NOTHING SERIOUS Rises to 1st in Week 3

A lack of new titles and an explosion of Covid anxiety amidst rising case numbers and Omicron variant concerns once again led to a depression of sales at the box office with numbers slowing about one-third down to 389,000 sales over the weekend. A pair of dome...

SPIRITWALKER Stays Up Top as Holdovers Dominate Chart

Local titles maintained an advantage at the Korean box office going into the last month of the year with a 51% share of the market. With new titles foundering and Omicron fears creeping into the public consciousness, admissions dipped a hefty 30%, with a total...

SPIRITWALKER Takes 1st Place as Local Films Outpace Imports

For the first, since the Chuseok holidays in late September, local films captured a majority share of the market, accounting for 56% of all tickets sold. Overall admissions saw a nominal rise to 809,000 sales compared to the previous weekend.The high concept a...

Homegrown Romcom PERHAPS LOVE Tops the Box Office

With no major Hollywood titles launched over the past few weeks, the market contracted just over 10%, with 792,000 sales recorded over the weekend. However, this left the door open for a new homegrown title to top the box office, the first domestic title to do...

MAL·MO·E: THE SECRET MISSION Becomes 1st Local Chart Topper of 2019

Admissions jumped up 20% to 2.35 million as a pair of local titles claimed the top two spots and the local industry a strong 69% market share, its first majority share in a month. The first Korean film to top the charts in 2019 was the period drama MAL·MO·E: T...

RALPH Breaks the Korean Box Office

The new year kicked off much as the old one ended, with Hollywood fare outshining the lackluster performance of local fare. American films increased their market share dominance to 76% with Korean titles adding up to just 22% of the 1.94 million tickets sold o...

An Unexpected Jackpot

Box Office Report of 2017 The Korean film market reached new all-time benchmarks for income and admissions in 2017 after a strong December rally. Yet the real story behind the numbers was which unexpected films got audiences the most excited while several seem...

INSIDE MEN Steals Third Weekend Crown

Without major new releases to drive in business, attendances slide over the past weekend (1.77 million admissions) as holdovers largely retained control of the charts, while a smattering of new titles placing in the top ten. Though less dominant than last week...