- Box Office Reports
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- HANSAN: RISING DRAGON Secured the Box Office Top on the 2nd Week of Its Release
- With the release of new Korean ‘Tentpole’ movies every week in the summer theater, Director Kim Hanmin's HANSAN: RISING DRAGON remained at the top of the box office even in the second week of its release.According to the Korean Box Office Information System (KOBIS) of the Korean Film Council (KO...
- by Hellen Park / Aug 09, 2022
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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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- Box Office Report for the first quarter of 2017
- The first quarter of 2017 was one of few surprises at the Korean box office but one which demonstrated the industry’s stability, both as a global exhibition market and a local production industry. Though not quite reaching the highs of 2013 (55.47 million) or 2015 (54.56 million), Q1 this year handi...
- by Pierce Conran / May 08, 2017
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- CONFIDENTIAL ASSIGNMENT Remains Tops in Post-Lunar New Year Weekend
- The post Lunar New Year holiday weekend saw business drop by almost 50% as the same two titles lorded over the box office for the third consecutive week. Local releases remained the top draw but saw their stranglehold on the charts ease slightly to 64% as 2.31 million tickets were snatched up over t...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 07, 2017
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- CONFIDENTIAL ASSIGNMENT Knocks Down THE KING
- Fortunes changed at the box office as the two major local releases for the Lunar New Year switched places over the holiday. 4.19 million viewers bought tickets over the weekend, with 1.39 million of those selling on Lunar New Year day, which fell on Saturday. It was the biggest LNY day at the box of...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 31, 2017
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- THE KING Edges Out CONFIDENTIAL ASSIGNMENT
- Business picked up going into the weekend preceding the Lunar New Year holiday week as local studios released their first major titles of the year. Ticket sales rose almost 30% to 3.12 million while the domestic marketshare soared to 76%. Taking the first place spot in a hotly contested weekend by a...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 23, 2017
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- Box Office: October 10-23
- Korean cinema remained out front in the last two weeks, according to figures provided by the Korean Film Council’s statistics. Enjoying a 66.7% market share, local films occupied six of the top seven spots. Out in front was Hwayi: A Monster Boy, the long-awaited return of Save the Green Planet (2003...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 25, 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