Korean movies are outshining their international counterparts at domestic box offices, according to statistics released recently by the Korean Film Commission, as the top-five most-watched movies at the moment are all homegrown...More

HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review

(2011.02.03 ~ 2012.02.05)

Korean films held the top five spots as the local hits dominated the box office this past weekend. Chung Ji-young's "Unbowed" surprised with its thus far successful entry into the commercial circuit, but was trumped by Yoon Jong-bin new crime drama "Nameless Gangster". Korea's latest gangster flick stars Choi Min-sik and Ha Jeong-woo as a corrupt customs official and a gangster with ties to the Yukuza. Their mutually beneficial relationship begins to fall apart as the government declares its war on crime. The film held 38.90% of the tickets sales, which amounted to just under a million admissions...More

The film "Nameless Gangster" featuring actors Choi Min-sik and Ha Jeong-woo have hit a homerun, attracting over 1 million movie-goers this past weekend.

According to the Korea Film Council on February 6th, "Nameless Gangster" drew in 351,708 people on the 5th, putting it in first place for that day's ticket sales at the box office. So far, about 1,092,198 people have gone to see the movie...More

The number one movie this week is "Nameless Gangster" (범죄와의 전쟁 : 나쁜놈들 전성시대)...More

BY Darcy Paquet

Two Korean films emerged as major hits in 2012's Lunar New Year holiday season - "Dancing Queen" and "Unbowed". The success of "Dancing Queen", which sold 2.26 million tickets in its first two weeks on release, was not entirely unexpected.

The comic drama by director Lee Seok-hoon ("See You After School") stars Hwang Jeong-min and Uhm Jung-hwa in an unusual story about a struggling human rights lawyer who is picked by a major political party to run in the elections for Seoul Mayor...More