The COVID-19 virus has been wreaking havoc on Korea and its film industry, but one silver lining has become evident at the box office, as Korean films have enjoyed an unprecedented majority on the charts. While overall grosses have dipped significantly over recent years, the lack of Hollywood competition has allowed local films, which started to return to theaters in earnest in June, to gobble up ...

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 COVID-19 Pandemic. Replacing Peninsula at the top of the charts was the geopolitical action-drama Steel Rain2: Summit, reuniting director YANG ...

With no major new release and a fading holdover, business slipped just over 40% week-on-week, down to 761,000 admissions. As they have since early June, local films continued to dominate with an 82% share of the market, a trend that is unlikely to change with a steady trickle of homegrown titles and an absence of Hollywood fare during the COVID-19 pandemic. With over 80% of sales over the weekend,...