20th Century Fox Posts One-Two Punch with X-MEN: APOCALYPSE, THE WAILING

Following the dominance of local title THE WAILING, which has had an unusually strong showing for a Korean film in May, a new Hollywood tentpole has reclaimed the top spot at the box office as it continued its massive global rollout. At the end of the hottest ...

NA Hong-jin’s THE WAILING Howls in First Place

Massive Debut for Critically-Acclaimed Thriller A week after it received a rapturous response from Korean critics, NA Hong-jin’s latest film, the Cannes Out of Competition thriller THE WAILING, bowed to huge numbers this past weekend. The thriller helped keep...

Box Office: February 7-20, 2013

The runaway hit film Miracle in Cell No. 7 by director LEE Hwan-kyung continued to dominate the Korean box office in its third and fourth weeks on release. After briefly ceding the #1 slot to action blockbuster The Berlin File, the sentimental drama soon recla...

Box office, November 1-14

Yet another local film has taken the box office by storm, in a year of unprecedented commercial success for Korean cinema. A Werewolf Boy featuring young stars SONG Joong-ki and PARK Bo-young has steadily gained momentum since its release on October 31, sellin...

Box office, July 16-31

The month of July has been highly dramatic at the Korean box office, capped by the record-breaking opening of Korean heist film <The Thieves>. The star-studded work has even managed to outperform the hugely anticipated <The Dark Knight Rises>, alt...