Well-made Historical Thriller, The Night Owl, Topped on Its Release Weekend

The Night Owl, a costume drama acclaimed as a ‘well-made thriller, topped the box office on the weekend of its release. According to the Korean Box Office Information System (KOBIS) of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), from November 25 to 27, The Night Owl reco...

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Topped the Box Office for 2 Consecutive Weekends

The Marvel film, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, topped the box office for 2 consecutive weekends. According to the Korean Box Office Information System (KOBIS) of the Korean Film Council on November 21, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever topped the box office ove...

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Topped the Box Office on the 1st Weekend of Its Release

Marvel Studios' new film, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, world premiered in Korea on November 9, topping the box office on the 1st weekend of its release. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever overwhelmingly topped the list with 793,464 viewers and 79.9% sales f...

JOKER and CRAZY ROMANCE Continue to Laugh It Up

With a lack of enticing new releases, holdovers claimed most of the top five as overall admissions slid around 35% to 1.68 million. Of those, 41% were snatched up by local titles, mostly in their second or third week in theaters. Remaining in first place was t...

JOKER Laughs all the Way to the Top

Business rose by over two thirds this past weekend with the entry of three major titles, adding up to a weekend that saw 2.51 million tickets sold. With a hot new title from Hollywood leading the way, the local market share dipped to 44%. Mirroring its success...

Quiet Victory for BATTLE OF JANGSARI over BY QUANTUM PHYSICS

A pair of new titles raised the local market share edge to 79% but weren’t enough to keep overall admissions up as business slowed 10% week-on-week with 1.45 million entries recorded over the last weekend of September. The Korean War drama Battle of Jangsari, ...

TOY STORY and ALADDIN Give Disney 1-2 Punch at Korean Box Office

As the heat began to turn up with the Korean summer kicking into gear, theatres saw an almost 30% rise in admissions, with just over three million tickets sold over the past weekend. Despite a new local entry, the Korean market share was held down to just 28% ...

THE PRISON Fails to Lock Up BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

As two titles fought for supremacy, it was a tight race at the top of the charts in Korea as business ticked up 20% over last week to 2.53 million admissions. It was an equally tight race for market share dominance, with Hollywood films barely nudging out dome...