The Roundup Topped for 2 Weeks in a Row, Continuing the Hottest Hit in 2022

As expected, The Roundup topped the box office hit in the second week of its release. The number of weekend viewers of The Roundup is 1,792,942 with sales of 84.1%, showing no decline compared to the first week of its release. Also, The Roundup is the first fi...

REVIVRE Takes Top Place at the Alternative Box Office

IM Kwon-taek’s 102nd Film IM Kwon-taek’s Revivre beat Whiplash and has taken the top spot at the alternative box office. Weekly admissions count was 56,312 while cumulative admissions went over 120,000. With this record, three Korean alternative films saw suc...

SOCIALPHOBIA Number One at Alternative Box Office

Socialphobia which was released on March 12th is gaining much attention as the second Han Gong-ju. Within three days of its release, the film had accrued 111,829 audiences on March 14th, making a record as the fastest independent film to go past the 100,000 ma...

Two Titles Compete in Alternative Box Office

SOCIALPHOBIA and WHIPLASH Also Finds Room at Regular Box Office A domestic indie film is putting up a good fight in midst of new releases. Socialphobia has brought in 78,351 audiences over the week and is standing at 230 thousand in ticket sales. Within the f...

Tasty Film, CHEF Wins the Diversity Box Office

MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER Slows Down Chef stepped in and put a stop to the strong run of My Love, Don’t Cross that River from making a tie record of holding the 1st place in the diversity box office for ten consecutive weeks (Begin Again has the record ...

Trends and Review of 2014 Box Office

The year 2014 saw four films reach the ten million admission milestones in Korea. Among them, Roaring Currents ran fastest to the milestone, becoming Korea’s new all-time top-grossing film. Some foreign films enjoyed strong popularity in Korea although they fa...

MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER Maintains Top Spot for 8th Straight Week

Documentary Continues to Rule Diversity Chart   My Love, Don’t Cross that River has now ruled over the diversity chart for eight weeks. According to the Korean Film Council’s Integrated Ticket Sales Network, the film brought in 102,270 viewers to theatres...

MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER Crosses Four Million Viewer Mark

Diversity Documentary Film Set Records at Box Office My Love, Don’t Cross that River hit four million admissions while going into the New Year. According to the Korean Film Council’s (KOFIC) Integrated Ticket Sales Network, there were 816,612 tickets were sol...

Last Week of 2014, Domestic Film Takes Number One at the Box Office

ODE TO MY FATHER Tops THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES After a close game, Ode to My Father took the top spot at the domestic box office. Both released on the 17th, Ode to My Father and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies rivaled on the chart. ...

Love that Beats the Cold: Diversity Film MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER

Love that Beats the Cold: Diversity Film MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER A love that has been omnipresent for the last 76 years only continued to light up stronger in the brute cold. The documentary My Love, Don’t Cross that River kept the number one spot at t...