THE PHONE Rings Up First Place

A new Korean thriller has ascended to the top of the charts as local films found their footing in the wake of a short period of Hollywood dominance. In all, some 1.9 million viewers visited theaters, 57% of which for domestic fare, during the late October week...

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...

May Box Office Report: Minor Increase in Revenue and Admissions

Hollywood Maintains Lead Total box office revenue for May was $129 million from 17.7 million admissions. This represents a minor year-on-year increase of 8% in terms of revenue and 4.8% in terms of admissions. Foreign films took an overwhelming market share ...

THE CHRONICLES OF EVIL to Pass BEP

Word of Mouth Leads to Hot Ticket Sales Word of mouth has done it. Mad Max: Fury Road ruled the Korean box office within two weeks of its release. Adding 672,764 more admissions over the weekend, the film has a cumulative count of 1,839,746, pushing aside last...

THE CHRONICLES OF EVIL Triumphs the Korean Box Office

First Local Film to Take the Top Spot in 44 Days Following the popularity of Fast & Furious 7 and Avengers: Age of Ultron, foreign blockbusters dominated the Korean box office. After 44 days of weak performance from local films on the chart, The Chronicle...