ON YOUR WEDDING DAY Off to Fairy Tale Start

Another local number one debut gave the domestic industry the four top spots on the chart and lifted the Korean market share to 75% for this past weekend. With the summer season continuing to slow down, overall admissions receded to 2.32 million. After topping...

New Local Thriller Bears WITNESS to Top Place Debut

As schools started up again, cineplex visits have begun to slow down but the high season summer was still in effect with 3.16 million tickets sold over the frame. Local releases led the way with three homegrown titles leading the charts. Korean films accounted...

THE SPY GONE NORTH Can’t Quite Catch ALONG WITH THE GODS 2

Business remained booming in the busy high summer season during an unprecedented heatwave, even as admissions slipped from last week’s record peak. All told, with two Korean blockbusters leading the marketplace, admissions reached 4.39 million, 70% of which we...

ALONG WITH THE GODS 2 Rewrites the Record

Historic Start for Fantasy Epic Sequel As record heat battered the country and schools were out for the holidays, the Korean box office soared to 5.46 million admissions sold over the three-day frame. Of those, 79% went to local titles as a specific local bloc...

An Unexpected Jackpot

Box Office Report of 2017 The Korean film market reached new all-time benchmarks for income and admissions in 2017 after a strong December rally. Yet the real story behind the numbers was which unexpected films got audiences the most excited while several seem...