- Box Office Reports
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- THE BOOK OF FISH Well Received in Debut but No Match for GODZILLA VS. KONG
- Despite an acclaimed new local film adding some variety to the marketplace, business was down almost 30% during the first weekend of April. All told, 417,000 tickets were sold, with 34% going to domestic titles.Godzilla vs. Kong put on some very strong numbers over the weekend in America and continu...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 06, 2021
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- WONDER WOMAN Tops Quietest Ever Weekend at Korean Box Office
- Continued COVID-19 fears depressed the box office once again resulting in the smallest ever number of sales at the Korean box office since official records began in 2004. 81,00 admissions were recorded over the weekend, about 20% lower than the previous record low from mid-April last year, earlier d...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 12, 2021
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- WONDER WOMAN 1984 Tops Christmas Weekend
- Despite a new daily high of COVID-19 infections reached over the weekend, the local box office saw admissions increase almost 200% as the first Hollywood blockbuster since Tenet hit arrived in time for Christmas. After approaching rock bottom in recent weeks, total sales were still far below pre-COV...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 28, 2020
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- JOSÉE Repeats Atop Quiet Weekend
- With new COVID cases steady around 1,000 per day, audiences largely stayed away from theaters, and distributors followed suit, as they launched no major new content in multiplexes. Amid the COVID-19 spike, it was one of the quietest weekends on record, with 107,000 sales, though that number should i...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 21, 2020
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- JOSÉE Tops Charts as Korea Enters COVID Crisis
- Despite the entry of a major new local film, the exhibition market contracted yet again as Korea grapples with its most serious spike in COVID cases to date, as daily infections rose over 1,000 during the weekend. Weekend admissions were down to 147,000, with 71% of tickets being sold to domestic pr...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 14, 2020
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- BEST FRIEND Hangs on as COVID-19 Drives Viewers Away
- Attendance Craters as Infections Cases around the Capital Rise Theaters continue to empty out as Seoul and its surrounding areas experienced their worst rise in COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. After weeks of hefty drops, the Korean box office slid another 40% week-on-week, with ...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 07, 2020
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- VIP Squeezes Narrow Victory in Late Summer Opening
- With summer coming to an end and the humid heat making way for cooler breezes, cinemas saw a 30% dip in business as one new local release led a string of strong Korean holdovers, giving the domestic industry a commanding 80% advantage in the market. Unseating three-time champ A Taxi Driver was PARK ...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 29, 2017
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- THE AGE OF SHADOWS Guns Down the Competition
- Several new releases invaded the charts in the weekend before the Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day) holiday, which will give us a five-day weekend this week, but there was only one real contender despite newcomers taking up the top five spots. Business rose over 50% after last week’s dip, reaching 2...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 13, 2016