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 ...

Korean Cinema Casts Wide Net Overseas

Korea’s film market may have reached saturation at home but that hasn’t stopped Korea’s top film companies from continuing to find ways to grow. 2016 proved to be a landmark year for Korea’s studios outside of their home country, with several Korean-produced t...

Trends and Review of 2014 Box Office

The year 2014 saw four films reach the ten million admission milestones in Korea. Among them, Roaring Currents ran fastest to the milestone, becoming Korea’s new all-time top-grossing film. Some foreign films enjoyed strong popularity in Korea although they fa...

Box Office: February 20 - March 5, 2014

Following the busy holiday season earlier this year, the frenzy at the box office abated somewhat in late February and early March. However, the top five spots were still very crowded, with three foreign and two local productions hovering around the one millio...

Box Office: February 6-19, 2014

Frozen and Miss Granny are still dominating Korean cinemas in February. The Korean Film Council (KOFIC – Chairman, KIM Eui-suk) announced on the 16th that Disney’s animation Frozen and the family comedy Miss Granny by HWANG Dong-hyuk (Silenced, 2011), are stil...

Box Office: January 16 - February 5, 2014

2013 was a record year for Korean film but the industry is showing no signs of slowing down in early 2014. YANG Woo-suk’s debut The Attorney opened in December and led the charts through most of January until finally making way for a blockbuster Hollywood anim...

Box Office: January 2-15, 2014

The Attorney, starring SONG Kang-ho of Snowpiercer and The Face Reader, is counting down the days to become the first movie of 2014 to exceed ten million viewers. According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC, Chairman: KIM Eui-suk), the film overpowered its com...