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...

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 CHRONICLES OF EVIL Triumphs the Korean Box Office

First Local Film to Take the Top Spot in 44 Days Following the popularity of Fast & Furious 7 and Avengers: Age of Ultron, foreign blockbusters dominated the Korean box office. After 44 days of weak performance from local films on the chart, The Chronicle...

Trends and Review of 2014 Box Office

The year 2014 saw four films reach the ten million admission milestones in Korea. Among them, Roaring Currents ran fastest to the milestone, becoming Korea’s new all-time top-grossing film. Some foreign films enjoyed strong popularity in Korea although they fa...

Box Office: June 12 – 25, 2014

With a lack of enticing new releases, the top of the Korean box office hasn’t changed for almost a month as the same two films have held first and second place over the last three weekends. Following strong runs, the Tom Cruise-starring sci-fi Edge of Tomorrow...

Box Office: May 29 - June 11, 2014

Tom Cruise’s popularity is still powerful enough in Korea to revive theaters after the Sewol ferry disaster. However, since Hollywood blockbusters for summer season are pouring out, Korean films are doing rather sluggish. The blockbusters are dominating the to...