HOSTAGE: MISSING CELEBRITY Holds on to Top Spot, GUIMOON Debuts at No. 4

ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU Becomes Top-Grossing Film of the YearWith no hot new release driving sales, business slowed about 30% over the past weekend, with 768,000 admissions recorded over the last weekend in August. Local holdovers led the way and kept the local ...

Hwang Jungmin Returns to the Top of the Charts

HOSTAGE: MISSING CELEBRITY Leads the Way as Local Films Command the MarketMajor local releases continued to lead the way at the summer box office as the Korean industry claimed 87% of sales over the past weekend. Admissions also remained high relative to the r...

RECALLED Clinched 1st Place Opening

Korean Films Hit 50% Market ShareBusiness remained steady at the box office with 371,000 tickets over the past weekend, and for the second week in a row, local films were able to clinch about half of the market share, a marked improvement over the past few mon...

THE VANISHED Erases TOMB RAIDER in Debut

Another quiet weekend kept admissions flat at the Korean box office, with 1.59 million tickets sold. Through a selection of mid-range local titles, the Korean film industry maintained a market advantage with a 60% share of sales. Coming in at number one during...

Box Office: February 20 - March 5, 2014

Following the busy holiday season earlier this year, the frenzy at the box office abated somewhat in late February and early March. However, the top five spots were still very crowded, with three foreign and two local productions hovering around the one millio...