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...

Gangster Film TOMB OF THE RIVER Debuts in 2nd Place

Marvel’s THE ETERNALS Repeats at the Top of the Box OfficeAfter benefitting from a major boost last week with both a new Marvel tentpole in the marketplace and major ease in theater restrictions, the Korean box office slowed 30% this week but remains at a heal...

EMPIRE OF LUST Starts in 2nd Place

British Men Beat Domestic Flicks As of March 8th, Kingsman: The Secret Service (hereafter Kingsman) hit 4,188,241 admissions and snatched the top spot at the Korean box office. Detective K: The Secret of the Lost Island (hereafter Detective K 2) who had a pro...

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: August 22-September 4, 2013

Following a period a local dominance at the hand of four major Korean thrillers, the balance at the Korean box office has become more even over the last fortnight as a number of US titles found their way into the chart. With the holidays over and schools and c...

Box Office: August 8-August 21, 2013

Korean films are experiencing a record month as four local thrillers went head to head for the top spot over the past two weeks. August is always a fertile time for Korean cinema as the Hollywood summer enters its slow period while locals rush to the multiplex...

Box office, Sept. 22 – Oct. 4

  - Silenced tops the charts and raises voices of protest The two weeks lasting from Sept. 22 to Oct. 4 were witness to a remarkable box office phenomenon in the form of the film Silenced. Based on a shocking real-life incident in which young students at...