Box Office Report for the first quarter of 2017

The first quarter of 2017 was one of few surprises at the Korean box office but one which demonstrated the industry’s stability, both as a global exhibition market and a local production industry. Though not quite reaching the highs of 2013 (55.47 million) or ...

CONFIDENTIAL ASSIGNMENT Remains Tops in Post-Lunar New Year Weekend

The post Lunar New Year holiday weekend saw business drop by almost 50% as the same two titles lorded over the box office for the third consecutive week. Local releases remained the top draw but saw their stranglehold on the charts ease slightly to 64% as 2.31...

CONFIDENTIAL ASSIGNMENT Knocks Down THE KING

Fortunes changed at the box office as the two major local releases for the Lunar New Year switched places over the holiday. 4.19 million viewers bought tickets over the weekend, with 1.39 million of those selling on Lunar New Year day, which fell on Saturday. ...

THE KING Edges Out CONFIDENTIAL ASSIGNMENT

Business picked up going into the weekend preceding the Lunar New Year holiday week as local studios released their first major titles of the year. Ticket sales rose almost 30% to 3.12 million while the domestic marketshare soared to 76%. Taking the first plac...

Box Office: October 10-23

Korean cinema remained out front in the last two weeks, according to figures provided by the Korean Film Council’s statistics. Enjoying a 66.7% market share, local films occupied six of the top seven spots. Out in front was Hwayi: A Monster Boy, the long-await...

Box Office: September 5-25

It seems as though nothing can to stop The Face Reader’s ride. According to the combined ticket sales digital network by KOFIC, this period dramafeaturing SONG Kang-ho and LEE Jung-jae’s has kept the number one place at the box office with 7.29 million viewers...