DETECTIVE K Unearths Pre-Lunar New Year Win

Admissions Down Ahead of Holiday Surge A local period film timed for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday led the chart as Korean films made up 70% of sales at the box office, while the calm before the holiday storm amounted to a quiet weekend with just 1.64 mi...

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...

Review of the First Quarter of 2015 Box Office

1. Another Film Draws Over 10 Million ViewersJK YOUN’s Ode to My Father, released on December 17th last year, surpassed ten million viewers in 28 days on January 13. The film was the 11th Korean film to cross the milestone and the 14th including foreign films....

EMPIRE OF LUST Starts in 2nd Place

British Men Beat Domestic Flicks As of March 8th, Kingsman: The Secret Service (hereafter Kingsman) hit 4,188,241 admissions and snatched the top spot at the Korean box office. Detective K: The Secret of the Lost Island (hereafter Detective K 2) who had a pro...

KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE Stands Atop Amongst Weak Domestic Films

According to the Korean Film Council’s Integrated Ticket Sales Network on March 2nd, Kingsman: The Secret Service (henceforth Kingsman)　hit 3,375,572 in ticket sales and took the top spot at the weekend box office. Unlike the smooth run Kingsman is enjoying, o...

ODE TO MY FATHER Takes 2nd Place in the All-time Korean Box-office

Comedies and Hollywood Blockbusters Entertain Families   As anticipated, Lunar New Year Holiday saw most audiences favor comedy films. A February 11th release, Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island has surpassed 3.15 million admissions following the holi...