THE REVENANT Remains in First Place

Hollywood survival pic The Revenant remained in first place, though only by a razor-thin 0.4% margin, during a slow mid-January weekend at the Korean box office which shifted 1.58 million tickets, with US films just about claiming a majority with 51%. Local fi...

Box Office: April 3-16, 2014

Foreign movies continue to top over Korean movies. According to the integrated ticket sales network of Korean Film Council (KOFIC) on April 17th, the Marvel Comics Studio’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier has topped in the box office chart even with the ne...

Box Office: March 6-19, 2014

Strong men dominate Korean theaters. 300: Rise of an Empire, coming seven years after the original graphic novel adaptation, and Non-Stop, a solo show for Liam Neeson are pursuing steady runs at the box office. According to the integrated ticket sales network...

Box office, Oct. 18 – Nov. 1

<Punch>, based on a local novel, is the movie of the moment in Korea, having earned roughly US$11 million over the past two weeks. A character-centered drama about a high school boy and his eccentric teacher who lives next door, <Punch> has enjoye...