THE CLOSET Shuts in BIRDS OF PREY During Quiet Weekend

Theatrical revenue remained low in the midst of fears over the new 2019-nCoV coronavirus. This week’s admissions were down only a marginal 6%, however that was with a pair of major new titles, versus last week’s crop of holdovers. 1.04 million viewers made the...

THE MAN STANDING NEXT Repeats During Slow Weekend

The post-Lunar New Year weekend suffered a far steeper crash than usual this year due to fears over the spread of the 2019-nCoV coronavirus, which has so far infected 15 people in South Korea. Admission were down 70% to 1.11 million and local holdovers largely...

INNOCENT WITNESS Opens in 2nd, THE ODD FAMILY Trails in 5th

New well-received local content kept the domestic market share high at 67% while the Lunar New Year champion continued its assault on the record books as 2.44 million tickets were sold over the weekend. Finally slowing down in its fourth week, local comedy sma...

BEAST and PRISON Continue to Lock Up Competition

As spring kicked off it was a quiet weekend on the box office charts in Korea with new entries failing to unseat the films that have held on to the top two spots for the last three weeks. Overall, theaters sold 1.28 million tickets, with Hollywood titles takin...