THE AGE OF SHADOWS Remains Top Draw Post-Chuseok

Following the Chuseok festivities business cooled off significantly at the box office and with no new wide releases on deck, a new diversity release landed in the top five. Though falling just shy of a majority, Korean releases still led the country market sha...

THE AGE OF SHADOWS Shrouds the Competition

Big Chuseok Weekend for KIM Jee-woon's Action-Thriller With Chuseok falling on a Thursday this year, Korean exhibitors welcomed a busy five-day holiday weekend which saw 3.91 million tickets sold. 63% of that total was reserved for local releases and des...

THE AGE OF SHADOWS Guns Down the Competition

Several new releases invaded the charts in the weekend before the Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day) holiday, which will give us a five-day weekend this week, but there was only one real contender despite newcomers taking up the top five spots. Business rose ov...

Box Office: May 2-15, 2013

Hollywood blockbuster Iron Man 3 continued to dominate screens in its second and third week on release, as it has in other territories around the world. With another 3.9 million tickets added over the past two weeks, its running total now stands at a massive 7...

Box Office: April 17-30, 2013

Iron Man 3, the first Hollywood blockbuster of the summer season, burst onto screens with the biggest four-day opening in Korean box office history. From April 25-28 the film recorded 2,625,743 admissions, which is well ahead of the previous record holder The ...

Box Office: April 4-17, 2013

Running Man, the first Korean film to be majority financed by Fox International Productions, got off to a decent start at the Korean box office with 1.1 million admissions in its first two weeks on release. Directed by CHO Dong-oh (The Restless), and starri...

Sunny Days Ahead in 2013

Review of Korean Film Industry in 2012 The Korean film industry saw an impressive rise in terms of admissions and ticket sales in 2012. The total audience figure stood at 194.89 million, a year-on-year increase of 21.9%. Two Korean movies attracted more than...