ASSASSINATION Takes Out the Competition

High season at the Korean box office officially began over the weekend as hit maker CHOI Dong-hoon posted his best ever debut with his latest star-powered action-thriller Assassination. Commanding two thirds of the marketplace, CHOI’s film dominated with 2.44 ...

INSIDE OUT Turns the Chart Around

Pixar's July 9 release Inside Out took the first spot in the box office in its second weekend, crossing 2 million admissions. The little-girl story, which initially debuted in fourth, took the come-from-behind victory from previous chart-toppers Northern L...

Korean Box Office in 2013

Following a stellar 2012, the Korean film industry closed out another record year on New Year’s Eve in 2013 as admissions soared over 200 million viewers for the first time. The final total came in at 213.31 million spectators, a 9.45% increase over the previo...

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...

Box Office: January 24-February 6, 2013

Two monster sized local hits powered the box office in late January and early February. Leading the pack was the comic drama Miracle in Cell No. 7, which took 4.6 million admissions in two weeks on the back of strong word-of-mouth. This is the equivalent of ...

Box office, August 1-15

The first half of August was witness to a record-breaking performance by CHOI Dong-hoon’s The Thieves, which became the sixth Korean film in history to pass the 10 million admissions mark. Originally released on July 25, the film sold more than 6 million ticke...

Box office, July 16-31

The month of July has been highly dramatic at the Korean box office, capped by the record-breaking opening of Korean heist film <The Thieves>. The star-studded work has even managed to outperform the hugely anticipated <The Dark Knight Rises>, alt...