Director Kim Ki-duk's "Pieta", which won the best film award at this year's Venice Film Festival, is about to hit the 500,000 mark in terms of the number of viewers it has attracted...More

HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review 

(2012.09.21~ 2012.09.23)

The local flavors took the honors this past weekend with the top two films being Korean and claiming close to 70% of the ticket sales. With 1,192,689 admissions, Choo Chang-min's "Masquerade" secured another week as number one, jumping past "The Concubine" as the ninth highest grossing Korean film of the year. Choo's historical drama snatched 60.5% of the moviegoers with the new Korean film "Spy", Woo Min-ho's second feature film, slotting into second with 341,697...More

The number one movie this week is "Masquerade" (광해, 왕이 된 남자)...More

"Masquerade" has attracted over 1 million viewers in just four days since it was released Thursday...More

HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review 

(2012.09.14~ 2012.09.17)

Tony Gilroy's "The Bourne Legacy" wasn't able to hold down the top spot over the weekend, ultimately being surpassed by Kim Ki-duk's "Peta" as well as two new releases both foreign and domestic. But it was Choo Chang-min's "Masquerade" that turned out to be the big favorite with 1,100,859 admissions, that accounted for and 53.3% of ticket sales over the weekend. Previously known as "The King of Joseon", it tells the familiar tale of the commoner come King in this historical drama. "Masquerade" stars Lee Byeong-Heon, Ryoo Seung-ryong, Han Hyo-joo and Jang Gwang and was released last Thursday...More