- Box Office Reports
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- 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%. Claiming first place this week was the l...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 24, 2019
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- ASSASSINATION Takes Out the Competition
- High season at the Korean box office officially began over the weekend as hit maker CHOI Dong-hoon posted his best ever debut with his latest star-powered action-thriller Assassination. Commanding two thirds of the marketplace, CHOI’s film dominated with 2.44 million admissions (USD 16.91 million), ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 28, 2015
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- Trends and Review of 2014 Box Office
- The year 2014 saw four films reach the ten million admission milestones in Korea. Among them, Roaring Currents ran fastest to the milestone, becoming Korea’s new all-time top-grossing film. Some foreign films enjoyed strong popularity in Korea although they failed to do so overseas. Interstellar and...
- by KIM Hyung-seok / Jan 29, 2015
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- Box Office : August 4 – August 17 , 2014
- A Win-win Hit of ROARING CURRENTS and THE PIRATES Roaring Currents totally dominates. Roaring Currents has been writing new history since its release on July 30th. It is not merely the number of tickets sold, 14,622,611, but the rate that is amazing. It really is amazing because it took only 18 day...
- by CHOI Hyeon-ji / Aug 19, 2014
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- Box Office: May 30-June 12, 2013
- The new spy drama Secretly Greatly starring KIM Soo-hyun enjoyed a spectacular debut at the Korean box office, selling over 4 million tickets in its first eight days on release. It has broken numerous records for Korean films, including the best opening day ever (490,000 admissions on June 5) and th...
- by Darcy Paquet / Jun 14, 2013
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- Box Office: March 21-April 3, 2013
- A new Korean film sits atop the box office in the relatively quiet period of late March. Debut director ROH Deok’s Very Ordinary Couple, which is billed as a romantic comedy, but which might also be described simply as a relationship drama, made an impressive start with just short of 1.4 million adm...
- by Darcy Paquet / Apr 05, 2013
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- Box Office: March 7-20, 2013
- Box office figures as a whole have cooled down in recent weeks, as Korea enters what is traditionally an off season for moviegoing. Nonetheless there were still positive signs to be seen for local films. Topping the box office once again was the gangster epic New World, by screenwriter-turned-direc...
- by Darcy Paquet / Mar 22, 2013
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- Box Office: February 21-March 6, 2013
- A new film emerged at the top of the box office in late February and early March, pushing box office phenomenon Miracle in Cell No. 7 back to #2. Gangster epic New World enjoyed a strong opening on February 21st thanks in part to its high-profile cast, and positive word-of-mouth has helped it to ma...
- by Darcy Paquet / Mar 08, 2013
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- 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 reclaimed its spot at the top of the chart, w...
- by Darcy Paquet / Feb 21, 2013
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- Sunny Days Ahead in 2013
- Review of Korean Film Industry in 2012 The Korean film industry saw an impressive rise in terms of admissions and ticket sales in 2012. The total audience figure stood at 194.89 million, a year-on-year increase of 21.9%. Two Korean movies attracted more than ten million spectators. Let’s review th...
- by SONG Ji-hwan / Feb 04, 2013