- Box Office Reports
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- PENINSULA Dominates Box Office with 2nd Best Opening of 2020
- The summer box office season in Korea opened with the debut of the year’s most significant tentpole to date, with weekend admissions soaring over 300% week-on-week and topping the one million mark for the first time in the COVID-19 era. The local industry accounted for a gargantuan 95% of the 1.33 m...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 20, 2020
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- PRINCESS Escapes LITTLE FOREST to Take 1st Place
- While two new local entries rearranged the charts and gave domestic films the market edge once more at 55%, admissions remained flat at the Korean box office, as 1.66 million tickets were sold over the past weekend. Entering the charts at number one was CJ Entertainment’s period romantic comedy The ...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 06, 2018
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- Fortune Continues to Smile on LUCK-KEY
- New releases failed to ignite the box office as last week’s number one raked in most of the business again, accounting for over 65% of sales after a tiny drop-off. Overall, 2.2 million tickets were sold, including 70% for local releases. Down only 11% in its sophomore frame was the surprise hit acti...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 25, 2016
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- ZOOTOPIA Still King of the Jungle after 5 Weeks
- Holdovers Lead Slow Frame During a particularly slow week at the Korean box office, which welcomed just 1.18 million viewers, Disney’s Zootopia claimed its second weekend crown, despite being on its fifth week of release. With no major new releases to shake up the chart, this week’s top five movies...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 22, 2016
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- ZOOTOPIA Steals B.O. Crown in Week 4
- Disney’s hit animation Zootopia sneaked up to claim the top spot for the first time this past weekend, during its fourth week on release. With new releases struggling to find viewers, total admissions fell to 1.65 million while Hollywood took the lion’s share of the market at 59%. Rising 16% after ...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 15, 2016