#ALIVE Draws a Second Breath in First Place

Without a compelling new release, the chart was largely dominated by holdovers this past weekend and consequently admissions took a hit, falling 55% week-on-week to 452,000 sales. Local films continued to be out in force, scoring a 76% market share, as Hollywo...

Korean Box Office is #ALIVE

The box office showed its most convincing signs of life yet during the Covid-19 pandemic as a hot new title lured large crowds to multiplexes. Total sales for the weekend reached a shade under one million, which was double the previous weekend’s total and over...

INNOCENCE Cuts ONWARD Short during 2nd Weekend Win

After reaching a record high of 507,000 admissions during the Covid-19 era last week, box office fell slightly to 489,000 sales over the past weekend, with 62% of those counted for local films. Following its solid debut last weekend, the well-received Innocenc...

THE BROS Smokes HEART BLACKENED for Second Place Finish

Though neither claimed the top spot, two new local titles returned the market share advantage to Korea, which claimed 53% of admissions during another busy fall frame that was only 10% down after last week’s blockbuster opening, as 2.21 million tickets were so...

Box Office: February 7-20, 2013

The runaway hit film Miracle in Cell No. 7 by director LEE Hwan-kyung continued to dominate the Korean box office in its third and fourth weeks on release. After briefly ceding the #1 slot to action blockbuster The Berlin File, the sentimental drama soon recla...