- Box Office Reports
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- SHANG-CHI Claims Yet Another First Place Finish for Marvel
- Local Films Await Chuseok Holidays in Mid-SeptemberAfter dominating the summer holiday season, local films are taking a brief break in early September, as they await the Chuseok holidays later in the month. This opened the door for Hollywood to rule the roost, and the latest film from Marvel claimed...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 07, 2021
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- THE SUICIDE SQUAD Fails to Take Out ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU
- Local Blockbusters Shut Out Hollywood in Summer SeasonLocal blockbusters continued to hold the foreign competition at bay during the summer holidays, as sales were down a slight 10% week-on-week. Out of a total of 895,000 admissions, the local market share stood at 57%, a figure that should rise fur...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 10, 2021
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- PAWN Remains Top Draw Post-Chuseok
- Following last week’s massive Chuseok holiday bounce, business fell back to earth over the past weekend as admissions fell about 50% week-on-week. However, with 534,000 tickets sold over the weekend, business was about 30% better than the week before the holidays, as audiences continue to return to ...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 13, 2020
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- PAWN Dominates Chuseok Holiday Weekend
- Thanks to the Chuseok holidays, the Korean box office came roaring back to life in early October. Business shot up 150% from last week’s session, which had already started to show signs of recovery after the late summer COVID spike with a 30% rise from the previous week. With new local titles occupy...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 06, 2020
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- DELIVER US FROM EVIL Stays in 1st as OK! MADAM Opens Well
- With another major local release finding favor with audiences, the Korean box office remained relatively strong in mid-August, with 1.68 million tickets, down just 7% from last week’s COVID-19 Era high. With the top four slots all occupied by local releases, the Korean market share remained overwhel...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 18, 2020
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- SECRET ZOO Opening Confines BAD BOYS FOR LIFE
- In the weekend before the Lunar New Year holiday, a pair of new titles launched that will hope to keep the turnstiles spinning throughout the holidays, even as new competition prepares to launch. Admissions were down slightly, with 1.49 million viewers recorded over the weekend, while local films cl...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 21, 2020
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- JOKER and CRAZY ROMANCE Continue to Laugh It Up
- With a lack of enticing new releases, holdovers claimed most of the top five as overall admissions slid around 35% to 1.68 million. Of those, 41% were snatched up by local titles, mostly in their second or third week in theaters. Remaining in first place was the dark DC Comics origin story Joker, wh...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 15, 2019
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- BAG GUYS Reigns over Powerful Chuseok Box Office
- With the Chuseok holidays underway, the box office almost tripled compared to last week, as just over 4 million tickets were snatched up over the past weekend. With three major new titles timed for the holidays, it was a bonanza for the local industry, as Korean films claimed all of the top five spo...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 16, 2019
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- HOBBS & SHAW Shove Aside Local Holdovers
- Following a few weeks of local dominance, a Hollywood tentpole once again topped the box office, but strong holdovers allowed the domestic industry to retain a 57% market share advantage. All told, 3.07 million tickets were sold, slowing 20% from last week as the school holidays ended. The Fast &...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 20, 2019
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- THE BATTLE: ROAR TO VICTORY Close Behind as EXIT Hangs On
- With the late summer box office in full swing, admissions remained very strong as they were almost flat with the previous week at 3.6 million sales. Meanwhile, thanks to a strong holdover and solid new releases, the domestic industry saw its market advantage rise to a mighty 88%. Down only 29% after...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 13, 2019