- Box Office Reports
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- JOSÉE Tops Charts as Korea Enters COVID Crisis
- Despite the entry of a major new local film, the exhibition market contracted yet again as Korea grapples with its most serious spike in COVID cases to date, as daily infections rose over 1,000 during the weekend. Weekend admissions were down to 147,000, with 71% of tickets being sold to domestic pr...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 14, 2020
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- BEST FRIEND Hangs on as COVID-19 Drives Viewers Away
- Attendance Craters as Infections Cases around the Capital Rise Theaters continue to empty out as Seoul and its surrounding areas experienced their worst rise in COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. After weeks of hefty drops, the Korean box office slid another 40% week-on-week, with ...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 07, 2020
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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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- ANT-MAN AND THE WASP Shrinks the Competition
- SUNSET IN MY HOMETOWN Goes Quietly into the Night Marvel once again laid claim to the Korean box office during the busy first frame of July, which saw admissions soar 50% to 2.81 million, while local films lost their market share advantage as Hollywood swept up 71% of sales. The 20th title in the hu...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 10, 2018
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- INFINITY WAR Takes 3rd Weekend Crown
- Business fell close to 50% at the Korean box office this past weekend as new titles were not able to unseat Disney-Marvel’s waning blockbuster in its third week. Of the 1.43 million tickets sold, America retained its advantage with 57% of sales while Korea trailed behind at 36%. Topping the charts f...
- by Pierce Conran / May 15, 2018
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- INFINITY WAR Overpowers CHAMPION Debut
- Marvel continued its domination over the Korean market during the Children’s Day holiday weekend which saw several animated titles enter the market, though none could hold a candle to the Hollywood superhero gang and, to a lesser extent, a local star vehicle for Don LEE (aka MA Dong-seok). All told,...
- by Pierce Conran / May 08, 2018
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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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- VIP Squeezes Narrow Victory in Late Summer Opening
- With summer coming to an end and the humid heat making way for cooler breezes, cinemas saw a 30% dip in business as one new local release led a string of strong Korean holdovers, giving the domestic industry a commanding 80% advantage in the market. Unseating three-time champ A Taxi Driver was PARK ...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 29, 2017
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- A TAXI DRIVER Rides Into 10 Million Viewer Club
- Buckets of rain came down on Korea over the weekend but the stream of crowds heading to theaters remained unabated as admissions stood at a healthy 3.57 million. Korean films remained strong as a pair of dominant holdovers and some new releases contributed to a 67% market share for the local industr...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 22, 2017
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- SPLIT Unseats NEW TRIAL in Debut
- Multiplexes welcomed a large amount of new releases this past weekend but with several titles dead on arrival business experienced a slight dip with 2.1 million entries recorded. Despite losing control of the top spot, local films still made up a hefty portion of sales over the weekend, with a 42% m...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 27, 2017