- Box Office Reports
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- ASHFALL Scores 3rd Weekend Win
- The first weekend of 2020 was dominated by titles from the end of last year, particularly local films which accounted for 67% of all sales. Overall, 1.87 million tickets were sold over the three-day period. Taking its third weekend crown was the local disaster action-drama smash Ashfall with HA Jung...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 06, 2020
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- ASHFALL Shuts Out FORBIDDEN DREAM in Strong 2nd Frame
- The end-of-year season continued to draw healthy crowds with 2.87 million spectators snatching up tickets over the final weekend of the year. Korean films have been particularly strong during the period, counting an 81% share of the market. The Korean disaster action blockbuster Ashfall continues to...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 30, 2019
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- ASHFALL Erupts in Powerful Opening
- As a pair of major local titles entered the charts, business shot up 75% week-on-week as 3.6 million admissions were registered during the penultimate weekend of the year. Korean films improved greatly on the charts, with the local share rising from 7 to 84%. Claiming first place this week was the l...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 24, 2019
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- MONEY Cashes in during Rich Debut
- Three new local thrillers swarmed into the charts this past week and though only one of those triumphed it was enough to push sales up over 10% to 1.88 million admissions and to return the market share advantage to the domestic industry, with Korean titles commanding a 71% share of the market. Comin...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 26, 2019
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- CAPTAIN MARVEL Brings an End to Hollywood Dry Spell
- After months of local dominance Hollywood finally found a way to break through the ranks with Marvel’s latest tentpole Captain Marvel. Admissions were up 25% to 2.74 million while Hollywood controlled the charts with an 84% market share. Following a long dry spell for Hollywood, Captain Marvel rode ...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 12, 2019
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- THE PRISON Fails to Lock Up BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
- As two titles fought for supremacy, it was a tight race at the top of the charts in Korea as business ticked up 20% over last week to 2.53 million admissions. It was an equally tight race for market share dominance, with Hollywood films barely nudging out domestic ones 49% to 48%. Though it did so b...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 27, 2017
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- Korean Box Office in 2013
- Following a stellar 2012, the Korean film industry closed out another record year on New Year’s Eve in 2013 as admissions soared over 200 million viewers for the first time. The final total came in at 213.31 million spectators, a 9.45% increase over the previous year, but it wasn’t the only record s...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 28, 2014
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- Box Office: March 21-April 3, 2013
- A new Korean film sits atop the box office in the relatively quiet period of late March. Debut director ROH Deok’s Very Ordinary Couple, which is billed as a romantic comedy, but which might also be described simply as a relationship drama, made an impressive start with just short of 1.4 million adm...
- by Darcy Paquet / Apr 05, 2013
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- Box Office: March 7-20, 2013
- Box office figures as a whole have cooled down in recent weeks, as Korea enters what is traditionally an off season for moviegoing. Nonetheless there were still positive signs to be seen for local films. Topping the box office once again was the gangster epic New World, by screenwriter-turned-direc...
- by Darcy Paquet / Mar 22, 2013
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- Box Office: February 7-20, 2013
- The runaway hit film Miracle in Cell No. 7 by director LEE Hwan-kyung continued to dominate the Korean box office in its third and fourth weeks on release. After briefly ceding the #1 slot to action blockbuster The Berlin File, the sentimental drama soon reclaimed its spot at the top of the chart, w...
- by Darcy Paquet / Feb 21, 2013