THE GANGSTER, THE COP, THE DEVIL Beat Up the Competition

Adding to some robust holdovers, a pair of new local offerings boosted business by about 20% over last week and gave the domestic industry a healthy 75% command of box office sales, which totaled 2.3 million. Earning the first place rank ahead of its internati...

AVENGERS Pushes Aside MISS AND MRS. COPS in 3rd Weekend Win

Following two weeks of unprecedented blockbuster mania, courtesy of Marvel’s epic finale Avengers: Endgame, the box office has receded to normal spring levels, with 1.95 million tickets sold over the last frame. The local industry also found its way back into ...

AVENGERS Repeats, Cracks 10 Million in Record Time

Though sales slowed considerably from the previous week, this past weekend remained a highly lucrative window at the Korean box office, with 3.12 million tickets sold. With Marvel’s Phase 3 culmination continuing to lord over the charts as it scaled the record...

AVENGERS: ENDGAME Obliterates Box Office Records

With the arrival of the most anticipated film in history, box office admissions rose a staggering 500% week-on-week as Marvel’s blockbuster to end all blockbusters sucked up all the air out of the market, accounting for 92.8% of the 4.51 million tickets sold o...

BIRTHDAY Repeats during Calm Before the Storm

In the weekend ahead of the feverishly anticipated Avengers finale, theater going slowed to a trickle in Korea, with only 739,000 tickets sold over the frame. Korea reclaimed the majority with a 51% share of sales, though of course that lead will be short live...

BIRTHDAY Celebrates over HELLBOY

Despite a number of new releases, cherry blossoms and the prospect of bigger offerings in the very near future put a damper on the box office this past weekend with sales dropping about 25% week-on-week as 1.04 million admissions were recorded over the frame. ...

SHAZAM! Puts a Damper on BIRTHDAY Debut

Despite a pair of new titles opening at the top of the box office, good weather and other factors drove admissions down just over 25% as 1.35 million entries were recored over the weekend. The market share remained similar compared to the previous week as Holl...

US Scores Record Opening Day for Foreign Horror Film in Korea

Local titles took a backseat as a pair of major Hollywood imports launched at the Korean box office this past weekend. Admissions were level with the previous week at 1.83 million entries while American films edged out Korean titles with a 55% market share. Mi...

MONEY Cashes in during Rich Debut

Three new local thrillers swarmed into the charts this past week and though only one of those triumphed it was enough to push sales up over 10% to 1.88 million admissions and to return the market share advantage to the domestic industry, with Korean titles com...

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...