema seats were filled over the weekend. Local titles, which held the top three spots, remained the strongest draw with a 61% mar...

THE SWINDLERS Swipes Another Weekend Win

A slew of new releases couldn’t topple last week’s champion but business remained much the same overall during the first weekend of December, with 1.87 million entries recorded, approximately two thirds of which were snapped up by the wealth of local thrillers...

Stranger Than Fiction: Politics & History Inspire Cinema

The Korean box office has had a rocky ride through the first two trimesters of 2017, but this period was not without its success stories. Though controversies and an uneven slate of films presented some obstacles, Korean history remained a strong driver for pr...