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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	$59,034,611	11,324,433	764	15.38%
2	Take Off South Korea (KM Culture Co., Ltd., kt alpha)	Jul 29, 2009	$41,945,918	8,035,181	570	10.93%
3	My Girlfriend Is an Agent South Korea (M-Line Distribution)	Apr 22, 2009	$19,220,918	4,039,891	475	5.01%
4	Scandal Makers South Korea (M-Line Distribution)	Dec 03, 2008	$18,429,065	3,861,757	371	4.8%
5	A Frozen Flower South Korea (United Pictures)	Dec 30, 2008	$16,388,942	3,296,474	532	4.27%
6	Running Turtle South Korea (Showbox)	Jun 11, 2009	$15,022,423	3,024,666	432	3.91%
7	Mother South Korea (CJ)	May 28, 2009	$14,548,169	2,979,213	642	3.79%
8	Old Partner South Korea (INDIESTORY Inc. )	Jan 15, 2009	$13,897,799	2,933,897	274	3.62%
9	Good Morning President South Korea (CJ)	Oct 22, 2009	$13,528,498	2,554,960	586	3.52%
10	Jeon Woochi: The Taoist Wizard South Korea (United Pictures)	Dec 23, 2009	$12,930,858	2,453,883	612	3.37%
11	Thirst South Korea,U.S.,Aus... (CJ)	Apr 30, 2009	$10,809,101	2,205,600	499	2.81%
12	Closer To Heaven South Korea (United Pictures)	Sep 24, 2009	$11,355,013	2,135,509	478	2.96%
13	Goodbye Mom South Korea (Showbox)	Sep 09, 2009	$9,933,487	1,901,694	376	2.58%
14	Private eye South Korea (CJ)	Apr 02, 2009	$9,223,362	1,892,467	387	2.4%
15	Chaw South Korea (Finecut Co., Ltd.)	Jul 15, 2009	$9,130,667	1,778,843	397	2.38%
16	The Sword With No Name South Korea (Showbox)	Sep 24, 2009	$8,963,906	1,670,652	441	2.33%
17	City Of Damnation South Korea (CJ)	Jan 22, 2009	$7,497,002	1,532,632	375	1.95%
18	The Scam South Korea (Showbox)	Feb 12, 2009	$7,348,683	1,517,096	393	1.91%
19	Fortune Salon South Korea (CONTENTS PANDA)	Nov 11, 2009	$6,968,193	1,301,582	387	1.81%
20	Lifting Kingkong South Korea (Mirovision Inc. )	Jul 01, 2009	$6,449,372	1,262,850	411	1.68%
21	Insadong Scandal South Korea (Showbox)	Apr 29, 2009	$5,669,079	1,187,684	305	1.47%
22	Secret South Korea (CJ)	Dec 03, 2009	$5,793,090	1,042,613	408	1.51%
23	White Night South Korea (CJ)	Nov 19, 2009	$5,188,109	949,770	387	1.35%
24	Marine Boy South Korea (CJ)	Feb 05, 2009	$4,009,600	827,647	340	1.04%
25	Castaway on the Moon South Korea (CJ)	May 14, 2009	$3,451,015	724,987	273	0.89%
26	More Than Blue South Korea (Showbox)	Mar 11, 2009	$3,442,050	715,800	353	0.89%
27	A Blood Pledge South Korea (Lotte)	Jun 18, 2009	$3,030,046	644,717	318	0.78%
28	Missing South Korea (Showbox)	Mar 19, 2009	$3,166,857	644,276	262	0.82%
29	Handphone South Korea (M-Line Distribution)	Feb 19, 2009	$3,076,093	622,486	357	0.8%
30	The Righteous Thief South Korea (M-Line Distribution)	Nov 26, 2009	$3,102,044	611,848	382	0.8%
31	Where the Truth Lies South Korea (Showbox)	Sep 10, 2009	$2,898,382	531,008	239	0.75%
32	The Actresses South Korea (Showbox)	Dec 10, 2009	$2,731,910	509,309	275	0.71%
33	Five Senses Of Eros South Korea (Showbox)	Jul 09, 2009	$2,239,981	438,808	302	0.58%
34	A Million South Korea,Australi... (Showbox)	Aug 06, 2009	$2,264,046	433,866	252	0.59%
35	The Executioner South Korea (Mirovision Inc. )	Nov 05, 2009	$2,134,078	391,053	274	0.55%
36	Take Off South Korea (KM Culture Co., Ltd.)	Sep 10, 2009	$1,929,167	357,436	82	0.5%
37	The Weird Missing Case Of Mr.J South Korea (Finecut Co., Ltd.)	Oct 08, 2009	$1,672,928	318,852	261	0.43%
38	A Good Rain Knows China,South Korea (Pancinema Corp.)	Oct 08, 2009	$1,558,733	287,712	313	0.4%
39	Yoga South Korea (United Pictures)	Aug 20, 2009	$1,404,268	268,627	251	0.36%
40	Possessed South Korea (Showbox)	Aug 12, 2009	$1,308,368	248,284	237	0.34%
41	On The Way Home South Korea (August Co., Ltd.)	Apr 09, 2009	$1,028,494	217,478	225	0.26%
42	City Of Fathers South Korea (OZONE FILM)	Oct 15, 2009	$854,623	158,943	203	0.22%
43	Searching For The Elephant South Korea (Finecut Co., Ltd.)	Nov 05, 2009	$784,988	142,781	233	0.2%
44	The Naked Kitchen South Korea (M-Line Distribution)	Feb 05, 2009	$678,659	141,109	179	0.17%
45	Paju South Korea (M-Line Distribution)	Oct 28, 2009	$704,017	131,066	176	0.18%
46	Breathless South Korea (Showbox)	Apr 16, 2009	$612,561	122,494	75	0.15%
47	Flying Giants South Korea (Dreamville Entertainment Co., ...)	Sep 26, 2009	$512,916	117,977	71	0.13%
48	Oh! My God 2 South Korea (CJ)	Feb 26, 2009	$563,270	117,006	228	0.14%
49	Wish South Korea (Film The Days)	Nov 26, 2009	$539,357	102,836	120	0.14%
50	Girlfriends South Korea (Mirovision Inc. )	Dec 17, 2009	$547,260	102,618	245	0.14%

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