VETERAN Stays Newcomers in Round 3

Korean Films Lord Over Marketplace During the last weekend of the summer holiday period in Korea, local films retained the advantage with a commanding 81% of the marketplace, as the top three entries were homebred, while overall admissions stood at 3.14 millio...

VETERAN Tops Again After Liberation Day Bump

Things keep looking up for the local industry as admissions over the weekend reached 4.82 million, setting a new benchmark for the year. Coming up tops again following an 18% increase, Veteran added 2.25 million viewers (USD 15.33 million) to a powerful 12-day...

Box Office: May 30-June 12, 2013

The new spy drama Secretly Greatly starring KIM Soo-hyun enjoyed a spectacular debut at the Korean box office, selling over 4 million tickets in its first eight days on release. It has broken numerous records for Korean films, including the best opening day ev...

Box office, September 1-15

In the first half of September, Korean cinema continued its recent run of strength at the box office, with local features accounting for six of the top eight grossing films. Heading the pack was <Traffickers>, a grisly thriller about organ trafficking th...