Box office, November 22-December 5

The past two weeks have seen a comparatively balanced division of revenues at the Korean box office, with no one film dominating the market. Sitting at the top of the chart is local box office hit A Werewolf Boy, which took 1,212,471 admissions in its fourth a...

Box office, May 1- 31

Hollywood blockbuster <The Avengers> established its dominance over the Korean box office in the month of May, selling more than twice as many tickets as its nearest competitor. With 6.9 million tickets sold overall since its April 26 opening, the film n...

Korean box office analysis: First quarter, 2012

Korean films commanded the box office during the first quarter of 2012. According to the Korean film industry financial report for the first quarter of 2012 (January 1 ~ March 31), issued by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), Korean films grabbed over 60.8% of ...

Box office analysis, Jan. 18 - 31

Two Korean films emerged as major hits in 2012's Lunar New Year holiday season - <Dancing Queen> and <Unbowed>. The success of <Dancing Queen>, which sold 2.26 million tickets in its first two weeks on release, was not entirely unexpecte...