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2009

2009
Rank		Release Date	Yearly Gross (Total)	Admissions	Number of Screens	Revenue Share
1	Haeundae South Korea (CJ)	Jul 22, 2009	$57,043,793	11,324,433	764	15.38%
2	Take Off South Korea (KM Culture Co., Ltd., KT StudioGenie)	Jul 29, 2009	$40,531,381	8,035,181	570	10.93%
3	My Girlfriend Is an Agent South Korea (M-Line Distribution)	Apr 22, 2009	$18,572,733	4,039,891	475	5.01%
4	Scandal Makers South Korea (M-Line Distribution)	Dec 03, 2008	$17,807,584	3,861,757	371	4.8%
5	A Frozen Flower South Korea (United Pictures)	Dec 30, 2008	$15,836,259	3,296,474	532	4.27%
6	Running Turtle South Korea (Showbox)	Jun 11, 2009	$14,515,824	3,024,666	432	3.91%
7	Mother South Korea (CJ)	May 28, 2009	$14,057,563	2,979,213	642	3.79%
8	Old Partner South Korea (INDIESTORY Inc. )	Jan 15, 2009	$13,429,125	2,933,897	274	3.62%
9	Good Morning President South Korea (CJ)	Oct 22, 2009	$13,072,278	2,554,960	586	3.52%
10	Jeon Woochi: The Taoist Wizard South Korea (United Pictures)	Dec 23, 2009	$12,494,792	2,453,883	612	3.37%
11	Thirst South Korea,U.S.,Aus... (CJ)	Apr 30, 2009	$10,444,586	2,205,600	499	2.81%
12	Closer To Heaven South Korea (United Pictures)	Sep 24, 2009	$10,972,089	2,135,509	478	2.96%
13	Goodbye Mom South Korea (Showbox)	Sep 09, 2009	$9,598,501	1,901,694	376	2.58%
14	Private eye South Korea (CJ)	Apr 02, 2009	$8,912,324	1,892,467	387	2.4%
15	Chaw South Korea (Finecut Co., Ltd.)	Jul 15, 2009	$8,822,755	1,778,843	397	2.38%
16	The Sword With No Name South Korea (Showbox)	Sep 24, 2009	$8,661,618	1,670,652	441	2.33%
17	City Of Damnation South Korea (CJ)	Jan 22, 2009	$7,244,182	1,532,632	375	1.95%
18	The Scam South Korea (Showbox)	Feb 12, 2009	$7,100,864	1,517,096	393	1.91%
19	Fortune Salon South Korea (CONTENTS PANDA)	Nov 11, 2009	$6,733,206	1,301,582	387	1.81%
20	Lifting Kingkong South Korea (Mirovision Inc. )	Jul 01, 2009	$6,231,880	1,262,850	411	1.68%
21	Insadong Scandal South Korea (Showbox)	Apr 29, 2009	$5,477,901	1,187,684	305	1.47%
22	Secret South Korea (CJ)	Dec 03, 2009	$5,597,731	1,042,613	408	1.51%
23	White Night South Korea (CJ)	Nov 19, 2009	$5,013,151	949,770	387	1.35%
24	Marine Boy South Korea (CJ)	Feb 05, 2009	$3,874,385	827,647	340	1.04%
25	Castaway on the Moon South Korea (CJ)	May 14, 2009	$3,334,637	724,987	273	0.89%
26	More Than Blue South Korea (Showbox)	Mar 11, 2009	$3,325,974	715,800	353	0.89%
27	A Blood Pledge South Korea (Lotte)	Jun 18, 2009	$2,927,864	644,717	318	0.78%
28	Missing South Korea (Showbox)	Mar 19, 2009	$3,060,062	644,276	262	0.82%
29	Handphone South Korea (M-Line Distribution)	Feb 19, 2009	$2,972,358	622,486	357	0.8%
30	The Righteous Thief South Korea (M-Line Distribution)	Nov 26, 2009	$2,997,434	611,848	382	0.8%
31	Where the Truth Lies South Korea (Showbox)	Sep 10, 2009	$2,800,640	531,008	239	0.75%
32	The Actresses South Korea (Showbox)	Dec 10, 2009	$2,639,782	509,309	275	0.71%
33	Five Senses Of Eros South Korea (Showbox)	Jul 09, 2009	$2,164,442	438,808	302	0.58%
34	A Million South Korea,Australi... (Showbox)	Aug 06, 2009	$2,187,696	433,866	252	0.59%
35	The Executioner South Korea (Mirovision Inc. )	Nov 05, 2009	$2,062,111	391,053	274	0.55%
36	Take Off South Korea (KM Culture Co., Ltd.)	Sep 10, 2009	$1,864,110	357,436	82	0.5%
37	The Weird Missing Case Of Mr.J South Korea (Finecut Co., Ltd.)	Oct 08, 2009	$1,616,512	318,852	261	0.43%
38	A Good Rain Knows China,South Korea (Pancinema Corp.)	Oct 08, 2009	$1,506,168	287,712	313	0.4%
39	Yoga South Korea (United Pictures)	Aug 20, 2009	$1,356,912	268,627	251	0.36%
40	Possessed South Korea (Showbox)	Aug 12, 2009	$1,264,246	248,284	237	0.34%
41	On The Way Home South Korea (August Co., Ltd.)	Apr 09, 2009	$993,810	217,478	225	0.26%
42	City Of Fathers South Korea (OZONE FILM)	Oct 15, 2009	$825,803	158,943	203	0.22%
43	Searching For The Elephant South Korea (Finecut Co., Ltd.)	Nov 05, 2009	$758,516	142,781	233	0.2%
44	The Naked Kitchen South Korea (M-Line Distribution)	Feb 05, 2009	$655,773	141,109	179	0.17%
45	Paju South Korea (M-Line Distribution)	Oct 28, 2009	$680,275	131,066	176	0.18%
46	Breathless South Korea (Showbox)	Apr 16, 2009	$591,903	122,494	75	0.15%
47	Flying Giants South Korea (Dreamville Entertainment Co., ...)	Sep 26, 2009	$495,619	117,977	71	0.13%
48	Oh! My God 2 South Korea (CJ)	Feb 26, 2009	$544,275	117,006	228	0.14%
49	Wish South Korea (Film The Days)	Nov 26, 2009	$521,168	102,836	120	0.14%
50	Girlfriends South Korea (Mirovision Inc. )	Dec 17, 2009	$528,805	102,618	245	0.14%

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