THE PIRATES 2 Repeats after Lunar New Year Win

After a slight Lunar New Year bump, admissions cooled down almost 30% following the holidays. Local releases timed for the break continued to power the charts, accounting for 75% of the 405,000 tickets sold over the past weekend. There was very little disturba...

MONEY Cashes in during Rich Debut

Three new local thrillers swarmed into the charts this past week and though only one of those triumphed it was enough to push sales up over 10% to 1.88 million admissions and to return the market share advantage to the domestic industry, with Korean titles com...

Box Office: June 12 – 25, 2014

With a lack of enticing new releases, the top of the Korean box office hasn’t changed for almost a month as the same two films have held first and second place over the last three weekends. Following strong runs, the Tom Cruise-starring sci-fi Edge of Tomorrow...

Box Office: May 29 - June 11, 2014

Tom Cruise’s popularity is still powerful enough in Korea to revive theaters after the Sewol ferry disaster. However, since Hollywood blockbusters for summer season are pouring out, Korean films are doing rather sluggish. The blockbusters are dominating the to...