#ALIVE Draws a Second Breath in First Place

Without a compelling new release, the chart was largely dominated by holdovers this past weekend and consequently admissions took a hit, falling 55% week-on-week to 452,000 sales. Local films continued to be out in force, scoring a 76% market share, as Hollywo...

Korean Box Office is #ALIVE

The box office showed its most convincing signs of life yet during the Covid-19 pandemic as a hot new title lured large crowds to multiplexes. Total sales for the weekend reached a shade under one million, which was double the previous weekend’s total and over...

Box Office Report for the first quarter of 2017

The first quarter of 2017 was one of few surprises at the Korean box office but one which demonstrated the industry’s stability, both as a global exhibition market and a local production industry. Though not quite reaching the highs of 2013 (55.47 million) or ...

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...

BATMAN V SUPERMAN Lays Waste to Korean Box Office

Business jumped 50% over last week at the Korean box office as Warner Bros’ superhero behemoth Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice entered the global marketplace. The blockbuster helped Hollywood secure a lion’s share of the marketplace, clinching 88% of the 1....

ZOOTOPIA Still King of the Jungle after 5 Weeks

Holdovers Lead Slow Frame During a particularly slow week at the Korean box office, which welcomed just 1.18 million viewers, Disney’s Zootopia claimed its second weekend crown, despite being on its fifth week of release. With no major new releases to shake u...

ZOOTOPIA Steals B.O. Crown in Week 4

Disney’s hit animation Zootopia sneaked up to claim the top spot for the first time this past weekend, during its fourth week on release. With new releases struggling to find viewers, total admissions fell to 1.65 million while Hollywood took the lion’s share ...

Second Top Place Finish for SPIRITS’ HOMECOMING

Local comfort women drama Spirits’ Homecoming remains a force to be reckoned with on the charts, keeping most of its audience as it benefits from strong word-of-mouth. A new US release and strong holdovers gave America the market edge at 55% as 1.97 million ti...

Comfort Women Drama SPIRITS’ HOMECOMING Tops New Releases

Led by the debut of comfort women drama Spirits' Homecoming, local titles pushed the market share for domestic films back up to 56% as a total of 2.47 million visitors were recorded over the weekend. Driven by high public interest, the crowd-funded film S...

DEADPOOL Leads New Releases in Korea

A VIOLENT PROSECUTOR Begins to Wind Down A slew of new releases lifted admissions at the Korean box office, as Hollywood fare edged out local competition with 61% of the marketplace. Overall, 2.56 million tickets were shifted over the frame. The R-rated supe...