A Good Enough Year, but the Best Year for Korean Films

Box Office Report of 2016 After five years of consecutive growth, the Korean film industry remained healthy in 2016, though the half-decade streak of gains came to an end as the industry essentially remained flat. Admissions reached 217.02 million, which was d...

Box Office Monthly Report | October 2014

Following the hot summer months and the Chuseok holiday, October was a soft month for cinema attendance, with no major success stories and a string a low-performing titles. There were no true breakouts but most successful was the romcom My Love My Bride, a rem...

Box Office: April 17-30, 2013

Iron Man 3, the first Hollywood blockbuster of the summer season, burst onto screens with the biggest four-day opening in Korean box office history. From April 25-28 the film recorded 2,625,743 admissions, which is well ahead of the previous record holder The ...

Box Office: April 4-17, 2013

Running Man, the first Korean film to be majority financed by Fox International Productions, got off to a decent start at the Korean box office with 1.1 million admissions in its first two weeks on release. Directed by CHO Dong-oh (The Restless), and starri...