METAMORPHOSIS Scares Up First Place Debut

With temperatures starting to drop, local theaters also experienced a slowdown in sales but business remained brisk with 2.36 million tickets sold over the past weekend. It was particularly good news for local titles, who snatched up 70% of those sales. Coming...

THE PRISON Fails to Lock Up BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

As two titles fought for supremacy, it was a tight race at the top of the charts in Korea as business ticked up 20% over last week to 2.53 million admissions. It was an equally tight race for market share dominance, with Hollywood films barely nudging out dome...

FATAL INTUTION Tops Slow Weekend

Business slowed down during the Halloween weekend, which is not considered a major event in Korea, as local thrillers held the advantage over imported fare. Korean films accounted for 56% of ticket sales out of a total 1.64 million viewers. CGV ARTHOUSE managed to debut the JOO Won-starring thriller Fatal Intuition in first place, but its 456,205 viewers (USD 3.28 million), and 628,169 admissions (USD 4.31 million) since its Thursday bow, which accounted for 28% of the marketplace, was on the low side for a first place start. A slew of mid-level thrillers released in the past few weeks may have dampened audience’s enthusiasm.

THE PHONE Rings Up First Place

A new Korean thriller has ascended to the top of the charts as local films found their footing in the wake of a short period of Hollywood dominance. In all, some 1.9 million viewers visited theaters, 57% of which for domestic fare, during the late October week...

THE CHRONICLES OF EVIL Triumphs the Korean Box Office

First Local Film to Take the Top Spot in 44 Days Following the popularity of Fast & Furious 7 and Avengers: Age of Ultron, foreign blockbusters dominated the Korean box office. After 44 days of weak performance from local films on the chart, The Chronicle...

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...