- 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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- A Good Enough Year, but the Best Year for Korean Films
- Box Office Report of 2016 After five years of consecutive growth, the Korean film industry remained healthy in 2016, though the half-decade streak of gains came to an end as the industry essentially remained flat. Admissions reached 217.02 million, which was down just 0.1% from 2016. A wide range of...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 10, 2017
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- CONFIDENTIAL ASSIGNMENT Knocks Down THE KING
- Fortunes changed at the box office as the two major local releases for the Lunar New Year switched places over the holiday. 4.19 million viewers bought tickets over the weekend, with 1.39 million of those selling on Lunar New Year day, which fell on Saturday. It was the biggest LNY day at the box of...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 31, 2017
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- A VIOLENT PROSECUTOR Scores Best-Ever Lunar New Year Launch
- Star Power Drives Thriller to 2nd All Time Opening Week After a slow January, viewers once again packed into theatres over the 5-day Lunar New Year weekend, purchasing 3.16 million tickets, 77% of which for local titles. While the figure was 50% higher than the previous time Lunar New Year fell on ...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 11, 2016
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- THE REVENANT Remains in First Place
- Hollywood survival pic The Revenant remained in first place, though only by a razor-thin 0.4% margin, during a slow mid-January weekend at the Korean box office which shifted 1.58 million tickets, with US films just about claiming a majority with 51%. Local films accounted for 46% of business. Leon...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 27, 2016
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- Leo Claims First Place in Korea After 6 Years Away
- THE REVENANT Gives Hollywood Market Share Edge US films captured 60.5% of the Korean marketplace over the weekend, their first majority share on the chart since mid-October, during a relatively slow January frame that sold 2.01 million tickets. The same week that it scored 12 nominations for next ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 19, 2016
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- THE GOOD DINOSAUR Charms Its Way to First Place
- Levelling off substantially, ticket sales dropped to 2.22 million over in the second frame of the year and Korean films also let their dominance of the charts slip away, as the local market share dipped to 48%. Opening in first place with 458,813 viewers (USD 2.88 million) and 533,373 (USD 3.31 mil...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 12, 2016
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- THE HIMALAYAS Reigns Over New Year
- The New Year holiday kept crowds in theaters, with attendance dropping a slight 14% from the Christmas weekend as The Himalayas continued to dominate the charts. 60% of the 3.96 million tickets sold over the frame were bought for local films. For the third time, LEE Seok-hoon’s The Himalayas was th...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 05, 2016
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- THE HIMALAYAS Rises in Xmas Weekend
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens zipped past the USD 1 billion mark in record time as the world’s film markets are transfixed by its unprecedented performance, yet in Korea it remained off the top of the chart in a distant second place. Business was booming over the Christmas weekend as 4.6 million view...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 28, 2015
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- THE HIMALAYAS Climbs All Over STAR WARS in Debut
- The hotly anticipated new Star Wars, or Episode VII: The Force Awakens, was a global phenomenon this weekend, setting weekend records in the US, UK, Germany and Russia, among others, and powering to a USD 517 million bow worldwide, which is second all time behind Jurassic World. However, there was o...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 21, 2015