CAPTIN MARVEL Repeats Amid Lack of New Offerings

With a lack of compelling new releases in theaters, admissions fell about 40% compared to last week, with 1.65 million tickets sold over the past weekend. As with the previous frame, Hollywood accounted for the lion’s share of admissions, accounting for 85% of...

CAPTAIN MARVEL Brings an End to Hollywood Dry Spell

After months of local dominance Hollywood finally found a way to break through the ranks with Marvel’s latest tentpole Captain Marvel. Admissions were up 25% to 2.74 million while Hollywood controlled the charts with an 84% market share. Following a long dry s...

A RESISTANCE Defies Holdovers with 1st Place Debut

A new Korean title opened on top of the box office while local holdovers swept up much of the remaining business in a strong weekend that welcomed 2.22 million viewers to theaters. Admissions were on par with the previous week, though slightly inflated by the ...

SVAHA : THE SIXTH FINGER Points Its Way to First

Local titles continued to impress in the first quarter of 2019 as sales were down only slightly to 2.26 million while the market share for Korean films swelled to 79%. A Hollywood tentpole is sure to reverse that next month, but until then local holdovers look...

INNOCENT WITNESS Opens in 2nd, THE ODD FAMILY Trails in 5th

New well-received local content kept the domestic market share high at 67% while the Lunar New Year champion continued its assault on the record books as 2.44 million tickets were sold over the weekend. Finally slowing down in its fourth week, local comedy sma...

EXTREME JOB Defeats ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL Debut

The smash success of Extreme Job continued for a third week, which kept overall business roaring after the Lunar New Year holidays. Korean films claimed a strong 71% market share as over 3.07 million tickets were sold. Local comedy smash Extreme Job commanding...

HIT-AND-RUN SQUAD Fails to Catch EXTREME JOB

The local industry continued to impress in early 2019 as the pre-Lunar New Year holiday weekend welcomed massive audiences to theaters, largely favoring local titles. In all, 3.91 million tickets were shifted, of which 87% were for Korean films. After its stun...

EXTREME JOB Scores January Record

If the recent 2018 end-of-year season proved a disappointment, the Korean box office is showing no signs of trouble in January as a two local hits have been joined by an even bigger domestic smash success which just set a record for the month. 3.15 million tic...

MAL·MO·E and THE DUDE IN ME Repeat Up Top

A pair of local holdovers continued to dominate the charts and contributed to a strong 64% market share for domestic titles. Meanwhile, new entries were soft which caused admissions to drop 20% to 1.94 million. Retaining its first place rank was the period dra...

MAL·MO·E: THE SECRET MISSION Becomes 1st Local Chart Topper of 2019

Admissions jumped up 20% to 2.35 million as a pair of local titles claimed the top two spots and the local industry a strong 69% market share, its first majority share in a month. The first Korean film to top the charts in 2019 was the period drama MAL·MO·E: T...