SECRET ZOO Opening Confines BAD BOYS FOR LIFE

In the weekend before the Lunar New Year holiday, a pair of new titles launched that will hope to keep the turnstiles spinning throughout the holidays, even as new competition prepares to launch. Admissions were down slightly, with 1.49 million viewers recorde...

DOLITTLE Tops Weekend Chart as STAR WARS Crashes in 3rd

ASHFALL Crosses 8 Million Admissions Following a few weeks of local dominance, Hollywood briefly took back the weekend crown and the overall market share as admissions were down slightly to 1.77 million. Korean films claimed 31% of all ticket sales but should...

ASHFALL Scores 3rd Weekend Win

The first weekend of 2020 was dominated by titles from the end of last year, particularly local films which accounted for 67% of all sales. Overall, 1.87 million tickets were sold over the three-day period. Taking its third weekend crown was the local disaster...

Korean Theaters Sell 227 Million Tickets in Record Year

Korea’s film industry ended 2019 with a bang, as local disaster action-drama ASHFALL lorded over the charts at the tail end of a massive 12 months. It was a record-breaking year for the exhibition sector, which sold a record 226.68 million tickets, among sever...

ASHFALL Shuts Out FORBIDDEN DREAM in Strong 2nd Frame

The end-of-year season continued to draw healthy crowds with 2.87 million spectators snatching up tickets over the final weekend of the year. Korean films have been particularly strong during the period, counting an 81% share of the market. The Korean disaster...

ASHFALL Erupts in Powerful Opening

As a pair of major local titles entered the charts, business shot up 75% week-on-week as 3.6 million admissions were registered during the penultimate weekend of the year. Korean films improved greatly on the charts, with the local share rising from 7 to 84%. ...

FROZEN Leaves JUMANJI Out in the Cold

Business was down over 30% week-on-week as new titles failed to unseat the reigning champ on the charts. The mid-December weekend still managed to draw a healthy 2.14 million viewers, a figure that should rise considerably as we enter the end-of-year season wi...

FROZEN 2 Enters 10 Million Club During 3rd Weekend Win

Despite a wide array of new titles invading the marketplace, a Disney holdover once again held on to the top spot while business overall slowed by around a third. 2.35 million tickets were sold, with only 13% being snatched up by local productions, though the ...

FROZEN 2 Snows in BRING ME HOME Debut

Business slowed 25% after last week’s massive boost but the latest Disney behemoth remained a potent threat on the charts as a major new local title was unable to break through as counter-programming. Sales remained strong with 3.34 million tickets sold while ...

FROZEN 2 Ices the Competition in Record Debut

Disney returned to the top charts with one of the largest debuts in history as their latest animation dominated theaters across the country. All told, business jumped almost 150% as 4.45 million tickets were snatched up over the weekend, though the local indus...