- Box Office Reports
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- Avatar: The Way of Water, Topped the Weekend Box Office for 2 Weeks with 5.57 Million Viewers in Total
- James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water also maintained its overwhelming No. 1 spot at the box office on the 2nd weekend of its release. Avatar: The Way of Water, which was released on December 14, has topped the box office for 12 consecutive days.According to the Korean Box Office Information ...
- by Hellen Park / Dec 27, 2022
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- THE LION KING Roars at the Korean Box Office
- With the entry of yet another feverishly anticipated Disney title, the box office rose 10% in mid-July with 2.97 million tickets sold over the past weekend. Hollywood continued to be extremely dominant as the local market share was pushed all the way down to 3%. Notably, Disney accounted for 77% of ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 22, 2019
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- Battle of December, Three-Way Showdown
- With a few presumed hits coming up short and lower-than-usual attendance at some points of the year, particularly early summer, a lot was banking on December to pick up the slack and close the year on a high note. The end-of-year period (late December and early January) is one of the four busiest re...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 06, 2018
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- VETERAN Fourpeats, Enters 10 Million Club
- In a rare sweep, local films held the top five spots at the Korean box office, clinching 85% of the market in a weekend that attracted 2.54 million filmgoers. Sustained strong performances by Korean films in August have put domestic fare back over Hollywood for the year, with a 48.6% market share to...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 31, 2015
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- Review of the First Quarter of 2015 Box Office
- 1. Another Film Draws Over 10 Million ViewersJK YOUN’s Ode to My Father, released on December 17th last year, surpassed ten million viewers in 28 days on January 13. The film was the 11th Korean film to cross the milestone and the 14th including foreign films. In addition, YOUN became the first dire...
- by KIM Hyung-seok (Film Critic) / May 07, 2015
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- ODE TO MY FATHER Becomes 2015‘s First 10 Million Admissions Film
- JK YOUN Will Be First Director with Two 10 Million Films Ode to My Father is about to become the first 10 million admissions film of the New Year. According to the Korean Film Council’s Integrated Ticket Sales network, the film has sold 9.69 million tickets as of January 11th. It needs 300,000 more...
- by LEE Ji-hye / Jan 12, 2015
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- Hollywood Blockbusters Continue Dominance
- Hollywood blockbuster flicks continue to dominate the Korean box office by taking the top spot. After five weeks of Interstellar in the spot, a new Hollywood title took over the throne. Upon its release on November 6th, Interstellar hardly had competition until the release of Exodus: Gods and Kings....
- by LEE Ji-hye / Dec 08, 2014