- Box Office Reports
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- Quiet Victory for BATTLE OF JANGSARI over BY QUANTUM PHYSICS
- A pair of new titles raised the local market share edge to 79% but weren’t enough to keep overall admissions up as business slowed 10% week-on-week with 1.45 million entries recorded over the last weekend of September. The Korean War drama Battle of Jangsari, featuring local star KIM Myung-min and H...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 01, 2019
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- SEARCHING Finds Its Way to the Top
- In the absence of major new titles, as multiplexes brace for an onslaught of traffic during the Chuseok holiday frame later this month, business slowed once more to 1.54 million sales over the past weekend. 64% of those went to Hollywood titles while the local market lost its advantage and claimed j...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 11, 2018
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- DETECTIVE K Unearths Pre-Lunar New Year Win
- Admissions Down Ahead of Holiday Surge A local period film timed for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday led the chart as Korean films made up 70% of sales at the box office, while the calm before the holiday storm amounted to a quiet weekend with just 1.64 million tickets sold overall. Showbox ente...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 13, 2018
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- MUMMY Beats a A DAY in Photo Finish
- It was a photo finish at the Korean box office as a new local time travel thriller almost upended Tom Cruise in his second lap. However, business was down almost 25% week-on-week as admissions fell to 1.69 million. Despite not taking first place, Korean films were finally able to reclaim first place...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 20, 2017
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- THE JUNGLE BOOK Still King of Korean Box Office
- PROOF OF INNOCENCE Opens in 2nd The Jungle Book held on to its first place spot as new releases posted middling openings. The Korean box office took a slight dip from last week, but still welcomed 2.33 million viewers. Hollywood scooped up the lion’s share of this past weekend’s crowds, with a 64% ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 22, 2016
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- THE JUNGLE BOOK Swings onto the Top
- The back and forth tussle between local and foreign fare continues at the Korean box office as a large amount of new Hollywood tentpoles swung the market share back in their favor with US releases accounting for 73% of the marketplace during a very busy frame. Overall business rose more than 60% wee...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 15, 2016
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- KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE Stands Atop Amongst Weak Domestic Films
- According to the Korean Film Council’s Integrated Ticket Sales Network on March 2nd, Kingsman: The Secret Service (henceforth Kingsman) hit 3,375,572 in ticket sales and took the top spot at the weekend box office. Unlike the smooth run Kingsman is enjoying, only two domestic titles were able to mak...
- by LEE Yu-jin / Mar 03, 2015
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- Box office, September 20-October 3
- A tremendous performance during the extended Chuseok lunar holiday helped the Korean period drama <Masquerade> to run far ahead of its rivals at the box office. From the two-week period from September 20 to October 3, which represents the film's second and third weeks on release, <Masqu...
- by Darcy Paquet / Oct 05, 2012