The First Half Report on 2021 Korean Film Industry

Korean Cinema is in the Lowest Slump, Disney is Putting Up a Good FightThe negative effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic have already been expected, but the shock has not easily disappeared. For seven years from 2013 to 2019, the number of moviegoers surpassed 200...

Local Romantic Drama WAITING FOR RAIN Claims Top Spot

A pair of new releases drove business up almost 30% to 483,000 sales, a figure that is likely to rise further this weekend owing to upcoming holidays. The local market share edged down slightly to 45% as a new domestic title clinched the top spot for the fourt...

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...

MINARI Tops the Charts Amid Mounting Awards Interest and Local Curiosity

Admissions rose over 20% to 524,000 with an award-winning American film climbing to the top of the charts. Despite its Korean connection, it could not help the local market share as it tumbled down to 7%.Entering the Korean market on a wave on media coverage f...

THE WAILING Continues to Drown Out the Competition

After its remarkable debut last week, NA Hong-jin’s latest film THE WAILING, which debuted out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18th, continued to lord over the charts, largely contributing to a weekend where 2.33 million viewers bought ticket...

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...