Hollywood Superhero Movie Morbius, Topped the Box Office

On the first weekend of April 2022, the Hollywood superhero movie Morbius topped the box office with 58.1% of sales. Morbius is an ‘anti-superhero’ film of Marvel Comics, and the character is connected to the ‘Spider-Man Universe’ of Sony Pictures. The sales r...

Hot Blooded, Topped Box Office

On the last weekend of March 2022, the number of moviegoers in Korea increased slightly from the week before (344,000) to 352,000. With the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases gradually decreasing after reaching its highest level, the number of moviegoers in Ko...

MOONFALL Lands in First Place

Despite new record daily COVID case numbers as Korea reaches the peak of its Omicron wave, the box office didn’t lose ground over the weekend as it stayed flat with last week. Admissions reached 344,000 with 29% of those sales snatched up by local fare.Enterin...

IN OUR PRIME Tops BATMAN in Opening Weekend

With new Covid daily case records continuing to hit the news, the traffic at cinemas was once again kept to a minimum. Admissions slowed 5%, with 343,000 tickets snatched up over the weekend, while the local market share jumped up eightfold to 42% thanks to th...

THE BATMAN Has Muted 1st Place Debut

After weeks of contraction in the face of growing daily COVID case numbers, the box office finally turned around over the past weekend, but with far less gusto than was expected. One of the year’s most anticipated Hollywood titles launched in first place, yet ...

ASHFALL Scores 3rd Weekend Win

The first weekend of 2020 was dominated by titles from the end of last year, particularly local films which accounted for 67% of all sales. Overall, 1.87 million tickets were sold over the three-day period. Taking its third weekend crown was the local disaster...

ASHFALL Shuts Out FORBIDDEN DREAM in Strong 2nd Frame

The end-of-year season continued to draw healthy crowds with 2.87 million spectators snatching up tickets over the final weekend of the year. Korean films have been particularly strong during the period, counting an 81% share of the market. The Korean disaster...

ASHFALL Erupts in Powerful Opening

As a pair of major local titles entered the charts, business shot up 75% week-on-week as 3.6 million admissions were registered during the penultimate weekend of the year. Korean films improved greatly on the charts, with the local share rising from 7 to 84%. ...

A SPECIAL LADY Doesn’t Show Up for HAPPY DEATH DAY

New releases failed to top the chart for a second weekend running as admissions dipped to 1.82 million while local titles lost their market advantage to Hollywood as they fell to a 42% share. Claiming the top spot for a third consecutive weekend following a 44...

THE BROS Smokes HEART BLACKENED for Second Place Finish

Though neither claimed the top spot, two new local titles returned the market share advantage to Korea, which claimed 53% of admissions during another busy fall frame that was only 10% down after last week’s blockbuster opening, as 2.21 million tickets were so...