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 Kyesang topped the box office during its debut, with 249,000 seats (USD 2.16 million) filled over the ...

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 local market share up to 39%.The romantic comedy Perhaps Love with Ryu Seungryong and Oh Nara, the dir...

Marvel’s THE ETERNALS Repeats at the Top of the Box OfficeAfter benefitting from a major boost last week with both a new Marvel tentpole in the marketplace and major ease in theater restrictions, the Korean box office slowed 30% this week but remains at a healthy level. 911,000 tickets were sold this weekend with just 16% of those for local titles, despite the launch of the first homegrown commerc...