HANSAN: RISING DRAGON, Topped the Weekend Box Office of Its Release

The second episode of Director Kim Hanmin's ‘Yi Sunsin Trilogy’, HANSAN: RISING DRAGON, was released on July 27 and topped the box office on its 1st weekend. According to the Korean Box Office Information System (KOBIS) of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), ...

Top Gun: Maverick, Running Backward, Reclaiming the Top Back

Top Gun: Maverick beat Thor: Love and Thunder at the box office over the weekend, showing its potential to reverse the box office. According to the Korean Box Office Information System (KOBIS) of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), Top Gun: Maverick added 702,281...

Thor: Love and Thunder, Topped on the 1st Week of Its Release

Marvel's superhero film, Thor: Love and Thunder, was released on July 6 and topped the box office on its 1st weekend. According to the Korean Box Office Information System (KOBIS) of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), Thor: Love and Thunder attracted 1,184,5...

Top Gun: Maverick, Keeping No. 1 in the 2nd Week of Its Release

Even in the 1st week of July, when the 2022 summer season began, Tom Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick maintained the top at the box office over the weekend. According to the Korean Box Office Information System (KOBIS) of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), Top Gun...

Tom Holland Returns to Top of the Charts with UNCHARTED

After a slow few weeks at the box office, business popped 40% week-on-week, despite new record daily COVID cases, largely thanks to the return of the Spider-Man to the charts, albeit in a different role. Admissions stood at 504,000 with just 14% of those going...

FROZEN 2 Snows in BRING ME HOME Debut

Business slowed 25% after last week’s massive boost but the latest Disney behemoth remained a potent threat on the charts as a major new local title was unable to break through as counter-programming. Sales remained strong with 3.34 million tickets sold while ...

Stranger Than Fiction: Politics & History Inspire Cinema

The Korean box office has had a rocky ride through the first two trimesters of 2017, but this period was not without its success stories. Though controversies and an uneven slate of films presented some obstacles, Korean history remained a strong driver for pr...

A Good Enough Year, but the Best Year for Korean Films

Box Office Report of 2016 After five years of consecutive growth, the Korean film industry remained healthy in 2016, though the half-decade streak of gains came to an end as the industry essentially remained flat. Admissions reached 217.02 million, which was d...

Review of the first three quarters for 2016

After a few years of major growth at the beginning of the decade, the Korean box office has remained flat once again, with this year’s total to date staying at the same level as 2015. However, where gains have been made is in the local industry, which has chur...

INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE Invades Korea

Disappointing Start for THE TRUTH BENEATH A 20-year-in-the-making sequel topped the Korean box office to close out the first half of the year. The Hollywood title helped the US maintain their edge as American films accounted for almost 70% of sales, which tot...