- Box Office Reports
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- 20th Century Fox Posts One-Two Punch with X-MEN: APOCALYPSE, THE WAILING
- Following the dominance of local title THE WAILING, which has had an unusually strong showing for a Korean film in May, a new Hollywood tentpole has reclaimed the top spot at the box office as it continued its massive global rollout. At the end of the hottest May on record, 2.35 million tickets were...
- by Pierce Conran / May 31, 2016
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- NA Hong-jin’s THE WAILING Howls in First Place
- Massive Debut for Critically-Acclaimed Thriller A week after it received a rapturous response from Korean critics, NA Hong-jin’s latest film, the Cannes Out of Competition thriller THE WAILING, bowed to huge numbers this past weekend. The thriller helped keep the box office brisk, as 2.85 million s...
- by Pierce Conran / May 18, 2016
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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
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- Box office, November 1-14
- Yet another local film has taken the box office by storm, in a year of unprecedented commercial success for Korean cinema. A Werewolf Boy featuring young stars SONG Joong-ki and PARK Bo-young has steadily gained momentum since its release on October 31, selling a massive 3.9 million admissions (~$25...
- by Darcy Paquet / Nov 16, 2012
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- Box office, July 16-31
- The month of July has been highly dramatic at the Korean box office, capped by the record-breaking opening of Korean heist film <The Thieves>. The star-studded work has even managed to outperform the hugely anticipated <The Dark Knight Rises>, although due to release dates it appears at...
- by Darcy Paquet / Aug 06, 2012