Battle of December, Three-Way Showdown

With a few presumed hits coming up short and lower-than-usual attendance at some points of the year, particularly early summer, a lot was banking on December to pick up the slack and close the year on a high note. The end-of-year period (late December and earl...

ALONG WITH THE GODS Threepeats as It Rises Through All Time Chart

Business remained brisk during the first weekend of the year as two homegrown hits continued to draw big crowds, with one of those rising on the all-time box office list. All told, 3.64 million tickets were sold with local releases accounting for 69% of sales....

ALONG WITH THE GODS Continues March Towards Record Books

Closing out the year with a bang was the busiest New Year’s Eve weekend on record, during which three local releases controlled the charts. Just over 90% of tickets went to domestic product as a stellar 4.59 million viewers marched into theaters just ahead of ...

ALONG WITH THE GODS Threatens to Rewrite Record Books

Admissions shot up almost 80% in the weekend before Christmas, which welcomed a new local blockbuster attempting to rewrite the record books. Out of the gargantuan 4.42 million tickets sold (a figure generally only seen in late July or early August), 81% were ...

STEEL RAIN Pours on THE LAST JEDI’s Parade

The end of year period began with a bang in Korea, but not the way it did in the rest of the world as Disney’s latest Star Wars installment failed to top the market, despite record openings elsewhere. Sales were up over 30% week-on-week to 2.5 million admissio...

THE SWINDLERS Takes 3rd Weekend Crown

Despite no change to the first two ranks at the box office, business remained almost level with last week as another 1.8 million cinema seats were filled over the weekend. Local titles, which held the top three spots, remained the strongest draw with a 61% mar...