- Box Office Reports
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- SAMJIN COMPANY ENGLISH CLASS Top Grades Even Better in Week 2
- Despite no major new releases, there was some good news on the charts as business grew 10% week-on-week with 617,000 spectators packing into multiplexes. This was largely thanks to a local word-of-mouth hit that helped keep the local market share very high, at 84% of all sales. After comfortably cla...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 02, 2020
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- SAMJIN COMPANY ENGLISH CLASS Assembles in First Place
- Foot traffic at Korean cinemas remained low over the weekend, especially compared to crowded weekends in China and Japan, but business was nevertheless up 40% compared to the previous weekend with 565,000 tickets sold over the frame. Led by a well-received new entry, local titles dominated the marke...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 26, 2020
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- VOICE OF SILENCE Has Quiet Victory
- It was a slow weekend at the Korean box office but for once the blame couldn’t be laid squarely at the feet of the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous weekend had a boost from Friday’s Hangul Day, but despite stabilizing cases and a recent lowering of the government’s social distancing level, business d...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 20, 2020
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- PAWN Remains Top Draw Post-Chuseok
- Following last week’s massive Chuseok holiday bounce, business fell back to earth over the past weekend as admissions fell about 50% week-on-week. However, with 534,000 tickets sold over the weekend, business was about 30% better than the week before the holidays, as audiences continue to return to ...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 13, 2020
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- #ALIVE Draws a Second Breath in First Place
- Without a compelling new release, the chart was largely dominated by holdovers this past weekend and consequently admissions took a hit, falling 55% week-on-week to 452,000 sales. Local films continued to be out in force, scoring a 76% market share, as Hollywood was unable to challenge with most maj...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 07, 2020
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- Korean Box Office is #ALIVE
- The box office showed its most convincing signs of life yet during the Covid-19 pandemic as a hot new title lured large crowds to multiplexes. Total sales for the weekend reached a shade under one million, which was double the previous weekend’s total and over ten times higher than the record lows e...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 29, 2020
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- INNOCENCE Cuts ONWARD Short during 2nd Weekend Win
- After reaching a record high of 507,000 admissions during the Covid-19 era last week, box office fell slightly to 489,000 sales over the past weekend, with 62% of those counted for local films. Following its solid debut last weekend, the well-received Innocence was pushed down the charts by new entr...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 22, 2020
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- DEFAULT Boosts Local Industry’s Rating
- Business was up marginally as a major new domestic release returned the market share advantage to the local industry. All told, the first weekend of December kicked off with 2.55 million admissions, 56% of those for Korean films. Opening confidently in first place was CJ Entertainment’s first big fi...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 04, 2018
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- BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Finally Crowned Champion in 4th Weekend
- Even with a four-week old film occupying the top rank, business was very healthy at the Korean box office, which recorded a 35% weekly rise. Local fare also improved but was still shy of a majority with a 42% market share, versus 56% for Hollywood. After opening in second place at the end of October...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 27, 2018
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- DEADPOOL Revives Mid-May Box Office
- Mid-May crowned a new superhero at the box office as business picked up. Meanwhile, an acclaimed new local entry failed to fire up the charts, keeping the local market share down with just 15% of the 2.18 million admissions recorded over the weekend, versus the 81% share for Hollywood. Crashing into...
- by Pierce Conran / May 23, 2018