#ALIVE Draws a Second Breath in First Place

Without a compelling new release, the chart was largely dominated by holdovers this past weekend and consequently admissions took a hit, falling 55% week-on-week to 452,000 sales. Local films continued to be out in force, scoring a 76% market share, as Hollywo...

Korean Box Office is #ALIVE

The box office showed its most convincing signs of life yet during the Covid-19 pandemic as a hot new title lured large crowds to multiplexes. Total sales for the weekend reached a shade under one million, which was double the previous weekend’s total and over...

INNOCENCE Cuts ONWARD Short during 2nd Weekend Win

After reaching a record high of 507,000 admissions during the Covid-19 era last week, box office fell slightly to 489,000 sales over the past weekend, with 62% of those counted for local films. Following its solid debut last weekend, the well-received Innocenc...

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Tops Box Office on Rerelease

Business stayed virtually flat for the third consecutive week amid a depressed Korean box office, with 179,000 sales recorded over the three-day weekend. A three-year-old rerelease topped the charts as audiences continue to have limited options in theaters, an...

Woody ALLEN Tops the Korean Box Office with A RAINY DAY IN NEW YORK

After soaring over the Golden Week holiday, business dipped about 20% over the past weekend, which may have been both because of a lack of a major new title like Trolls World Tour, or, more likely, a fresh wave of concern following a new Covid-19 cluster relat...

LA LA LAND Tops Charts for Second Time Amid Covid-19 Rerelease

Business was flat with last week at the Korean box office but up just over 15% from its record low two weeks ago as exhibitors begin to hope viewers are gradually returning to cinemas. Only 116,000 tickets were sold, a large percentage of that going to reperto...

1917 Returns to Top Spot in Empty Marketplace

With a lack of major new releases and continued concerns over the Covid-19 pandemic, with governmental social distancing recommendations still in force, the box office continued to struggle in Korea reaching a new historic low over the weekend, since record-ta...

THE CLOSET Shuts in BIRDS OF PREY During Quiet Weekend

Theatrical revenue remained low in the midst of fears over the new 2019-nCoV coronavirus. This week’s admissions were down only a marginal 6%, however that was with a pair of major new titles, versus last week’s crop of holdovers. 1.04 million viewers made the...

THE MAN STANDING NEXT Repeats During Slow Weekend

The post-Lunar New Year weekend suffered a far steeper crash than usual this year due to fears over the spread of the 2019-nCoV coronavirus, which has so far infected 15 people in South Korea. Admission were down 70% to 1.11 million and local holdovers largely...

THE MAN STANDING NEXT Edges Out HITMAN in Busy Lunar New Year Weekend

Business shot up 150% as the Lunar New Year celebrations got underway, with 3.72 million admissions counted over the three-day weekend, with business spilling over into Monday, which is also a holiday. With three major local releases launched for the festiviti...