- Box Office Reports
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- Well-made Historical Thriller, The Night Owl, Topped on Its Release Weekend
- The Night Owl, a costume drama acclaimed as a ‘well-made thriller, topped the box office on the weekend of its release. According to the Korean Box Office Information System (KOBIS) of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), from November 25 to 27, The Night Owl recorded 636,329 audiences and 55.8% of sale...
- by Hellen Park / Nov 29, 2022
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- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Topped the Box Office for 2 Consecutive Weekends
- The Marvel film, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, topped the box office for 2 consecutive weekends. According to the Korean Box Office Information System (KOBIS) of the Korean Film Council on November 21, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever topped the box office over the weekend with 374,648 viewers and 3...
- by Hellen Park / Nov 21, 2022
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- Box Office Report for the first quarter of 2017
- The first quarter of 2017 was one of few surprises at the Korean box office but one which demonstrated the industry’s stability, both as a global exhibition market and a local production industry. Though not quite reaching the highs of 2013 (55.47 million) or 2015 (54.56 million), Q1 this year handi...
- by Pierce Conran / May 08, 2017
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- THE GOOD DINOSAUR Charms Its Way to First Place
- Levelling off substantially, ticket sales dropped to 2.22 million over in the second frame of the year and Korean films also let their dominance of the charts slip away, as the local market share dipped to 48%. Opening in first place with 458,813 viewers (USD 2.88 million) and 533,373 (USD 3.31 mil...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 12, 2016
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- THE HIMALAYAS Reigns Over New Year
- The New Year holiday kept crowds in theaters, with attendance dropping a slight 14% from the Christmas weekend as The Himalayas continued to dominate the charts. 60% of the 3.96 million tickets sold over the frame were bought for local films. For the third time, LEE Seok-hoon’s The Himalayas was th...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 05, 2016
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- Box office, November 2 - 15
- Local hit <Punch> continued to dominate the box office in the first two weeks of November. A character-centered drama about a high school boy and his teacher who lives next door, director LEE Han’s film has been enjoying buoyant word of mouth, thanks largely to the performances of YOO Ah-in a...
- Nov 18, 2011