- Box Office Reports
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- The Witch: Part2. The Other One, Topped Box Office, Relaying K-movie Hits Following The Roundup
- The Witch: Part2. The Other One, released on June 15, received the box office baton of the ‘10 million viewer movie’ from The Roundup. According to the Korean Box Office Information System (KOBIS) of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) on June 20 (Monday), The Witch: Part2. The Other One topped the box ...
- by Hellen Park / Jun 21, 2022
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- ANT-MAN Climbs Over SKYSCRAPER Debut
- Hollywood remained the top draw at the Korean box office as Marvel held steady in first place and global star Dwayne Johnson entered the fray with a new action title. US films accounted for 69% of sales, with admissions down a little under 20% week-on-week to 2.32 million. Repeating at the top spot ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 17, 2018
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- ANT-MAN AND THE WASP Shrinks the Competition
- SUNSET IN MY HOMETOWN Goes Quietly into the Night Marvel once again laid claim to the Korean box office during the busy first frame of July, which saw admissions soar 50% to 2.81 million, while local films lost their market share advantage as Hollywood swept up 71% of sales. The 20th title in the hu...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 10, 2018
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- THE WITCH Casts a Spell on Korean Box Office
- Business through the turnstiles edged up 20% this weekend as the box office market gears up for an onslaught of major titles through July and August. Local films were particularly popular over the weekend, clinching 71% of the 1.84 million admissions recorded. Easily shoving aside the competition in...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 03, 2018
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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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- THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD Shoots Up Summer Holdovers
- Cinema attendance cooled with the weather over the weekend as the exhibition industry settles into a brief calm before the lengthy holiday season in early October. Admissions clocked in at 1.86 million viewers while Korean product maintained a market share lead but was just short of a majority with ...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 05, 2017
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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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- A TAXI DRIVER Rides Into 10 Million Viewer Club
- Buckets of rain came down on Korea over the weekend but the stream of crowds heading to theaters remained unabated as admissions stood at a healthy 3.57 million. Korean films remained strong as a pair of dominant holdovers and some new releases contributed to a 67% market share for the local industr...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 22, 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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- THE HIMALAYAS Climbs All Over STAR WARS in Debut
- The hotly anticipated new Star Wars, or Episode VII: The Force Awakens, was a global phenomenon this weekend, setting weekend records in the US, UK, Germany and Russia, among others, and powering to a USD 517 million bow worldwide, which is second all time behind Jurassic World. However, there was o...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 21, 2015