ANT-MAN AND THE WASP Shrinks the Competition

SUNSET IN MY HOMETOWN Goes Quietly into the Night Marvel once again laid claim to the Korean box office during the busy first frame of July, which saw admissions soar 50% to 2.81 million, while local films lost their market share advantage as Hollywood swept u...

THE ACCIDENTAL DETECTIVE 2 Repeats in Quiet Weekend

A lack of major new titles led to slow weekend at the box office which unusually saw no change in the rankings in its top four titles compared to the previous weekend. Admissions were down about 20% week-on-week as 1.53 million tickets were snapped up, while t...

THE ACCIDENTAL DETECTIVE 2 Surprises JURASSIC WORLD

As last week’s blockbuster cooled significantly, the door was left open for new entries from home and abroad to shake up the charts in mid-June. Hollywood maintained a slight edge at 56% of sales while admissions dipped just over 20% to 1.95 million entries ov...

JURASSIC WORLD Chews Up Korean Box Office

Business shot up 65% over the past weekend with the entry of one the summer’s most hotly anticipated global tentpoles. Consequently, Hollywood dominated the market share after a brief run of local success, accounting for 80% of all sales. Korean films fell bac...

BELIEVER Wins More Converts in 2nd Weekend Win

With no major releases entering the marketplace, most holdovers saw strongholds in the first week of June in Korea. With a local film over-performing in first place, the market share for Korean films rose to 66%, while the absence of fresh product caused the m...

BELIEVER Crushes SOLO in Korea

The local industry scored its first market share win at the box office since early April as a Korean thriller fended off heavy Hollywood competition, including a major holdover and a big-budget non-starter. Overall, 2.01 viewers crowded into theaters, with Kor...

DEADPOOL Revives Mid-May Box Office

Mid-May crowned a new superhero at the box office as business picked up. Meanwhile, an acclaimed new local entry failed to fire up the charts, keeping the local market share down with just 15% of the 2.18 million admissions recorded over the weekend, versus th...

A Triumph for Diversity Films

The Korean box office ended on a bang last year when December delivered by far the best results for Korean and overall sales for the month since records began. Some of that momentum carried through into the early weeks of 2018, but the first quarter of the yea...

An Unexpected Jackpot

Box Office Report of 2017 The Korean film market reached new all-time benchmarks for income and admissions in 2017 after a strong December rally. Yet the real story behind the numbers was which unexpected films got audiences the most excited while several seem...