SHANG-CHI Claims 2nd Weekend Win, MOGADISHU Rises to 2nd

Korean Box Office Awaits Launch of Chuseok TitlesWith no major new releases, business slowed, and holdovers led the charts over the past weekend as distributors and theaters await the coming Chuseok holiday. Business was down 30% week-on-week to 608,000 admiss...

SHANG-CHI Claims Yet Another First Place Finish for Marvel

Local Films Await Chuseok Holidays in Mid-SeptemberAfter dominating the summer holiday season, local films are taking a brief break in early September, as they await the Chuseok holidays later in the month. This opened the door for Hollywood to rule the roost,...

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...

SINKHOLE Digs Up First Place Debut

Local Films Command 80% of SalesFor the first time in 2021, the Korean box office was led by two domestic titles, who helped raise the local market share to 82%, the highest it’s been all year. Sales jumped up 30% week-on-week, with admissions reaching 1.22 mi...

DELIVER US FROM EVIL Stays in 1st as OK! MADAM Opens Well

With another major local release finding favor with audiences, the Korean box office remained relatively strong in mid-August, with 1.68 million tickets, down just 7% from last week’s COVID-19 Era high. With the top four slots all occupied by local releases, t...

DELIVER US FROM EVIL Scores New Opening Record in COVID-19 Era

This past weekend delivered with it the most promising box office news yet during the COVID-19 Pandemic, as business shot up over 68% week-on-week. Overall, 1.81 million tickets were snatched up during the Friday to Sunday period, which represented a 36% incre...

STEEL RAIN 2 Summits Box Office

Business soared over 40% during the past weekend, as a new local title furthered Korea’s dominant streak in the summer of 2020. Korean films accounted for over 90% of sales, which reached 1.08 million, the second highest weekend total we’ve seen during the COV...

THE SPY GONE NORTH Can’t Quite Catch ALONG WITH THE GODS 2

Business remained booming in the busy high summer season during an unprecedented heatwave, even as admissions slipped from last week’s record peak. All told, with two Korean blockbusters leading the marketplace, admissions reached 4.39 million, 70% of which we...

An Unexpected Jackpot

Box Office Report of 2017 The Korean film market reached new all-time benchmarks for income and admissions in 2017 after a strong December rally. Yet the real story behind the numbers was which unexpected films got audiences the most excited while several seem...