Box Office Report for the first quarter of 2017

The first quarter of 2017 was one of few surprises at the Korean box office but one which demonstrated the industry’s stability, both as a global exhibition market and a local production industry. Though not quite reaching the highs of 2013 (55.47 million) or ...

THE KING Edges Out CONFIDENTIAL ASSIGNMENT

Business picked up going into the weekend preceding the Lunar New Year holiday week as local studios released their first major titles of the year. Ticket sales rose almost 30% to 3.12 million while the domestic marketshare soared to 76%. Taking the first plac...

Korean Box Office in 2013

Following a stellar 2012, the Korean film industry closed out another record year on New Year’s Eve in 2013 as admissions soared over 200 million viewers for the first time. The final total came in at 213.31 million spectators, a 9.45% increase over the previo...

Box Office: January 2-15, 2014

The Attorney, starring SONG Kang-ho of Snowpiercer and The Face Reader, is counting down the days to become the first movie of 2014 to exceed ten million viewers. According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC, Chairman: KIM Eui-suk), the film overpowered its com...

Box Office: September 26-October 9

Hope outperformed Tough As Iron starring YOO Ah-in, a Korean Cultural Wave star at the box office. According to the integrated ticket sales network of the Korean Film Council on October 10th, Hope, the comeback film of LEE Joon-ik, following a two-and-a-half-y...

Box Office: September 5-25

It seems as though nothing can to stop The Face Reader’s ride. According to the combined ticket sales digital network by KOFIC, this period dramafeaturing SONG Kang-ho and LEE Jung-jae’s has kept the number one place at the box office with 7.29 million viewers...