Choi Donghoon’s Comeback Film in 7 Years, Alienoid Part 1, Topped the Weekend Box Office

The first runner of the 4-way box office race in the summer of 2022, the SF fantasy blockbuster with a production cost of 33 billion won, Director Choi Donghoon's Alienoid Part 1 topped the box office on the weekend of its release. According to the Korean ...

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...

PACIFIC RIM Rises in First

GONJIAM: HAUNTED ASYLUM Enters Top 5 with Paid Previews Despite the first place debut of a major Hollywood franchise title, the local industry maintained its market advantage by claiming 53% of sales, as domestic titles occupied four of the top five spots on t...

THE VANISHED Erases TOMB RAIDER in Debut

Another quiet weekend kept admissions flat at the Korean box office, with 1.59 million tickets sold. Through a selection of mid-range local titles, the Korean film industry maintained a market advantage with a 60% share of sales. Coming in at number one during...

PRINCESS Escapes LITTLE FOREST to Take 1st Place

While two new local entries rearranged the charts and gave domestic films the market edge once more at 55%, admissions remained flat at the Korean box office, as 1.66 million tickets were sold over the past weekend. Entering the charts at number one was CJ Ent...

Battle of December, Three-Way Showdown

With a few presumed hits coming up short and lower-than-usual attendance at some points of the year, particularly early summer, a lot was banking on December to pick up the slack and close the year on a high note. The end-of-year period (late December and earl...

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...