Choi Donghoon’s Comeback Film in 7 Years, Alienoid Part 1, Topped the Weekend Box Office

The first runner of the 4-way box office race in the summer of 2022, the SF fantasy blockbuster with a production cost of 33 billion won, Director Choi Donghoon's Alienoid Part 1 topped the box office on the weekend of its release. According to the Korean ...

BLACK MONEY Buys Up First Place

Local films continued to drum up solid business, as a new champion and holdovers gave the Korean industry a 74% edge. All told, 1.82 million tickets were sold over the past frame, a figure that will rise significantly this coming weekend as one of the biggest ...

THE DIVINE MOVE 2 Posts Strong Debut

As we edge closer to winter, admissions were down marginally to 2.04 million but with a strong new local title in the mix the Korean market share shot back up to a healthy 61%. Opening over five years after the original and with KWON Sang-woo replacing JUNG Wo...

EXTREME JOB Scores January Record

If the recent 2018 end-of-year season proved a disappointment, the Korean box office is showing no signs of trouble in January as a two local hits have been joined by an even bigger domestic smash success which just set a record for the month. 3.15 million tic...