#ALIVE Draws a Second Breath in First Place

Without a compelling new release, the chart was largely dominated by holdovers this past weekend and consequently admissions took a hit, falling 55% week-on-week to 452,000 sales. Local films continued to be out in force, scoring a 76% market share, as Hollywo...

Korean Box Office is #ALIVE

The box office showed its most convincing signs of life yet during the Covid-19 pandemic as a hot new title lured large crowds to multiplexes. Total sales for the weekend reached a shade under one million, which was double the previous weekend’s total and over...

Second Top Place Finish for SPIRITS’ HOMECOMING

Local comfort women drama Spirits’ Homecoming remains a force to be reckoned with on the charts, keeping most of its audience as it benefits from strong word-of-mouth. A new US release and strong holdovers gave America the market edge at 55% as 1.97 million ti...

Comfort Women Drama SPIRITS’ HOMECOMING Tops New Releases

Led by the debut of comfort women drama Spirits' Homecoming, local titles pushed the market share for domestic films back up to 56% as a total of 2.47 million visitors were recorded over the weekend. Driven by high public interest, the crowd-funded film S...