- Box Office Reports
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- HANSAN: RISING DRAGON, Topped the Weekend Box Office of Its Release
- The second episode of Director Kim Hanmin's ‘Yi Sunsin Trilogy’, HANSAN: RISING DRAGON, was released on July 27 and topped the box office on its 1st weekend. According to the Korean Box Office Information System (KOBIS) of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), HANSAN: RISING DRAGON attracted 1,632,08...
- by Hellen Park / Aug 02, 2022
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- Top Gun: Maverick, Running Backward, Reclaiming the Top Back
- Top Gun: Maverick beat Thor: Love and Thunder at the box office over the weekend, showing its potential to reverse the box office. According to the Korean Box Office Information System (KOBIS) of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), Top Gun: Maverick added 702,281 viewers over the weekend (July 15-17), ...
- by Hellen Park / Jul 19, 2022
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- Thor: Love and Thunder, Topped on the 1st Week of Its Release
- Marvel's superhero film, Thor: Love and Thunder, was released on July 6 and topped the box office on its 1st weekend. According to the Korean Box Office Information System (KOBIS) of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), Thor: Love and Thunder attracted 1,184,510 audiences over the weekend (July 8~10...
- by Hellen Park / Jul 12, 2022
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- Top Gun: Maverick, Keeping No. 1 in the 2nd Week of Its Release
- Even in the 1st week of July, when the 2022 summer season began, Tom Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick maintained the top at the box office over the weekend. According to the Korean Box Office Information System (KOBIS) of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), Top Gun: Maverick recorded 1,145,258 audiences ...
- by Hellen Park / Jul 05, 2022
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- Tom Holland Returns to Top of the Charts with UNCHARTED
- After a slow few weeks at the box office, business popped 40% week-on-week, despite new record daily COVID cases, largely thanks to the return of the Spider-Man to the charts, albeit in a different role. Admissions stood at 504,000 with just 14% of those going to local titles.Tom Holland was back on...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 22, 2022
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- FROZEN 2 Snows in BRING ME HOME Debut
- Business slowed 25% after last week’s massive boost but the latest Disney behemoth remained a potent threat on the charts as a major new local title was unable to break through as counter-programming. Sales remained strong with 3.34 million tickets sold while the domestic industry was once again on ...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 03, 2019
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- Stranger Than Fiction: Politics & History Inspire Cinema
- The Korean box office has had a rocky ride through the first two trimesters of 2017, but this period was not without its success stories. Though controversies and an uneven slate of films presented some obstacles, Korean history remained a strong driver for profits, particularly in a shifting politi...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 12, 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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- Review of the first three quarters for 2016
- After a few years of major growth at the beginning of the decade, the Korean box office has remained flat once again, with this year’s total to date staying at the same level as 2015. However, where gains have been made is in the local industry, which has churned out several major hits and found its...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 01, 2016
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- INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE Invades Korea
- Disappointing Start for THE TRUTH BENEATH A 20-year-in-the-making sequel topped the Korean box office to close out the first half of the year. The Hollywood title helped the US maintain their edge as American films accounted for almost 70% of sales, which totalled 2.04 million admissions during the...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 29, 2016