BEST FRIEND Clinches 1st Place As COVID-19 Throttles Sales

It was a very quiet weekend at the box office as Korea edged up last Thursday into its second highest peak of daily new COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began. Business slowed 40% week-on-week with just 277,000 tickets sold over the Friday to Sunday period. M...

COLLECTORS Unearths 3rd Weekend Win

Business Down as COVID Cases Rise Once More The Korean box office continues its seesaw trajectory in 2020 as rising numbers of COVID cases have once again dampened the fortunes of the exhibition sector. Business over the weekend slowed 25% with 442,000 ticket...

Box Office: February 7-20, 2013

The runaway hit film Miracle in Cell No. 7 by director LEE Hwan-kyung continued to dominate the Korean box office in its third and fourth weeks on release. After briefly ceding the #1 slot to action blockbuster The Berlin File, the sentimental drama soon recla...

Box Office: January 24-February 6, 2013

Two monster sized local hits powered the box office in late January and early February. Leading the pack was the comic drama Miracle in Cell No. 7, which took 4.6 million admissions in two weeks on the back of strong word-of-mouth. This is the equivalent of ...