ASHFALL Scores 3rd Weekend Win

The first weekend of 2020 was dominated by titles from the end of last year, particularly local films which accounted for 67% of all sales. Overall, 1.87 million tickets were sold over the three-day period. Taking its third weekend crown was the local disaster...

ASHFALL Shuts Out FORBIDDEN DREAM in Strong 2nd Frame

The end-of-year season continued to draw healthy crowds with 2.87 million spectators snatching up tickets over the final weekend of the year. Korean films have been particularly strong during the period, counting an 81% share of the market. The Korean disaster...

ASHFALL Erupts in Powerful Opening

As a pair of major local titles entered the charts, business shot up 75% week-on-week as 3.6 million admissions were registered during the penultimate weekend of the year. Korean films improved greatly on the charts, with the local share rising from 7 to 84%. ...

A Good Enough Year, but the Best Year for Korean Films

Box Office Report of 2016 After five years of consecutive growth, the Korean film industry remained healthy in 2016, though the half-decade streak of gains came to an end as the industry essentially remained flat. Admissions reached 217.02 million, which was d...

Review of the first three quarters for 2016

After a few years of major growth at the beginning of the decade, the Korean box office has remained flat once again, with this year’s total to date staying at the same level as 2015. However, where gains have been made is in the local industry, which has chur...

STAR TREK Can’t Escape TUNNEL

Business remained brisk during the heat wave but with school back in session and the high summer season coming to an end ticket sales have begun to slow down at the Korean box office. Local hits remained the top draw, accounting for 71% of the weekend’s 3.04 m... Staying at number one after its major debut was disaster drama Tunnel, which slid 39% for another 1.12 million viewers (USD 8.37 million), bringing its total 5.09 million viewers (USD 36.73 million). Though the film has been well-received and should continue to post strong numbers, it is unlikely to challenge TRAIN TO BUSAN as the hit of the season.

TUNNEL Turns Competition to Rubble

RUN-OFF Fails to Take Off With record temperatures still beating down on the peninsula, attendance remained high at the Korean box office during the Independence Day weekend. Local films were the overwhelming favorite, accounting for 85% of the frame’s 4.59 m...

THE LAST PRINCESS Beats SUICIDE SQUAD

OPERATION CHROMITE Drops to 2nd It was a busy weekend at the Korean box office with four new releases battling with popular holdovers as the summer box office roars on. Despite the presence of a major new Hollywood title which is breaking records stateside, i...

Box office, October 4-17

Overall box office figures declined in the middle part of October, compared to the Chuseok holiday season in late September and early October. Nonetheless, the same film remained at the top of the chart: period drama Masquerade, by director CHOO Chang-min. Wi...