- Box Office Reports
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- The Roundup Topped for 2 Weeks in a Row, Continuing the Hottest Hit in 2022
- As expected, The Roundup topped the box office hit in the second week of its release. The number of weekend viewers of The Roundup is 1,792,942 with sales of 84.1%, showing no decline compared to the first week of its release. Also, The Roundup is the first film to surpass 6 million viewers this yea...
- by Hellen Park / May 31, 2022
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- The Roundup, the Powerful Top with 2,534,224 Viewers
- The RoundpThe super powerful punch of ‘Monstrous Detective’ created an amazing box office hit, breaking the COVID-19 Pandemic. Starring Don Lee, a crime action The Roundup, released on May 18 (Wed), recorded 2,534,224 audiences with sales of USD 21.2 million on its first weekend. It is overwhelming ...
- by Hellen Park / May 24, 2022
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- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Topped 2 Weeks in a Row with 4.9 Million Viewers in Total
- In its 2nd week of release, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness topped the box office in a row in the 2nd week of May. During the 2nd week of its release from May 13 to 15, Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness attracted 838,967 audiences with sales of USD 7.1 million. Accounting for 71.5...
- by Hellen Park / May 17, 2022
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- TOY STORY and ALADDIN Give Disney 1-2 Punch at Korean Box Office
- As the heat began to turn up with the Korean summer kicking into gear, theatres saw an almost 30% rise in admissions, with just over three million tickets sold over the past weekend. Despite a new local entry, the Korean market share was held down to just 28% as Disney commanded the top two spots an...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 24, 2019
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- INFINITY WAR Overpowers CHAMPION Debut
- Marvel continued its domination over the Korean market during the Children’s Day holiday weekend which saw several animated titles enter the market, though none could hold a candle to the Hollywood superhero gang and, to a lesser extent, a local star vehicle for Don LEE (aka MA Dong-seok). All told,...
- by Pierce Conran / May 08, 2018
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- An Unexpected Jackpot
- Box Office Report of 2017 The Korean film market reached new all-time benchmarks for income and admissions in 2017 after a strong December rally. Yet the real story behind the numbers was which unexpected films got audiences the most excited while several seemingly surefire hits stumbled out of the ...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 06, 2018
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- THE MAZE RUNNER Finds Way to Top of the Charts
- Last year’s end-of-year titans finally relinquished their hold on the top of the chart to make way for new releases as a Hollywood film topped the rankings for the first time since Justice League in late November. It was also the first time Korea fell short of a majority share since that same weeken...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 23, 2018
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- THE SWINDLERS Swipes Another Weekend Win
- A slew of new releases couldn’t topple last week’s champion but business remained much the same overall during the first weekend of December, with 1.87 million entries recorded, approximately two thirds of which were snapped up by the wealth of local thrillers in theaters. Con artist thriller The Sw...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 05, 2017
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- JUSTICE LEAGUE Assembles at Top of the Charts
- Much as it has elsewhere around the world, one of the year’s biggest blockbusters posted a smaller than expected debut in Korea, during a weekend where admissions were marginally down week-on-week. Nevertheless, the Hollywood tentpole drove the US market share up to 75% while domestic entries langui...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 21, 2017
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- 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% slide, Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok continu...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 14, 2017