- Box Office Reports
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- Box Office Report for the first quarter of 2017
- The first quarter of 2017 was one of few surprises at the Korean box office but one which demonstrated the industry’s stability, both as a global exhibition market and a local production industry. Though not quite reaching the highs of 2013 (55.47 million) or 2015 (54.56 million), Q1 this year handi...
- by Pierce Conran / May 08, 2017
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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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- VETERAN Knocks Out the Competition in the Biggest Weekend of the Year
- With school still out and a strong chorus of tentpole releases, the Korean box office is maintaining its hot streak after recording the biggest weekend of the year to date with 4.68 million tickets sold (USD 31.76 million), of which 64% were for local releases. Debuting in pole position with a 41% m...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 11, 2015
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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: December 19, 2013 - January 1, 2014
- Two Korean productions, The Attorney and The Suspect, have brought the country’s box office to a triumphant close. According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), The Attorney, with actor SONG Kang-ho of Snowpiercer and The Face Reader, and The Suspect, directed by WON Shin-yun of 7 Days (2007), score...
- by TAE Sang-joon / Jan 06, 2014
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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 21-March 6, 2013
- A new film emerged at the top of the box office in late February and early March, pushing box office phenomenon Miracle in Cell No. 7 back to #2. Gangster epic New World enjoyed a strong opening on February 21st thanks in part to its high-profile cast, and positive word-of-mouth has helped it to ma...
- by Darcy Paquet / Mar 08, 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
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- Box Office: January 24-February 6, 2013
- Two monster sized local hits powered the box office in late January and early February. Leading the pack was the comic drama Miracle in Cell No. 7, which took 4.6 million admissions in two weeks on the back of strong word-of-mouth. This is the equivalent of more than US$30 million, and the film is...
- by Darcy Paquet / Feb 07, 2013