New Local Thriller Bears WITNESS to Top Place Debut

As schools started up again, cineplex visits have begun to slow down but the high season summer was still in effect with 3.16 million tickets sold over the frame. Local releases led the way with three homegrown titles leading the charts. Korean films accounted...

BELIEVER Wins More Converts in 2nd Weekend Win

With no major releases entering the marketplace, most holdovers saw strongholds in the first week of June in Korea. With a local film over-performing in first place, the market share for Korean films rose to 66%, while the absence of fresh product caused the m...

VIP Squeezes Narrow Victory in Late Summer Opening

With summer coming to an end and the humid heat making way for cooler breezes, cinemas saw a 30% dip in business as one new local release led a string of strong Korean holdovers, giving the domestic industry a commanding 80% advantage in the market. Unseating ...

Box office, August 1-15

The first half of August was witness to a record-breaking performance by CHOI Dong-hoon’s The Thieves, which became the sixth Korean film in history to pass the 10 million admissions mark. Originally released on July 25, the film sold more than 6 million ticke...

Box office, Dec. 14 - 27

Late December and early January is peak box office season in South Korea, and in past years major hits such as <Silmido>, <King and the Clown>, <200 Pound Beauty> and <Woochi> (to say nothing of <Avatar>) have been propelled to c...