MULAN Fails to Top 4-Week Old TENET

Admissions remained flat over the past weekend as viewers were once again wary of returning to multiplexes following last month’s local surge in cases. The first Disney tentpole in several months failed to reignite the market, but things should start to look u...

TENET and OH! MY GRAN Repeat Atop Slow Weekend

After bleeding out for the last few weeks owing to the recent COVID-19 surge, the Korean box office appears to be levelling out. Business over the past weekend was down just over 10%, with a pair of holdovers leading the way. 339,000 tickets were sold over the...

TENET Fends Off OH! MY GRAN

As Seoul and surrounding regions remained in the midst of a Level 2.5 social distancing lockdown, business was down once again as COVID-19 worries continued to clear out theaters. Admissions were down around a fifth week-on-week, with 385,000 tickets sold, whi...

TENET Almost Reverses Box Office Decline in Debut

Despite growing concerns from spectators amid a steady rise in local COVID-19 transmissions, as well as the government’s decision on Friday evening to raise the country’s social distancing level to 2.5, which includes restrictions on the operations of restaura...

DELIVER US FROM EVIL Tops Charts for 3rd Week

The Korean box office’s steady march to normality took a hit this past weekend as a sharp rise in new COVID-19 cases led to the government tightening social distancing measures. With viewers worried about a second wave, many avoided theaters. Admissions reache...

DELIVER US FROM EVIL Stays in 1st as OK! MADAM Opens Well

With another major local release finding favor with audiences, the Korean box office remained relatively strong in mid-August, with 1.68 million tickets, down just 7% from last week’s COVID-19 Era high. With the top four slots all occupied by local releases, t...

DELIVER US FROM EVIL Scores New Opening Record in COVID-19 Era

This past weekend delivered with it the most promising box office news yet during the COVID-19 Pandemic, as business shot up over 68% week-on-week. Overall, 1.81 million tickets were snatched up during the Friday to Sunday period, which represented a 36% incre...

STEEL RAIN 2 Summits Box Office

Business soared over 40% during the past weekend, as a new local title furthered Korea’s dominant streak in the summer of 2020. Korean films accounted for over 90% of sales, which reached 1.08 million, the second highest weekend total we’ve seen during the COV...

PENINSULA Clinches 2nd Weekend Win

With no major new release and a fading holdover, business slipped just over 40% week-on-week, down to 761,000 admissions. As they have since early June, local films continued to dominate with an 82% share of the market, a trend that is unlikely to change with ...

PENINSULA Dominates Box Office with 2nd Best Opening of 2020

The summer box office season in Korea opened with the debut of the year’s most significant tentpole to date, with weekend admissions soaring over 300% week-on-week and topping the one million mark for the first time in the COVID-19 era. The local industry acco...