- Box Office Reports
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- THE MAN STANDING NEXT Repeats During Slow Weekend
- The post-Lunar New Year weekend suffered a far steeper crash than usual this year due to fears over the spread of the 2019-nCoV coronavirus, which has so far infected 15 people in South Korea. Admission were down 70% to 1.11 million and local holdovers largely dominated the charts, accounting for 84...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 03, 2020
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- THE MAN STANDING NEXT Edges Out HITMAN in Busy Lunar New Year Weekend
- Business shot up 150% as the Lunar New Year celebrations got underway, with 3.72 million admissions counted over the three-day weekend, with business spilling over into Monday, which is also a holiday. With three major local releases launched for the festivities, the domestic industry accounted for ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 29, 2020
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- THE DIVINE MOVE 2 Posts Strong Debut
- As we edge closer to winter, admissions were down marginally to 2.04 million but with a strong new local title in the mix the Korean market share shot back up to a healthy 61%. Opening over five years after the original and with KWON Sang-woo replacing JUNG Woo-sung as the lead actor (but as a diffe...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 12, 2019
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- MALEFICENT Casts a Spell over LOVE, AGAIN
- Disney once again scored a top place opening at the box office, but with much less fanfare than usual, during a quiet weekend that saw a 15% decline from the previous session’s holdover-led chart. A total of 1.47 million admissions were collected, with the local share dipping to 31%, though that sho...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 21, 2019
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- THE ACCIDENTAL DETECTIVE 2 Surprises JURASSIC WORLD
- As last week’s blockbuster cooled significantly, the door was left open for new entries from home and abroad to shake up the charts in mid-June. Hollywood maintained a slight edge at 56% of sales while admissions dipped just over 20% to 1.95 million entries overall. Topping the charts by a razor-thi...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 19, 2018
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- THE THRONE Retains Crown Over Chuseok Weekend
- LEE Joon-ik's period drama The Throne maintained its pace following its strong debut last week to top the charts during the busy Chuseok holiday weekend, which welcomed 3.32 million viewers to theaters. Dipping just 7%, the historical drama featuring SONG Kang-ho and YOO Ah-in (also a star in t...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 01, 2015