Box Office: February 6-19, 2014

Frozen and Miss Granny are still dominating Korean cinemas in February. The Korean Film Council (KOFIC – Chairman, KIM Eui-suk) announced on the 16th that Disney’s animation Frozen and the family comedy Miss Granny by HWANG Dong-hyuk (Silenced, 2011), are stil...

Box Office: May 16-29, 2013

Several different films divided the spoils of the late May box office in Korea, with the new Korean thriller Montage edging out its Hollywood rivals to take the #1 slot. In the two weeks since its release on May 16th, the film has sold a total of 1,554,545 adm...

Box Office: May 2-15, 2013

Hollywood blockbuster Iron Man 3 continued to dominate screens in its second and third week on release, as it has in other territories around the world. With another 3.9 million tickets added over the past two weeks, its running total now stands at a massive 7...

Box Office, January 3-16

With Korean students on vacation, local theaters continue to attract large numbers of viewers in the first half of January. Leading the pack was local blockbuster The Tower, which added another 2.04 million admissions to bring its overall total to 4.64 mill...

Box Office, December 20-January 2

With the peak holiday season well underway, two films in particular are racking up impressive totals at the Korean box office: the Hollywood film Les Misérables, adapted from the popular musical, and local blockbuster The Tower. In the two-week period from De...

Box office, October 18-31

Three films performed well in an overall weak market during the last two weeks of October. Topping the list once again was Masquerade, the period drama starring LEE Byung-hun that recently took home a record 15 awards at the 2012 Grand Bell Awards. Adding a...