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- SPIDER-MAN Brushes Aside THE POLICEMAN’S LINEAGE in 4th Straight Weekend Win
- After spending a few weeks on the backburner, the local business made a recovery this past weekend but was still playing second fiddle with a 32% share of the market as a dominant foreign tentpole kept its hold on the top of the charts. Overall admissions dipped 20% down to 870,000 over the frame.To...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 11, 2022
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- A YEAR-END MEDLEY No Match for SPIDER-MAN
- The Korean box office closed the book on another troubled pandemic year filled with mixed returns as the country grappled with different waves of COVID infections and varying levels of social distancing restrictions. Yet despite COVID cases hitting new peaks toward the end of the year, theaters drum...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 04, 2022
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- SPIDER-MAN Repeats over Xmas Weekend, KING’S MAN, MATRIX Far Behind
- Sales at the Korean box office remained strong going into the Christmas holiday weekend, following the record pandemic crowds a week earlier. The business was down slightly to 1.77 million sales, but with no major new domestic titles in weeks, the local market share was pushed down to just under 1%....
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 28, 2021
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- Pandemic No Match for Gargantuan SPIDER-MAN Debut
- Pandemic No Match for Gargantuan SPIDER-MAN DebutLatest Marvel Hit Commands 95% of the SalesDespite rising COVID case numbers and significant Omicron variant fears, the Korean box office had its most impressive weekend since the start of the pandemic, as the year’s most hotly anticipated Hollywood c...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 21, 2021
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- NOTHING SERIOUS Rises to 1st in Week 3
- A lack of new titles and an explosion of Covid anxiety amidst rising case numbers and Omicron variant concerns once again led to a depression of sales at the box office with numbers slowing about one-third down to 389,000 sales over the weekend. A pair of domestic holdovers led the charts, giving lo...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 14, 2021
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- SPIRITWALKER Stays Up Top as Holdovers Dominate Chart
- Local titles maintained an advantage at the Korean box office going into the last month of the year with a 51% share of the market. With new titles foundering and Omicron fears creeping into the public consciousness, admissions dipped a hefty 30%, with a total of 570,000 tickets snatched up over the...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 07, 2021
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- SPIRITWALKER Takes 1st Place as Local Films Outpace Imports
- For the first, since the Chuseok holidays in late September, local films captured a majority share of the market, accounting for 56% of all tickets sold. Overall admissions saw a nominal rise to 809,000 sales compared to the previous weekend.The high concept action-thriller Spiritwalker with Yoon Ky...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 30, 2021
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- Homegrown Romcom PERHAPS LOVE Tops the Box Office
- With no major Hollywood titles launched over the past few weeks, the market contracted just over 10%, with 792,000 sales recorded over the weekend. However, this left the door open for a new homegrown title to top the box office, the first domestic title to do so since September, which pushed the lo...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 23, 2021
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- Gangster Film TOMB OF THE RIVER Debuts in 2nd Place
- Marvel’s THE ETERNALS Repeats at the Top of the Box OfficeAfter benefitting from a major boost last week with both a new Marvel tentpole in the marketplace and major ease in theater restrictions, the Korean box office slowed 30% this week but remains at a healthy level. 911,000 tickets were sold thi...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 16, 2021
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- ETERNALS Posts Top Pandemic Opening for Foreign Film at Korean Box Office
- Viewers Returns to Multiplexes Following Ease of RestrictionsBusiness soared 130% week-on-week owing to the twin boosts of a massive easing of Covid restrictions and the entry of the latest Marvel tentpole. Admissions reached 1.36 million, but with still no new local content, the domestic market sha...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 09, 2021
