THE CLASSIFIED FILE Marks the Highest Opening Score for 2015 Local Releases

Local Films Expected to Recover from the Long Slump Crime drama The Classified File marked the highest opening score for all local films released this year. The KWAK Kyung-taek film opened last Thursday (June 18) and amassed $1.25 million from 181,739 admi...

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...

Box Office: October 24-November 6, 2013

Though seven local films held spots in the top ten over the last fortnight at the Korean box office, some tentpoles almost gave Hollywood the market share edge, as the Korea saw its lead slip down to 51.1% while the United State was right behind with 47.3%, la...