- Box Office Reports
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- NOTHING SERIOUS Rises to 1st in Week 3
- A lack of new titles and an explosion of Covid anxiety amidst rising case numbers and Omicron variant concerns once again led to a depression of sales at the box office with numbers slowing about one-third down to 389,000 sales over the weekend. A pair of domestic holdovers led the charts, giving lo...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 14, 2021
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- SPIRITWALKER Stays Up Top as Holdovers Dominate Chart
- Local titles maintained an advantage at the Korean box office going into the last month of the year with a 51% share of the market. With new titles foundering and Omicron fears creeping into the public consciousness, admissions dipped a hefty 30%, with a total of 570,000 tickets snatched up over the...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 07, 2021
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- SPIRITWALKER Takes 1st Place as Local Films Outpace Imports
- For the first, since the Chuseok holidays in late September, local films captured a majority share of the market, accounting for 56% of all tickets sold. Overall admissions saw a nominal rise to 809,000 sales compared to the previous weekend.The high concept action-thriller Spiritwalker with Yoon Ky...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 30, 2021
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- Homegrown Romcom PERHAPS LOVE Tops the Box Office
- With no major Hollywood titles launched over the past few weeks, the market contracted just over 10%, with 792,000 sales recorded over the weekend. However, this left the door open for a new homegrown title to top the box office, the first domestic title to do so since September, which pushed the lo...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 23, 2021
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- MAL·MO·E: THE SECRET MISSION Becomes 1st Local Chart Topper of 2019
- Admissions jumped up 20% to 2.35 million as a pair of local titles claimed the top two spots and the local industry a strong 69% market share, its first majority share in a month. The first Korean film to top the charts in 2019 was the period drama MAL·MO·E: The Secret Mission. Featuring YOO Hae-jin...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 14, 2019
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- RALPH Breaks the Korean Box Office
- The new year kicked off much as the old one ended, with Hollywood fare outshining the lackluster performance of local fare. American films increased their market share dominance to 76% with Korean titles adding up to just 22% of the 1.94 million tickets sold over the weekend, down 40% from the previ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 07, 2019
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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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- INSIDE MEN Steals Third Weekend Crown
- Without major new releases to drive in business, attendances slide over the past weekend (1.77 million admissions) as holdovers largely retained control of the charts, while a smattering of new titles placing in the top ten. Though less dominant than last week, local films retained a significant edg...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 08, 2015