FANTASTIC BEASTS Spellbinds in Opening

A Hollywood tentpole helped down the top spot once again as a new big-budget franchise installment marched into theaters. Meanwhile, new local titles struggled against well-known foreign properties. The United States and United Kingdom combined their financing...

CAPTAIN AMERICA Keeps the Competition at Bay

After its massive opening weekend, Captain America: Civil War remained a hot ticket at the Korean box office. Business was strong overall during the frame, which followed the Children’s Day holiday on Thursday, with 2.5 million tickets sold. With Disney’s help...

Sunny Days Ahead in 2013

Review of Korean Film Industry in 2012 The Korean film industry saw an impressive rise in terms of admissions and ticket sales in 2012. The total audience figure stood at 194.89 million, a year-on-year increase of 21.9%. Two Korean movies attracted more than...

Box office, November 22-December 5

The past two weeks have seen a comparatively balanced division of revenues at the Korean box office, with no one film dominating the market. Sitting at the top of the chart is local box office hit A Werewolf Boy, which took 1,212,471 admissions in its fourth a...

Box office, November 15-28

Box office, November 15-28 Local box office hit A Werewolf Boy continued to perform well during its third and fourth weeks on release, earning almost exactly as much as Hollywood film The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 did in its first and second week...

Box office, November 1-14

Yet another local film has taken the box office by storm, in a year of unprecedented commercial success for Korean cinema. A Werewolf Boy featuring young stars SONG Joong-ki and PARK Bo-young has steadily gained momentum since its release on October 31, sellin...