JUSTICE LEAGUE Assembles at Top of the Charts

Much as it has elsewhere around the world, one of the year’s biggest blockbusters posted a smaller than expected debut in Korea, during a weekend where admissions were marginally down week-on-week. Nevertheless, the Hollywood tentpole drove the US market share...

A Good Enough Year, but the Best Year for Korean Films

Box Office Report of 2016 After five years of consecutive growth, the Korean film industry remained healthy in 2016, though the half-decade streak of gains came to an end as the industry essentially remained flat. Admissions reached 217.02 million, which was d...

PANDORA Overpowers WILL YOU BE THERE? Opening

The top two places were unchanged at the box office even with a major now local drama opening. Local releases remained the top draw this session, accounting for 69% of ticket sales, which were on par with last week, coming in at 2.32 million admissions. Down j...

PANDORA Lays Waste to Local Box Office

Business ticked up 25% as a pair of hot new releases recharged the box office, boosting admissions to 2.45 million, while the market share for local films also experienced a modest rise to 63%. Confidently easing into first place PARK Jung-woo’s Deranged (2012...

MY ANNOYING BROTHER Rises to First

Local films led the charge at the Korean box office this past weekend as they took a 57% share of the market. 1.98 million viewers visited theaters over as we began the last month of the year. Rising to first place after a small 26% drop was domestic comedy MY...