- Box Office Reports
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- SAMJIN COMPANY ENGLISH CLASS Assembles in First Place
- Foot traffic at Korean cinemas remained low over the weekend, especially compared to crowded weekends in China and Japan, but business was nevertheless up 40% compared to the previous weekend with 565,000 tickets sold over the frame. Led by a well-received new entry, local titles dominated the marke...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 26, 2020
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- 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 in at a surprise number one was the new...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 27, 2019
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- THE ACCIDENTAL DETECTIVE 2 Surprises JURASSIC WORLD
- As last week’s blockbuster cooled significantly, the door was left open for new entries from home and abroad to shake up the charts in mid-June. Hollywood maintained a slight edge at 56% of sales while admissions dipped just over 20% to 1.95 million entries overall. Topping the charts by a razor-thi...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 19, 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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- THE THRONE Retains Crown Over Chuseok Weekend
- LEE Joon-ik's period drama The Throne maintained its pace following its strong debut last week to top the charts during the busy Chuseok holiday weekend, which welcomed 3.32 million viewers to theaters. Dipping just 7%, the historical drama featuring SONG Kang-ho and YOO Ah-in (also a star in t...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 01, 2015