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: December 19, 2013 - January 1, 2014

Two Korean productions, The Attorney and The Suspect, have brought the country’s box office to a triumphant close. According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), The Attorney, with actor SONG Kang-ho of Snowpiercer and The Face Reader, and The Suspect, directed...

Box Office: December 5-18, 2013

It’s the season of romantic comedies again. Taking the lead at the box office was About Time, produced by Working Title Films of England, which is well-known for its hit movie Love, Actually (2003). A mixture of time travel and romance, About Time rolled out o...

Box Office: November 21-December 4, 2013

Two movies distributed by Lotte Shopping Lotte Entertainment Co., Ltd., are neck and neck at the box office. In just ten days of release, about two million people have watched Friend: The Great Legacy, followed closely by The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which...

Box Office: November 7-20, 2013

KWAK Kyung-taek’s Friend 2 is ploughing ahead at full force in the box office race. The sequel returns 12 years after the release of the original in 2001, and attracted 1.06 million admissions over its first weekend, despite the ‘Restricted’ rating it received...

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...