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2008

2008
Rank		Release Date	Yearly Gross (Total)	Admissions	Number of Screens	Revenue Share
1	The Good, The Bad, The Weird South Korea (CJ)	Jul 17, 2008	$31,885,971	6,684,933	824	10.74%
2	The Chaser South Korea (Finecut Co., Ltd.)	Feb 14, 2008	$24,771,836	5,046,096	433	8.34%
3	Scandal Makers South Korea (M-Line Distribution)	Dec 03, 2008	$20,777,609	4,361,509	408	6.99%
4	Public Enemy Returns South Korea (CJ)	Jun 19, 2008	$20,873,513	4,313,101	707	7.03%
5	Forever The Moment South Korea (Little Big Pictures)	Jan 10, 2008	$19,033,086	4,018,059	418	6.41%
6	The Divine Weapon South Korea (CJ)	Sep 04, 2008	$17,730,578	3,728,430	585	5.97%
7	Portrait of a Beauty South Korea (CJ)	Nov 13, 2008	$11,408,362	2,341,521	450	3.84%
8	Eye For An Eye South Korea (Lotte)	Jul 31, 2008	$9,774,644	2,058,616	445	3.29%
9	My Wife Got Married South Korea (CJ)	Oct 23, 2008	$8,791,676	1,799,447	417	2.96%
10	Sunny Thailand,South Korea (Showbox)	Jul 24, 2008	$8,167,230	1,706,037	499	2.75%
11	Death Bell South Korea (Mirovision Inc. )	Aug 07, 2008	$7,507,865	1,634,192	270	2.52%
12	Open City South Korea (CJ)	Jan 10, 2008	$7,719,497	1,600,856	336	2.6%
13	Once Upon A Time South Korea (Mirovision Inc. )	Jan 31, 2008	$7,388,293	1,544,486	314	2.48%
14	The Devil’s Game South Korea (M-Line Distribution)	Jan 30, 2008	$7,148,661	1,479,859	338	2.4%
15	Rough Cut South Korea (Showbox)	Sep 11, 2008	$6,535,899	1,311,071	315	2.2%
16	Antique South Korea (United Pictures)	Nov 13, 2008	$5,408,116	1,181,233	436	1.82%
17	Lovers of 6 Years South Korea (9ers Entertainment)	Feb 05, 2008	$5,410,129	1,112,238	326	1.82%
18	Ba:Bo South Korea (Cineclick Asia(Fantom co.,Ltd))	Feb 28, 2008	$4,596,805	967,654	264	1.54%
19	The Guard Post South Korea (Lotte)	Apr 03, 2008	$4,604,112	936,945	355	1.55%
20	Crossing China,South Korea,Mo... (Finecut Co., Ltd.)	Jun 26, 2008	$4,119,286	898,000	304	1.38%
21	Fate South Korea (CJ)	Mar 20, 2008	$4,140,578	846,903	340	1.39%
22	Modern Boy South Korea (CJ)	Oct 02, 2008	$3,638,593	762,337	371	1.22%
23	Hello, Schoolgirl South Korea (CJ)	Nov 27, 2008	$3,413,004	731,706	368	1.14%
24	Beastie Boys South Korea (Finecut Co., Ltd.)	Apr 30, 2008	$3,487,950	719,581	278	1.17%
25	Our School's E.T. South Korea (Finecut Co., Ltd.)	Sep 11, 2008	$3,031,901	652,178	296	1.02%
26	Dachimawa Lee South Korea (Showbox, Filmmaker R & K)	Aug 14, 2008	$3,009,296	628,359	299	1.01%
27	Go Go 70s South Korea (United Pictures)	Oct 03, 2008	$2,816,522	594,742	369	0.94%
28	Hellcats South Korea (CJ)	Jan 17, 2008	$2,762,509	578,679	256	0.93%
29	A Man Who Was Superman South Korea (CJ)	Jan 31, 2008	$2,654,648	550,282	386	0.89%
30	The Truck South Korea (Golden Network Limited Asia)	Sep 25, 2008	$2,719,314	550,195	258	0.91%
31	Crush And Blush South Korea (Finecut Co., Ltd.)	Oct 16, 2008	$2,626,227	538,943	285	0.88%
32	A Frozen Flower South Korea (United Pictures)	Dec 30, 2008	$2,126,823	452,560	501	0.71%
33	Lost & Found South Korea (STUDIO 2.0)	Dec 18, 2008	$2,157,457	447,313	340	0.72%
34	Baby And Me South Korea (M-Line Distribution)	Aug 14, 2008	$1,945,517	435,940	217	0.65%
35	Crazy Waiting South Korea (iHQ, Inc.)	Jan 01, 2008	$1,985,537	419,687	239	0.66%
36	My Dear Enemy South Korea (Finecut Co., Ltd.)	Sep 25, 2008	$1,883,285	396,953	301	0.63%
37	Sex Is Zero 2 South Korea (CJ)	Dec 12, 2007	$1,482,945	299,326	208	0.49%
38	The Accidental Gangster and the Mistaken Courtesan (working title) South Korea (Golden Network Limited Asia)	Dec 03, 2008	$1,383,221	288,424	340	0.46%
39	A Tale of Legendary Libido South Korea (Showbox)	Apr 30, 2008	$1,295,775	269,478	311	0.43%
40	His Last Gift South Korea (Showbox)	Feb 05, 2008	$1,268,433	265,362	262	0.42%
41	My New Partner South Korea (KM Culture Co., Ltd., kt alpha)	Mar 06, 2008	$1,238,361	260,734	220	0.41%
42	Girl Scouts South Korea (Little Big Pictures)	Jun 05, 2008	$1,126,522	248,813	265	0.37%
43	Radio Days South Korea (Golden Network Limited Asia)	Jan 31, 2008	$1,016,072	210,525	253	0.34%
44	Love Is Beautiful South Korea	Feb 14, 2008	$865,984	208,695	173	0.29%
45	Doremipasolrasido South Korea	Apr 03, 2008	$864,431	197,672	168	0.29%
46	Love, First South Korea (Finecut Co., Ltd.)	Dec 18, 2007	$792,985	161,566	168	0.26%
47	Rainbow Eyes South Korea (DRM ENTERTAINMENT CO,. LTD.)	Dec 27, 2007	$695,035	141,394	167	0.23%
48	Romantic Island South Korea (Mirovision Inc. )	Dec 24, 2008	$682,790	140,709	210	0.22%
49	Hansel and Gretel South Korea (Finecut Co., Ltd.)	Dec 27, 2007	$620,550	134,072	169	0.2%
50	Humming South Korea (The Dream&Pictures)	Mar 13, 2008	$468,187	104,296	168	0.15%

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