- Box Office Reports
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- SOUL Overcomes DRAGON SLAYER in Animation Box Office Showdown
- Despite continued restrictions on theatergoing, the business continued to rise, growing another 20% during its most recent session. All told, 435,000 tickets were sold over the three-day weekend, a 450% rise over the lowest weekend ever recorded at the box office two weeks ago. A well-received new l...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 01, 2021
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- THE GANGSTER, THE COP, THE DEVIL Beat Up the Competition
- Adding to some robust holdovers, a pair of new local offerings boosted business by about 20% over last week and gave the domestic industry a healthy 75% command of box office sales, which totaled 2.3 million. Earning the first place rank ahead of its international premiere at the Cannes Film Festiva...
- by Pierce Conran / May 21, 2019
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- Box Office: March 6-19, 2014
- Strong men dominate Korean theaters. 300: Rise of an Empire, coming seven years after the original graphic novel adaptation, and Non-Stop, a solo show for Liam Neeson are pursuing steady runs at the box office. According to the integrated ticket sales network of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), on ...
- by TAE Sang-joon / Mar 24, 2014
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- Box Office: February 20 - March 5, 2014
- Following the busy holiday season earlier this year, the frenzy at the box office abated somewhat in late February and early March. However, the top five spots were still very crowded, with three foreign and two local productions hovering around the one million admissions mark for the fortnight. Ear...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 10, 2014
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- Box Office: February 6-19, 2014
- Frozen and Miss Granny are still dominating Korean cinemas in February. The Korean Film Council (KOFIC – Chairman, KIM Eui-suk) announced on the 16th that Disney’s animation Frozen and the family comedy Miss Granny by HWANG Dong-hyuk (Silenced, 2011), are still the top two draws at the box office, b...
- by TAE Sang-joon / Feb 24, 2014
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- Box Office: September 26-October 9
- Hope outperformed Tough As Iron starring YOO Ah-in, a Korean Cultural Wave star at the box office. According to the integrated ticket sales network of the Korean Film Council on October 10th, Hope, the comeback film of LEE Joon-ik, following a two-and-a-half-year break, topped the box office by draw...
- by TAE Sang-joon / Oct 11, 2013
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- Box Office: September 5-25
- It seems as though nothing can to stop The Face Reader’s ride. According to the combined ticket sales digital network by KOFIC, this period dramafeaturing SONG Kang-ho and LEE Jung-jae’s has kept the number one place at the box office with 7.29 million viewers as of September 25th since its release ...
- by TAE Sang-joon / Sep 27, 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