THE BOOK OF FISH Well Received in Debut but No Match for GODZILLA VS. KONG

Despite an acclaimed new local film adding some variety to the marketplace, business was down almost 30% during the first weekend of April. All told, 417,000 tickets were sold, with 34% going to domestic titles.Godzilla vs. Kong put on some very strong numbers...

WONDER WOMAN Tops Quietest Ever Weekend at Korean Box Office

Continued COVID-19 fears depressed the box office once again resulting in the smallest ever number of sales at the Korean box office since official records began in 2004. 81,00 admissions were recorded over the weekend, about 20% lower than the previous record...

WONDER WOMAN 1984 Tops Christmas Weekend

Despite a new daily high of COVID-19 infections reached over the weekend, the local box office saw admissions increase almost 200% as the first Hollywood blockbuster since Tenet hit arrived in time for Christmas. After approaching rock bottom in recent weeks, ...

JOSÉE Repeats Atop Quiet Weekend

With new COVID cases steady around 1,000 per day, audiences largely stayed away from theaters, and distributors followed suit, as they launched no major new content in multiplexes. Amid the COVID-19 spike, it was one of the quietest weekends on record, with 10...

JOSÉE Tops Charts as Korea Enters COVID Crisis

Despite the entry of a major new local film, the exhibition market contracted yet again as Korea grapples with its most serious spike in COVID cases to date, as daily infections rose over 1,000 during the weekend. Weekend admissions were down to 147,000, with ...

BEST FRIEND Hangs on as COVID-19 Drives Viewers Away

Attendance Craters as Infections Cases around the Capital Rise Theaters continue to empty out as Seoul and its surrounding areas experienced their worst rise in COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. After weeks of hefty drops, the Korean box off...

VIP Squeezes Narrow Victory in Late Summer Opening

With summer coming to an end and the humid heat making way for cooler breezes, cinemas saw a 30% dip in business as one new local release led a string of strong Korean holdovers, giving the domestic industry a commanding 80% advantage in the market. Unseating ...

THE AGE OF SHADOWS Guns Down the Competition

Several new releases invaded the charts in the weekend before the Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day) holiday, which will give us a five-day weekend this week, but there was only one real contender despite newcomers taking up the top five spots. Business rose ov...