On March 18th the Korean Film Council released its data for the South Korea's February box office. According to their figures, attendance rates increased by 43% and overall revenues increased by 50%, boosted in large part by "Extreme Job"...More

The number one movie this week is "Captain Marvel"...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2019.03.08 ~ 2019.03.10

The number one movie this week is "Captain Marvel"...More

According to figures released by the Korean Film Council, "A Resistance" achieved 35,150 admissions on March 5th for a grand total of 870,315 admissions. It is currently at the top of the box office, although this position is unlikely to be maintained with the release of Captain Marvel...More

Jung Woo-sung and Kim Hyang-gi's film "Innocent Witness" is climbing the box office.

According to the Korean Films Commission, director Lee Han's "Innocent Witness" reached 2,288,410 admissions by the 3rd of March...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2019.03.01 ~ 2019.03.03

The number one movie this week is "A Resistance" (항거: 유관순 이야기)...More

Even with three new wide releases going into Korean Independence Movement Day weekend, "Svaha: The Sixth Finger" maintains its position on top of the South Korean box office. The Korean Film Council released figures showing that "Svaha: The Sixth Finger" had 167,802 admissions on February 28th, for a cumulative total of 1,570,571 admissions since its release on February 20th...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2019.02.22 ~ 2019.02.24

The number one movie this week is "Svaha: The Sixth Finger" (사바하)...More

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Director Lee Byeong-heon-I's comedy "Extreme Job" is still drawing moviegoers, after attracting 12.83 million viewers to become Korea's biggest box-office hit comedy last week...More

The Korean Film Council has released box office figures for Monday. As expected, "Extreme Job" remains #1, with a total of 114,308 admissions. "Innocent Witness" however, is closing the gap with 94,251 admissions...More

"Extreme Job" hit a major milestone over the last weekend as it passed 14.53 million admissions. This now puts the film at #2 on the all-time South Korean Box Office list. It has surpassed "Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds" and is now only outperformed by "The Admiral: Roaring Currents", whose 17.61 million admission record is unlikely to break...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2019.02.15 ~ 2019.02.17

The number one movie this week is "Extreme Job" (극한직업)...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2019.02.08 ~ 2019.02.10

The number one movie this week is "Extreme Job" (극한직업)...More

The number one movie this week is "Extreme Job" (극한직업)...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2019.01.25 ~ 2019.01.27

The number one movie this week is "Extreme Job" (극한직업)...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2019.01.18 ~ 2019.01.20

The number one movie this week is "MAL-MO-E: The Secret Mission" (말모이)...More

The film "MAL-MO-E: The Secret Mission" has attracted over 1 million viewers in less than a week since its release on Jan. 9...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2019.01.11 ~ 2019.01.13

The number one movie this week is "MAL-MO-E: The Secret Mission" (말모이)...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2019.01.04 ~ 2019.01.06

The number one movie this week is "Ralph Breaks the Internet"...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.12.28 ~ 2018.12.30

The number one movie this week is "Aquaman"...More

The new movie "Take Point" beat all Hollywood blockbusters and came in on top of the box office...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.12.21 ~ 2018.12.23

The number one movie this week is "Aquaman"...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.12.14 ~ 2018.12.16

The number one movie this week is "Bohemian Rhapsody"...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.12.07 ~ 2018.12.09

The number one movie this week is "Default" (국가부도의 날)...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.11.30 ~ 2018.12.02

The number one movie this week is "Default" (국가부도의 날)...More

A Korean comedy and a Queen bio-pic have made November a strong month at the box office here by drawing more than 5 million viewers over about a month after their release on the same day...More

The number one movie this week is "Bohemian Rhapsody)"...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.11.15 ~ 2018.11.18

The number one movie this week is "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald"...More

"Intimate Strangers" and "Bohemian Rhapsody" are first and second in the Box Office.

According to the Films Commission, "Intimate Strangers" topped the Box Office on the 11th with 367,364 viewers. The accumulated figure is 3,375,745 viewers...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.11.09 ~ 2018.11.11

The number one movie this week is "Intimate Strangers" (완벽한 타인)...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.11.02 ~ 2018.11.04

The number one movie this week is "Intimate Strangers" (완벽한 타인)...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.10.26 ~ 2018.10.28

The number one movie this week is "Rampant" (창궐)...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.10.19 ~ 2018.10.21

The number one movie this week is "First Man"...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.10.12 ~ 2018.10.14

The number one movie this week is "Dark Figure of Crime" (암수살인)...More

The number one movie this week is "Venom"...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.09.28 ~ 2018.09.30

The number one movie this week is "The Great Battle" (안시성)...More

"The Great Battle" attracted over 3 million viewers as of Wednesday as the historical action film swept the box office during Chuseok or Korean Thanksgiving...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.09.21 ~ 2018.09.23

The number one movie this week is "The Great Battle" (안시성)...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.09.14 ~ 2018.09.16

The number one movie this week is "Searching"...More

The number one movie this week is "Searching"...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.08.31 ~ 2018.09.02

The number one movie this week is "On Your Wedding Day" (너의 결혼식)...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.08.24 ~ 2018.08.26

The number one movie this week is "On Your Wedding Day" (너의 결혼식)...More

Park Bo-young and Kim Young-gwang's "On Your Wedding Day" topped the Box Office.

According to the Korean Films Commission, "On Your Wedding Day" came in first with an accumulative viewership of 130,339 on the 22nd alone...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.08.17 ~ 2018.08.19

The number one movie this week is "The Witness" (목격자)...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.08.10 ~ 2018.08.12

The number one movie this week is "Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days" (신과함께-인과 연)...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.08.03 ~ 2018.08.05

The number one movie this week is "Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days" (신과함께-인과 연)...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.07.27 ~ 2018.07.29

The number one movie this week is "Mission:Impossible- Fallout"...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.07.20 ~ 2018.07.22

The number one movie this week is "Incredibles 2"...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.07.13 ~ 2018.07.15

The number one movie this week is "Ant-Man and the Wasp"...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.07.06 ~ 2018.07.08

The number one movie this week is "Ant-Man and the Wasp"...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.06.29 ~ 2018.07.01

The number one movie this week is "The Witch : Part 1. The Subversion" (마녀)...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.06.22 ~ 2018.06.24

The number one movie this week is "The Accidental Detective 2: In Action" (탐정: 리턴즈)...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.06.15 ~ 2018.06.17

The number one movie this week is "The Accidental Detective 2: In Action" (탐정: 리턴즈)...More

The movie "The Accidental Detective 2: In Action" topped the Box Office.

According to the Korean Film Commission, "The Accidental Detective 2: In Action" came in first with 92,298 audiences. It started off in second place on the 13th when it was first released, but it only took a day to top the charts...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.06.08 ~ 2018.06.10

The number one movie this week is "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom"...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.06.01 ~ 2018.06.03

The number one movie this week is "Believer" (독전)...More

The movie "Believer" is in the lead with over 2.4 million audience members. "Dead Pool 2" comes next with 3,340,000 million viewers - it's the highest ranking adult rated Marvel movie yet...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.05.25 ~ 2018.05.27

The number one movie this week is "Believer" (독전)...More

"Believer" is at the top of the Box Office...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.05.18 ~ 2018.05.20

The number one movie this week is "Deadpool 2"...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.05.11 ~ 2018.05.13

The number one movie this week is "Avengers: Infinity War"...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.05.04 ~ 2018.05.06

The number one movie this week is "Avengers: Infinity War"...More

Two actors and their films set out to challenge Marvel's "Avengers: Infinity War" and they are Ma Dong-seok with "Champion" and Yoo Hae-jin with "LOVE+SLING"...More

Marvel's "Avengers: Infinity War" arrives and rules...

Marvel's "Avengers: Infinity War", one of the most anticipated films of the year, hit Korea last Wednesday across a massive 2,553 screens nationwide. The nineteenth film in the so-called Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), which began with "Iron Man" almost exactly a decade ago, captured an unprecedented 95.11% of the sales over the last weekend of April...More

"Rampage" reigns while local documentary "Intention" rises...

The Rock's "Rampage" remained unmoved at the top of the pile over the second last weekend of April. The film, based on the classic video game by Midway Games, arrived in the Land of the Morning Calm two weeks ago. From 886 screens nationwide, "Rampage" claimed 34.17% of the sales (363,703 admissions, or $3 million) and moved its total tally to 1.2 million: $10.2 million. Worldwide, director Brad Peyton's action adventure film has earned just over a quarter of a billion US dollars (the film was produced for $120 million)...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.04.20 ~ 2018.04.22

The number one movie this week is "Rampage"...More

The Rock's "Rampage" rules...

Jeong Beom-sik's sleeper hit "Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum" was denied a third-straight week at the top of the pile with the arrival of "Rampage" and John Krasinski's "A Quiet Place". Based on the video game series by Midway, "Rampage" follows a primatologist (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) and an albino gorilla who, due to rogue experiments by a greedy genetics company, grows to King Kong proportions. The film arrived in Korea last Thursday and claimed pole position over the weekend with 608,122 admissions ($4.9 million, or 35.19%) from 909 screens...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.04.13 ~ 2018.04.15

The number one movie this week is "Rampage"...More

"What a Man Wants" is on top of the box office.

According to the Korean Film Commission, "What a Man Wants" came in first with a daily record of 58,910 and an accumulation of 787,642...More

Local horror narrowly retains pole position amid stiff competition...

The low-budget horror "Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum" by director Jeong Beom-sik managed to hold off serious challenges from both "Ready Player One" and the recently released local comedy-drama "What a Man Wants" to retain the top stop. Jeong's surprise hit outplayed Steven Spielberg's adaption last weekend with 40% of the sales (983,018 admissions), and with the 513,673 (27%) admissions the film scored here, its total tally now stands at 2.2 million ($16.7 million)...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.04.06 ~ 2018.04.08

The number one movie this week is "Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum" (곤지암)...More

"Gonjiam" rises and outplays "Ready Player One" over Easter weekend...

Jeong Beom-sik's "Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum" enjoyed a successful limited release last weekend (fifth with 54,780 admissions) and has risen to the top of the chart following its official released last Wednesday. From 1,124 screens around the country, "Gonjiam", Jeong's second feature-length film as the sole director after "Casa Amor, Exclusive for Ladies" (2015), earned 39.62% of the sales, or 983,045 admissions ($7.6 million). The local horror/mystery managed to outplay Steven Spielberg's action-packed adaptation "Ready Player One"...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.03.30 ~ 2018.04.01

The number one movie this week is "Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum" (곤지암)...More

"Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum" topped the Box Office on the day of its release.

According to the Korean Film Commission, "Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum" came in first with 195,600 audience members in a day and has accumulated 263,683...More

"Pacific Rim" sequel narrowly outplays local drama "Be with You"...

Director Steven S. DeKnight's "Pacific Rim: Uprising", the sequel to Guillermo del Toro's 2013 kaiju blockbuster, entered the fray last Wednesday and came out ahead of last week's number one, "Be with You". From 1,143 screens, "Uprising" topped the chart with $5.2 million from 655,193 admissions (39.76%). The fantasy melodrama "Be with You" (starring So Ji-sub and Son Ye-jin), director Lee Jang-hoon-I's debut, had 57 more screens to pool from, but the 577,032 admissions (33.88%) it walked away with at the end of the weekend were not enough to secure a second straight week at the top...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.03.23 ~ 2018.03.25

The number one movie this week is "Pacific Rim: Uprising"...More

The movie "Be with You" is number 1 in the Box Office and it's on the verge of breaking through 1 million views.

According to the Korean Films Commission, "Be with You" is currently in the lead with 98,840 on the 19th. The accumulated numbers are 979,366...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.03.16 ~ 2018.03.18

The number one movie this week is "Be with You" (지금 만나러 갑니다)...More

"The Body" remains undefeated in the second week since its release.

According to the Korean Films Commission, "The Body" gathered 54,084 audience memebers just on the 13th alone and has accumulated 768,222 total...More

Local thriller "The Vanished" and the new "Tomb Raider" reboot take the top spots...

Lee Chang-hee's "The Vanished", his debut, arrived last Wednesday and topped the Korean box office during its first weekend out. "The Vanished" follows a detective (Kim Sang-kyung) and a married couple (Kim Kang-woo and Kim Hee-ae) as they probe the mysterious disappearance of cadavers from the National Institute of Science Research. From 919 screens nationwide, Lee's thriller claimed 519,991 admissions (32.84%), or $4 million, to supplant Hong Chang-pyo's "The Princess and the Matchmaker" at the top...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.03.09 ~ 2018.03.11

The number one movie this week is "The Vanished" (사라진 밤)...More

"The Vanished" topped the box office on its first day in theaters.

According to the Korean Film Commission, "The Vanished" came in first with 56,7111 views on the 7th alone. The accumulated figure is about 64,934...More

Popularity for the movie "Little Forest" is high.

According to the Korean Film commission, "Little Forest" came in second in the box affice with an audience attendance number of 57,099 on the 5th alone. This adds into the cummulative total views of 737,138...More

Homegrown dramas dethrone Marvel's "Black Panther"...

For the past two weekends, the latest dimension in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ("Black Panther") has ruled proceedings, but Hong Chang-pyo's debut feature, "The Princess and the Matchmaker", and Yim Soon-rye's "Little Forest" both arrived last Wednesday and denied "Black Panther" a third straight weekend at the top of the Korean box office...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.03.02 ~ 2018.03.04

The number one movie this week is "The Princess and the Matchmaker" (궁합)...More

"The Princess and the Matchmaker", formerly known as "Marital Harmony", came first in the Box Office.

According to Korean Films Commission, "The Princess and the Matchmaker" mobilized up to 175,000 audiences in 853 theaters nationwide. Its competition is "Little Forest" and "Gate"...More

"Black Panther" still rules...

The King of Wakanda, "Black Panther", continued its reign atop Korea's box office this past weekend by securing 43.34% of the sales. From 1,242 screens (down from 1,620), the eighteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe added 708,800 admissions ($5.7 million) to bring its total gross in Korea now to $35.8 million (4.4 million admissions). Director Ryan Coogler's recording-breaking blockbuster is now the highest-grossing foreign film of the year in Korea and the third overall; worldwide, since its release in America just after Valentine's Day, "Black Panther" has amassed an impressive $548.9 million...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.02.23 ~ 2018.02.25

The number one movie this week is "Black Panther"...More

"Black Panther" takes the Land of the Morning Calm by storm...

Marvel's much-anticipated superhero film "Black Panther" arrived in Korea on Valentine's Day and quickly rose to the top of the chart over the weekend. The film, the eighteenth in the so-called Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), was produced for $200 million and has already grossed close to double that figure; in Korea, and from 1,620 screens around the peninsula, the King of Wakanda opened his account with $15.6 million from 1.9 million admissions (51.33%)...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.02.16 ~ 2018.02.18

The number one movie this week is "Black Panther"...More

"Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead" is on top of the box office.

According to the Korean Film Council, "Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead" gathered 88,839 audience views on the 13th alone and came in first. The accumulated numbers are 1,144,966...More

Korea's favourite Joseon detective arrives and thrives while "Psychokinesis" free falls...

"Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead" by director Kim Seok-yoon, the third in the series, arrived last Thursday and ended its first weekend at the top of the chart. "Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead" (which starring Kim Myung-min, Oh Dal-soo and Kim Ji-won) dominated proceedings from 1,246 screens by claiming 48.13% of the sales, or 782,605 admissions ($5.9 million). Looking back, Kim's previous two films in this ongoing series, "Detective K" and "Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island", claimed 4.7 and 3.8 million admissions back in 2011 and 2014, respectively...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.02.09 ~ 2018.02.11

The number one movie this week is "Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead" (조선명탐정: 흡혈괴마의 비밀)...More

"Psychokinesis" and "Keys to the Heart" score a one-two finished for the home team...

Director Yeon Sang-ho's second live-action feature, the fantastical comedy "Psychokinesis", narrowly outplayed Choi Seong-hyeon's "Keys to the Heart" to top the Korean box office during its first weekend out...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.02.02 ~ 2018.02.04

The number one movie this week is "Psychokinesis" (염력)...More

"Keys to the Heart" leads and "Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds" becomes the second-highest grossing Korean film of all time...

Choi Seong-hyeon's comedy-drama "Keys to the Heart" claimed just 20,000 admissions more than its second-place finish last weekend, but it was enough to secure first place. With 668,658 admissions (29.14%), Choi's debut about a down-and-out boxer (Lee Byung-hun) and his relationship with his estranged savant brother (Park Jung-min) outperformed the final "Maze Runner" and the Oscar-nominated "Coco" during its second week out. "Keys to the Heart" has now grossed $15.1 million from 1.9 million admissions, the fifth highest-grossing film of 2018 so far...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.01.26 ~ 2018.01.28

The number one movie this week is "Keys to the Heart" (그것만이 내 세상)...More

The final "Maze Runner" and local drama "Keys to the Heart" dislodge last weekend's hits...

"1987: When the Day Comes" and "Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds" (now the third highest grossing Korean film of all time) have been grabbing the tiger's share of the sales so far this year. That changed over the weekend with the arrival of "Maze Runner: The Death Cure", the third and final instalment in the popular American dystopian sci-fi series based on the novels by James Dashner. Director Wes Ball's action-packed adaptation so became the first foreign film to top the Korean box office this year, but not by much...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.01.19 ~ 2018.01.21

The number one movie this week is "Maze Runner: The Death Cure"...More

"Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds" celebrates hitting over 5 million viewers with this newest trailer...More

"1987" overthrows "Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds"...

"Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds", Kim Yong-hwa's adaptation of the first half of Joo Ho-min's webcomic "Singwa Hamgge", is now the fifth highest-grossing Korean film of all time. Last weekend Kim's fifth film surpassed 10 million admissions, and with the 742,417 admissions (23.69%) it claimed over this past weekend, the film has now overtaken "The Thieves"'s $87.9 million. Since its release five days before Christmas, "Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds" has accrued 12.8 million admissions or $96.9 million...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.01.12 ~ 2018.01.14

The number one movie this week is "1987: When the Day Comes" (1987)...More

Local webcomic adaptation "Along With the Gods" surpasses 10-million admissions...

Kim Yong-hwa's fun fantasy flick "Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds" has sailed past the 10 million admissions mark after its third weekend out. From 1,256 screens, down from 1,666, "Along With the Gods" (which stars Ha Jung-woo, Cha Tae-hyun, Joo Ji-hoon and Kim Hyang-gi) claimed 1.3 million admissions or 36.44% of the weekend sales. The first part of Kim's adaptation of Joo Ho-min's webcomic "Singwa Hamgge" is now on the verge of overtaking "Train to Busan" (11.5 million admissions) as the tenth highest-grossing Korean film of all time...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2018.01.05 ~ 2018.01.07

The number one movie this week is "Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds" (신과 함께)...More

Local hits "Along With the Gods", "1987" and "Steel Rain" secure 90% of the sales during final weekend...

The last weekend of 2017 saw another massive win for Kim Yong-hwa's "Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds", the first in a series of films adapted from Joo Ho-min's webcomic "Singwa Hamgge". Kim's fantasy drama entered the fray three days before Christmas and found massive support during its first weekend out. Its second weekend out was equally profitably: from 1,666 screens, down from 1,887, "Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds" added another 2.4 million admissions (53.73%) and has raced to become the second highest-grossing film of the year. Currently, Kim's much-anticipated film has grossed $64.2 million (8.5 million admissions)...More

Some 220 million movie tickets were sold in Korea last year, the most in the history of Korean cinema, largely due to three domestic Christmas hits...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.12.29 ~ 2017.12.31. Happy New Year!

The number one movie this week is "Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds" (신과 함께)...More

Local webtoon adaptation steals Christmas...

Kim Yong-hwa's fantasy drama "Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds" triumphed over the Christmas weekend in Korea, and it is already the seventh highest-grossing film of the year. Kim's 5th feature claimed 61.84% of the box office pie (2.7 million admissions) from 1,884 screens, more than triple that of its closest competitor and last weekend's number one, "Steel Rain"...More

"Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds", directed by Kim Yong-hwa, attracted 4.61 million viewers until Sunday, just six days after its release.

The pace is similar to the two of the biggest box-office hits in the history of Korean cinema, "The Admiral: Roaring Currents" in 2014 and "Train to Busan" in 2016...More

The number one movie this week is "Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds" (신과 함께)...More

Ha Jung-woo will compete with himself at the year-end box office as he stars in two films set for release this month...More

"The Last Jedi" no match for timely "Steel Rain"...

In December 2013, Yang Woo-seok's debut film "The Attorney" was released and went on to earn just over $88 million (12.1 million admissions). Now, almost exactly four years later, Yang's second feature, "Steel Rain" (starring Jung Woo-sung and Kwak Do-won), has entered the fray in front, easily outplaying the much-anticipated "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.12.15 ~ 2017.12.17

The number one movie this week is "Steel Rain" (강철비)...More

"The Swindlers", "Forgotten", and Korea's favourite little penguin take the podium...

Jang Chang-won's debut film "The Swindlers" enjoyed its third consecutive weekend at the top of the box office by claiming another 418,141 admissions, 23.84% of the sales. Since its release late last month, Jang's action drama has held off cinematic challenges both foreign and domestic to remain Korea's number one. The film stars Hyun Bin, Yoo Ji-tae, Bae Sung-woo, Park Sung-woong, Nana, and Ahn Se-ha in a story about a conman who schemes to outplay an even bigger swindler. With a total take now of $26.7 million (3.78 million admissions), "Swindlers" is the twelfth highest-grossing film of the year...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.12.08 ~ 2017.12.10

The number one movie this week is "The Swindlers" (꾼)...More

"Swindlers" holds the top spot and moves into the top twenty...

Writer/director Jang Chang-won's debut "Swindlers" retained the top spot and swiftly moved into the year's top twenty as its earnings swell to $21.5 million (3.05 million admissions). Over this past weekend, its second, the 117-minute action drama -- which stars Hyun Bin, Yoo Ji-tae, Bae Sung-woo, Park Sung-woong, Nana and Ahn Se-ha -- came away with 671,665 admissions (36.27%) from just over 1,000 screens nationwide (down from 1,314)...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.12.01 ~ 2017.12.03

The number one movie this week is "The Swindlers" (꾼)...More

The cast and director of "The Swindlers" celebrate as the film hits the 2 million-viewer milestone on Wednesday.

Crime caper "The Swindlers" has become the top box office hit of the month, attracting over 1 million viewers in just four days and another million in the next four...More

"The Swindlers" puts local films back on top; "Justice League" falters...

"The Swindlers", Jang Chang-won first solo project as director, arrived on Wednesday and dominated its first weekend out by capturing 61.85% of the sales. The 117-minute action film stars Hyun Bin, Yoo Ji-tae, Bae Sung-woo, Park Sung-woong, Nana, and Ahn Se-ha and follows a charlatan who spins a complex scheme to catch a fellow con man. From 1,313 screens, Jang's debut claimed 1.2 million admissions ($9 million), which deny DC's "Justice League" a second weekend at the top...More

The number one movie this week is "The Swindlers" (꾼)...More

"Justice League" ends "Ragnarok"'s reign as foreign films continue to flourish...

Zack Snyder's much-anticipated "Justice League" brings together five of DC's front-running superheroes - Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman and Cyborg - and it didn't come cheap: costing $300 million, "Justice League" is the most expensive superhero film ever produced, and, along with "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", the second most expensive film overall. The film was released in Korea last Wednesday and quickly overthrew Marvel's latest, "Thor: Ragnarok", at the top of the chart. From 1,308 screens, Snyder's "Justice League" came away with 47.87% of the sales, or 818,401 admissions ($6.3 million)...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.11.17 ~ 2017.11.19

The number one movie this week is "Justice League"...More

"Ragnarok" rules again...

"Thor: Ragnarok" secured a third straight week at the top of the Korean box office this past weekend. Released late October, the third "Thor" film in Marvel's Cinematic Universe dislodged the local sleeper hit "The Outlaws" after Chuseok, and now, with the 465,780 admissions (25.89%) it claimed here, "Thor: Ragnarok" has banked $30.9 million (4.2 million admissions) in Korea alone. Worldwide, Taika Waititi's more comedic version of the popular Marvel franchise has grossed $650 million: currently the tenth highest-grossing film of 2017...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.11.10 ~ 2017.11.12

The number one movie this week is "THOR: RAGNAROK"...More

"Ragnarok" still rules despite stiff competition from "The Bros"...

"Thor: Ragnarok" stood its ground against local writer/director Chang You-jeong's new comedy-drama, "The Bros". From 1,047 screens, down from 1,640, the seventeenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe added 833,949 admissions (38.31%), bringing its total tally in Korea to 3.7 million, or $28.8 million. Worldwide, from a production budget of $180 million, "Thor: Ragnarok" (starring a more comedic Chris Hemsworth) has grossed nearly half a billion dollars. Taika Waititi's "Thor" now needs another 256,000 admissions to overtake "The Fortress" (3.8 million) and enter this year's top ten...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.11.03 ~ 2017.11.05

The number one movie this week is "THOR: RAGNAROK"...More

"Ragnarok" topples "The Outlaws" with over 60% of the sales...

Marvel's latest superhero outing, "Thor: Ragnarok", the third "Thor" film, arrived in Korea last Wednesday to topple the sleeper hit "The Outlaws". From 1,639 screens around the country, "Ragnarok" claimed 1.5 million admissions ($11.8 million), or 63.7% of the weekend sales. The film stars Chris Hemsworth (as the God of Thunder himself), Tom Hiddleston (Hulk), Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba and Jeff Goldblum and has already grossed over $100 million worldwide (the film was produced for $180 million). "Thor: Ragnarok" is the seventeenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.10.27 ~ 2017.10.29

The number one movie this week is "THOR: RAGNAROK"...More

"The Outlaws" fends off "Geostorm" and "Man of Will"...

Kang Yoon-Sung's "The Outlaws" retained the top spot by holding off some strong competition from the recently released American disaster film, "Geostorm". Kang's debut failed to trump "The Fortress" over Chuseok two weekends ago, but since then it has held strong as the country's film of choice. From 994 screens, down from 1,127, "The Outlaws" (Ma Dong-seok and Yoon Kye-sang) claimed another 786,049 admissions (40.56%), moving its total tally now to 4.9 million, or $36.2 million...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.10.20 ~ 2017.10.22

The number one movie this week is "The Outlaws" (범죄도시)...More

"The Fortress" crumbles as "The Outlaws" seize control...

Despite being narrowly outplayed last weekend by Hwang Dong-hyuk's historical drama "The Fortress", Kang Yoon-Sung's debut film, "The Outlaws" (starring Ma Dong-seok and Yoon Kye-sang), moved decisively to the top of the chart during its second weekend out...More

The number one movie this week is "The Outlaws" (범죄도시)...More

"The Fortress" narrowly outplays "The Outlaws" over Chuseok...

Director Hwang Dong-hyuk's Joseon-era drama "The Fortress" (based on Kim Hoon's novel) narrowly came out ahead of Kang Yoon-Sung's crime thriller "The Outlaws" during Korea's biggest national holiday, Chuseok. Both films were released on Oct. 3 and pooled from 1,226 and 1,314 screens respectively, and together they captured 60.74% of the sales...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.10.06 ~ 2017.10.08

The number one movie this week is "The Fortress" (남한산성)...More

"Kingsman" sequel and local drama "I Can Speak" rule ahead of Chuseok...

Despite earning just 50,000 admissions less than its chart-topping take last weekend, Kim Hyun-seok's comedy-drama "I Can Speak" was swiftly overtaken by the foreign spy comedy "Kingsman: The Golden Circle". From a hefty 1,677 screens nationwide, Matthew Vaughn's sequel to the popular 2014 original - which he also directed and that grossed $414.4 million worldwide - has raced to 2.3 million admissions ($16.4 million), 1.5 million (64.48%) of which came from its first weekend out...More

The number one movie this week is "Kingsman: The Golden Circle"...More

Local drama "I Can Speak" denies "Memoir of a Murderer" a third straight weekend at the top...

"I Can Speak", director Kim Hyun-seok's sixth film ("When Romance Meets Destiny", "Cyrano Agency", "C'est Si Bon"), arrived to 1,140 screens in Korea last Thursday and came out on top ahead of last weekend's number one, "Memoir of a Murderer". In "I Can Speak", Na Moon-hee plays Na Ok-boon, a hot-blooded female detective who forms an unlikely bond with a younger operative (Lee Je-hoon as Park Min-jae) who teaches her English. Kim's latest, his first feature film without a screenwriting credit, opened strong by claiming 604,139 admissions (45.98%) ahead of Korea's biggest national holiday, Chuseok...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.09.22 ~ 2017.09.24.

The number one movie this week is "I Can Speak" (아이 캔 스피크)...More

"Memoir of a Murderer" retains pole position ahead of "Baby Driver"...

The American action thriller "Baby Driver", now director Edgar Wright's highest-grossing film, failed to overtake local thriller "Memoir of a Murderer" during its first weekend out. It was a close race, but "Baby Driver"'s 338,213 admissions (22.35%) was not enough to deny Won Shin-yun's new thriller a second straight weekend at the top...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.09.15 ~ 2017.09.17

The number one movie this week is "Memoir of a Murderer" (살인자의 기억법)...More

Local thriller "Memoir of a Murderer" and "It" edge out "The Hitman's Bodyguard"...

Won Shin-yun's "Memoir of a Murderer" and the American horror "It" claimed first and second place respectively during their first weekend out. "Memoir of a Murderer", Won Shin-yun's fifth film, stars Sol Kyung-gu as a retired serial killer suffering from memory loss who has to execute the biggest kill of his career to save his daughter. From 1,064 screens, Won Shin-yun's 118-minute thriller claimed 43.07% of the sales (899,251 admissions), or $6.6 million, dislodging last weekend's number one, "The Hitman's Bodyguard"...More

The number one movie this week is "Memoir of a Murderer" (살인자의 기억법)...More

"The Hitman's Bodyguard" takes down "V.I.P" while "A Taxi Driver" backs away with millions...

Patrick Hughes' "The Hitman's Bodyguard" arrived last Thursday and despite receiving just 482 screens (the lowest of this weekend's top five), the action comedy took first place by capturing 30.82% of the sales (556,100 admissions). Interestingly, the film's script, written by Tom O'Connor, was on the 2011 'Black List', an annual survey that ranks the year's most liked films that have not been produced. "The Hitman's Bodyguard" stars Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson and has already banked $76.2 million, more than double its production budget of $30 million; in Korea, its arrival marked the return of a foreign film to the top of the pile after a reel of successful local blockbusters reigned in the month of August...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.09.01 ~ 2017.09.03

The number one movie this week is "The Hitman's Bodyguard"...More

Local hits "V.I.P", "A Taxi Driver" and "Midnight Runners" secure 67% of the sales...

The highest grossing film of the year -- Jang Hoon's "A Taxi Driver" (Song Kang-ho) -- was denied a fourth weekend as number one due to the arrival Park Hoon-jung's "V.I.P". Park's film (his fourth after "The Showdown", "The New World", and "The Tiger: An Old Hunter's Tale") stars Jang Dong-gun, Kim Myung-min, Park Hee-soon and Lee Jong-suk and tells the story of a North Korean killer on the run from both Koreas and Interpol. It was a close race, but Park's new crime thriller disrupted "A Taxi Driver"'s fine run by scoring 598,715 admissions (25.09%), or $4.5 million, during its opening weekend...More

The number one movie this week is "V.I.P" (브이아이피)...More

"A Taxi Driver" on cruise control after Liberation Day...

Jang Hoon's "A Taxi Driver" (Song Kang-ho) -- his fourth film after "The Front Line" (2011), "Secret Reunion" (2010) and "Rough Cut" (2008) -- secured a third straight weekend at the top of the pile this past weekend by adding another 949,447 admissions (26.77%), moving its total tally now over the 10 million admissions mark. Since its release early August, "A Taxi Driver" has grossed $71.6 million, and while it is currently the most successful film of the year, it is also now the fifteenth highest-grossing film of all time in Korea behind "The Avengers: Age of Ultron" (10.49 million) and "The King and the Clown" (10.5 million)...More

The number one movie this week is "A Taxi Driver" (택시 운전사)...More

Local films "A Taxi Driver" and "Midnight Runners" capture 70% of the sales...

Jang Hoon's "A Taxi Driver" added another 1.7 million admissions (40.47%) over the weekend, making it the highest grossing film of the year with just under 8 million admissions. The previous number one, Kim Seong-hoon-III's action outing "Confidential Assignment", scored 7.81 million admissions back in January, but Hoon's fourth feature (after "The Front Line", "Secret Reunion" and "Rough Cut") is still breaking new ground...More

The number one movie this week is "A Taxi Driver" (택시 운전사)...More

Local historical heroes fly high during peak season...

Director Jang Hoon's fourth film, "A Taxi Driver" -- starring Song Kang-ho, one of Korea's most celebrated and prolific talents -- enjoyed the third highest opening of all time and came away from its opening weekend with just under 3 million admissions (63.64%). The film captures the heroic deeds of an unknown cab driver who helped a foreign journalist (Jürgen Hinzpeter played by Thomas Kretschmann) during the infamous Gwangju Uprising that destabilised the country early in 1980. From 1,906 screens, "A Taxi Driver" banked $21.3 million and has streaked into sixth in the list of the highest grossing films of the year. Kang's previous films include "The Front Line" (2011), "Secret Reunion" (2010), and his debut "Rough Cut" (2008)...More

"A Taxi Driver" is fast turning into the summer's second major hit after "The Battleship Island", attracting over 3 million viewers in its first four days on the screens...More

The number one movie this week is "A Taxi Driver" (택시 운전사)...More

"The Battleship Island" already the fifth highest grossing film of the year...

Director Ryoo Seung-wan ("Veteran", the third highest grossing Korean film of all time) captures life inside Japan's notorious WWII labour camp on Hashima Island in his latest, record-breaking blockbuster, "The Battleship Island". Before World War II broke out in Europe, Japan was mining underwater coal on a 16-acre island southwest of the city of Nagasaki and conscripting hundreds of Koreans, among others prisons of war, to toil away in treacherous conditions. "The Battleship Island" tells the story of a few hundred gritty Koreans who risked it all to escape what is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.07.28 ~ 2017.07.30

The number one movie this week is "The Battleship Island" (군함도)...More

Nolan's "Dunkirk" arrives and conquers...

Christopher Nolan's critically acclaimed "Dunkirk" was released in Korea last Thursday and comfortably came out on top over the weekend. Many are already heralding it as one of the best war films ever and arguably Nolan's best. The film was shot on IMAX 65mm and is the first feature film to use IMAX cameras as hand-held cameras. From 1,245 screens, Nolan's epic depiction of "the Miracle of Dunkirk" sold 1.1 million admissions (46.53%), or $8.75 million. Its successful arrival meant "Spider-Man: Homecoming" was unable to claim a third straight weekend at the top...More

The number one movie this week is "Dunkirk"...More

"Spider-Man" soars unchallenged, slow start for "Cars 3"...

Marvel's "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (starring Tom Holland) retained the top spot in Korea for a second weekend by capturing 64.36% of the sales from 1781 screens. The 1.4 million admissions it claimed swelled the reboot's total tally to 5.9 million ($42.7 million), making it the second-highest grossing film of the year behind "Confidential Assignment" (7.8 million), as well as the highest grossing foreign film ahead of "Beauty and the Beast" (5.1 million). Worldwide, "Spider-Man: Homecoming" has already brought in $469 million...More

The number one movie this week is "Spider-Man: Homecoming"...More

Marvel's new "Spider-Man" reboot given screens and soars...

America's 'friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man' swiftly swung into pole position over the weekend by capturing 82.74% of the box office sales. "Spider-Man: Homecoming", the second movie reboot of Marvel's iconic web-slinger, scored 2.6 million admissions ($19.1 million) from a massive 1,965 screens around the country, dislodging Lee Joon-ik's "Anarchist from Colony" at the top and becoming the seventh highest grossing film of year...More

The number one movie this week is "Spider-Man: Homecoming"...More

"Anarchist from Colony", "Real", and Bong Joon-ho's "Okja" put local films back on top...

Lee Je-hoon plays colonial-era independence activist Park Yeol in Lee Joon-ik's new drama, "Anarchist from Colony". Lee's eleventh film opened at number one with 817,684 admissions (48.94%) from 1,176 screens around the country, dislodging Michael Bay's "Transformers: The Last Knight" and denying it a second weekend at the top. Park Yeol (1902-1974) was an anarchist who spent 22 years in prison for attempting to assassinate Japanese royalty, Emperor Hirohito...More

The number one movie this week is "Anarchist from Colony" (박열)...More

Michael Bay's "Transformers: The Last Knight" capitalises on big opening screen count...

The fifth instalment in the "Transformers" series of films, "The Last Knight", arrived in Korea on Wednesday to a massive 1,727 screens. The film, reportedly Michael Bay's final Transformers film, however, only managed to attract 1.2 million admissions (64.13%), or $12.86 million, which was enough to dislodge Alex Kurtzman's "The Mummy" at the top...More

The number one movie this week is "Transformers: The Last Knight"...More

"The Mummy" narrowly outplays new local drama "A Day - 2017"...

Jo Seon-ho's "A Day - 2017" (Kim Myung-min and Byun Yo-han) arrived last Wednesday and came close to toppling the latest "The Mummy" reboot at the top of the pile. Jo was the assistant director for four previous films (including "Killer Toon" and "Once Upon a Time in Seoul") but "A Day - 2017" is his first in the driving seat. Like the 1993 American drama "Groundhog Day", the film's protagonist finds himself caught in a loop as he frustratingly relives the same day over and over again. This day, however, is tragic because the lead's daughter is killed in an accident and he has to rush around to try and prevent that from happening, again. From 781 screens around the country, Jo's debut captured 28.36% of the sales (480,790 admissions), just 18,000 less than this week's reigning feature...More

The number one movie this week is "The Mummy"...More

"Wonder Woman" steps aside for "The Mummy" and "The Villainess"...

DC's cinematic reimagining of "Wonder Woman" (starring Gal Gadot) failed to secure a second week at the top of the Korean box office. The film entered in first last weekend with 831,226 thousand admissions (36.5%), but was outplayed by two new releases, foreign and domestic: Alex Kurtzman's "The Mummy" and Jung Byung-gil's "The Villainess". "Wonder Woman" added 240,552 (10.64%) across 611 screens (down from 1,034) and moved its total tally now to 1.8 million, or $12.2 million. Worldwide, Warner Bros. Pictures' superhero film has grossed over $435.2 million...More

The number one movie this week is "The Mummy"...More

The number one movie this week is "Wonder Woman"...More

Disney's Pirates and "Our President" rule the roost...

The fifth instalment of Walt Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean"-"Dead Men Tell No Tales", by directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg-arrived in Korea last Wednesday. From 1,328 screens around the country, producer Jerry Bruckheimer's latest spectacle captured 48.41% of the sales during its opening weekend. The 1.1 million admissions ($8.9 million) the film scored is the highest weekend take for the month of May, and the film is also the fourth consecutive foreign feature to enter in first in as many weeks...More

The number one movie this week is "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales"...More

"Get Out", "The Merciless" and "King Arthur" take the podium...

Jordan Peele's "Get Out" (starring Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams and Lil Rel Howery) arrived last Wednesday to 945 screens around the country. The American horror, which had its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival back in January, claimed pole position with 802,981 admissions (39.01%), dislodging last weekend's top film, "Alien: Covenant". The critically acclaimed "Get Out" is also the American actor and comedian's directorial debut...More

The number one movie this week is "Get Out"...More

Ridley Scott's new "Alien" bursts into first...

Starring Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride and Demián Bichir, "Alien: Covenant"-Ridley Scott's sequel to the 2012 sci-fi horror "Prometheus"-arrived in Korea on Tuesday to 832 screens around the country. The film, the sixth in the "Alien" series, claimed 520,635 admissions (25.79%) during its first weekend out to secure the top spot, outplaying last weekend's top two films, "The Sheriff In Town" and "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2"...More

The number one movie this week is "Alien: Covenant"...More

Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" narrowly outplays "The Sheriff In Town" and "The Boss Baby" for the top spot...

The second volume of Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" franchise arrived in Korea last Wednesday and rose to the top of the chart with 883,846 admissions (28.98%). Back in 2014, the first film grossed $773.3 million worldwide, and the sequel is expected to cross the billion dollar mark; currently, having been produced for $200 million, "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" (starring Chris Pratt) has already grossed over $427 million. In Korea, the film was allocated 1,218 screens around the country for its first weekend and is fast approaching 2 million admissions (currently 1.7 million, or $13.1 million)...More

The number one movie this week is "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2"...More

"The Mayor" and "The King's Case Note" arrive and thrive ahead of the holidays...

Seven new films (five of which were local) entered the fray this past week as the country heads towards one of its most competitive times of the year. A string of national holidays-which includes Buddha's Birthday, Children's Day, and the upcoming presidential elections-will draw the crowds as many zero in on their nearest big screen to catch some of the season's cinematic hopefuls...More

The number one movie this week is "The Mayor" (특별시민)...More

The day "The Mayor" was released it gathered 185,000 viewers and came in first at the Box Office. By the second day the accumulated numbers went up to 305,395 and with the long weekend coming up ahead, the numbers are expected to skyrocket.

"The Mayor" is the story of a presidential election where Byeon Jong-goo (Choi Min-sik) attempts at Seoul Mayor for the third time in a row with the presidential election in mind...More

"The Fate of the Furious" retains pole position...

The eighth instalment in the "Fast and the Furious" series of action films, "The Fate of the Furious", claimed pole position during its second weekend out, moving its bottom line to over $18.9 million (2.5 million admissions). From 1,282 screens (down from 1,468), F. Gary Gray's high-octane action outing captured 57.29% of the sales (678,179 admissions; worldwide, "F8" has now grossed more than $772.4 million...More

The number one movie this week is "Fast and Furious 8"...More

"The Fate of the Furious" overtakes "Beauty and the Beast" for pole position...

Bill Condon's "Beauty and the Beast" was unable to secure a fifth-straight run at the top because of the arrival of a high-octane action film from director F. Gary Gray. "The Fate of the Furious" (also known as Fast & Furious 8), the eighth film in the franchise, arrived last Wednesday and scooped up the lion's share of the stubs (63.82%); from 1,467 screens around the country, "The Fate of the Furious" claimed 1.05 million admissions ($10.5 million). The film, which cost $250 million to produce, boasts an ensemble cast including Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges, and others. Worldwide, the 'F8' has already grossed over half a billion dollars...More

The number one movie this week is "The Fate of the Furious"...More

"Beauty and the Beast" holds off "The Prison" to secure its fourth weekend at the top...

For the fourth straight weekend, Bill Condon's update on Disney's 1991 classic "Beauty and the Beast" (starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens) has remained Korea's film of choice. The 347,085 admissions (26.96%) it claimed over the weekend pushes its total tally in Korea now 4.6 million ($33.2 million), making it the highest-grossing foreign film of the year, as well as the third highest overall ("Confidential Assignment" and "The King" are one and two respectively). Worldwide, "Beauty and the Beast" has grossed nearly a billion dollars...More

The number one movie this week is "Beauty and the Beast"...More

Foreign fairytale narrowly outplays "The Prison" for the top spot...

"Beauty and the Beast", Bill Condon's re-imagining of Disney's classic fairytale, fended off a flood of new entries last weekend to secure a second week at the top. Now in its third weekend, the film once again narrowly retained pole position by capturing 32.51% of the sales (650,185 admissions). That sum moves its bottom line in Korea now to over 4 million admissions ($30.1 million) and is currently the third highest-grossing film of the year behind "The King" (5.3 million) and "Confidential Assignment" (7.8 million). Worldwide, "Beauty and the Beast" is closing in on a billion dollars in sales: $876.3 million...More

The number one movie this week is "Beauty and the Beast"...More

Movies "One Line" and "Ghost In The Shell" came in third and fourth in the Box Office...More

A flood of new entries fail to subdue "Beauty and the Beast"...

Despite the flood of new entries, foreign and domestic, Disney's musical fantasy "Beauty and the Beast" narrowly retained pole position by capturing 40.98% of the sales. With the million admissions the film scored over the weekend, Bill Condon's remake now moves its total tally in Korea to 3.1 million, or $23.1 million; "Beauty and the Beast" is only 500,000 short of becoming the third highest-grossing film in Korea this year...More

The number one movie this week is "Beauty and the Beast"...More

A trio of foreign beasts capture the podium...

A new beast arrived in Korea last Thursday and dislodged "Kong" at the top of the chart. With 66.86% of the box office pie, Bill Condon's musical drama "Beauty and the Beast" (Emma Watson, Dan Stevens) dominated proceedings by capturing 1.4 million admissions ($10.5 million). The film, a remake of Disney's 1991 live-action classic, after having also been recently released in America, has already banked $350 million worldwide (the film was produced for an estimated $160 million)...More

The number one movie this week is "Beauty and the Beast"...More

"Kong" and "Logan" battle it out at the top...

Jordan Vogt-Roberts's reboot of the iconic King Kong character in "Kong: Skull Island" (Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman and John Goodman) arrived last Wednesday and climbed to the top of the chart with 49.14% of the box office pie. (Interestingly, one of the films that Vogt-Roberts said influenced him was Bong Joon-ho's "The Host".) From 984 screens, "Kong" attracted 823,219 admissions ($6.1 million) during its first weekend out in Korea. Worldwide, "King" has already recouped an estimated $142.6 million of the $185 million it took to produce; the film was released in the US last Friday...More

The number one movie this week is "Kong: Skull Island"...More

New arrivals "Logan" and "Bluebeard" capture 64% of the sales...

The tenth instalment in the "X-Men" film series, James Mangold's "Logan" (Hugh Jackman), dislodged last weekend's number one, Split, by capturing 632,997 admissions (38.55%). Marvel's latest had its premiere back in February at the Berlin International Film Festival and recently arrived in Korea to 954 screens around the country. Critics have praised the film for its acting and general handling of perhaps the series's most beloved superhero, Wolverine, and it's already surpassed its production costs of $97 million; currently, the film has grossed $104.7 million worldwide...More

The number one movie this week is "Logan"...More

M. Night Shyamalan's Split breaks local films' reign...

For the first time this year since "Your Name", a foreign film has stepped up and claimed pole position in Korea's box office. Local delights have been dominating since mid-January ("Confidential Assignment", "The King", and "Fabricated City"), but M. Night Shyamalan's new film, Split (starring James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy and Betty Buckley), arrived last Wednesday and came out on top during its first weekend out...More

The number one movie this week is Split...More

"New Trial" outplays "Fabricated City" and "The Great Wall"...

Kim Tae-yoon's third film, "New Trial" (starring Jung Woo, Kang Ha-neul, Lee Dong-hwi and Kim Hae-sook), was released on Wednesday and came out on top during its first weekend out. "New Trial" tells the story of a lawyer's lonely struggle to defend the rights of a young boy who was wrongfully imprisoned seventeen years ago for murder. From 935 screens around the country, Kim's latest captured 34% of the box office pie (754,666 admissions) to claim pole position from Bae Jong's "Fabricated City"...More

The number one movie this week is "New Trial" (재심)...More

"Fabricated City" ends "Confidential Assignment"'s three-week run at the top...

After three weeks as Korea's number, Kim Seong-hoon-III's action film "Confidential Assignment" was supplanted at the top of the chart by a new local entry over the second weekend of February; Kim's sophomore feature added 543,401 admissions (22.9%) during its fourth week out, moving its total tally now to 7.2 million ($51.6 million), but it was not enough for country's highest-grossing film of the year to secure a fourth-straight weekend at the top of the pile...More

The number one movie this week is "Fabricated City" (조작된 도시)...More

"Arrival" lands in third; "Confidential Assignment" and "The King" remain unmoved...

"Arrival", an American adaptation of Ted Chiang's 1998 short story, "Story of Your Life", was the highest new entry this week, but the 298,665 admissions (13.05%) it claimed was not enough to prevent two local flicks from scoring another big one-two finish...More

The number one movie this week is "Confidential Assignment" (공조)...More

Local buddy cop film gains momentum to overthrow "The King"...

Kim Seong-hoon-III's "Confidential Assignment" (formally known as "Cooperation") received a screen boost for its second weekend out that helped bump it up one place to pole position. Last weekend, Kim's sophomore film – after "My Little Hero" (2006) – entered in second with 845,971 admissions (27.2%) from 976 screens behind "The King"'s 1.3 million admissions (42.85%); in week two, "Confidential Assignment" (starring Hyun Bin and Yoo Hae-jin) had 1,379 screens from which to pool and added another 1,9 million (46.1%), moving its total tally now to 3.77 million ($26.57 million)...More

The number one movie this week is "Confidential Assignment" (공조)...More

Local films "The King" and "Confidential Assignment" capture 70% of the sales...

Han Jae-rim's new film, "The King" (starring Jo In-sung, Jung Woo-sung and Bae Sung-woo), and Kim Jeong-hoon-III's sophomore feature, "Confidential Assignment" (with Hyun Bin and Yoo Hae-jin), entered the chart and secured a one-two finish for the home team...More

The number one movie this week is "The King" (더 킹)...More

Japan's highest-grossing anime retains pole position...

Makoto Shinkai's romantic fantasy "Your Name" is now the highest-grossing Japanese anime in history having recently overtaken Hayao Miyazaki's classic, "Spirited Away" (2001). Shinkai's critical acclaimed masterpiece entered the Korean market January 4 and became the first Japanese anime to enter in pole position in over a decade. During its second weekend out, "Your Name" added another 739,079 admissions (30%) and moved its total tally in Korea now to 2.4 million ($17.2 million). Worldwide, "Your Name" has grossed $290 million, enough to overtake "Spirited Away"'s $289 million...More

The number one movie this week is "Your Name (君の名は。)"...More

Japanese anime "Your Name" enters in pole position...

For the first time in over a decade, a Japanese anime has entered at the top of the South Korean box office. Makoto Shinkai's fantasy romance anime "Your Name" (based on Shinkai's own novel of the same name) officially opened on Wednesday after becoming the second-highest grossing anime film in Japan late last year where it banked over $288 million (Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away", the highest-grossing anime, sits on $289 million). From 944 screens, "Your Name" captured 31.3% of the sales (832,040 admissions) to dislodge last weekend's number one, Cho Ui-seok's crime flick "Master"...More

The number one movie this week is "Your Name. (君の名は。)"...More

"Master" marches into 2017 over "Rouge One"...

After an impressive opening over Christmas weekend, Cho Ui-seok's crime thriller "Master" (starring Lee Byung-hun, Gang Dong-won and Kim Woo-bin) – Jo's fourth film after "Cold Eyes", "The World of Silence" and "Make It Big" – remained atop the chart by attracting 1.3 million admissions (44%). Despite a small cut in screens, which dipped from 1,501 to 1,261, and the arrival of "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story", "Master" managed to carry its success forward into 2017 and move its total tally now to 5.4 million ($36.5 million)...More

The number one movie this week is "Master" (마스터)...More

The number one movie this week is "Master" (마스터)...More

"Pandora" retains pole position in the aftermath of political unrest...

Park Jeong-woo's thriller "Pandora" retained pole position during its second weekend out by capturing 42.8% of the sales; the film, Park's fourth after "Dance With The Wind", "Big Bang", and "Deranged", added a million admissions to move its total tally now to 3.1 million, or $20.9 million. The film's release is timely given the recent political unrest in the country, which led Maggie Lee, Variety's Chief Asia Film Critic, to write that, "Korean audiences will surely wonder how the lines between parody, fiction, and reality are blurred"....More

The number one movie this week is "Pandora" (판도라)...More

Kim Nam-gil's latest movie, "Pandora" was released on December 7, and it is just one of his three movies slated for a 2016 release. Since his discharge from the army in 2012, Kim has done only one Korean drama, "Shark". Will he ever return to the small screen?

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"Pandora"'s box office run starts strong...

In the aftermath of the country's political unrest, Park Jeong-woo's thrilling disaster film, "Pandora", entered the fray and shot straight to pole position by capturing 45.5% of the box office pie. The film, Park's fourth after "Dance With The Wind" (2004), "Big Bang" (2007" and "Deranged" (2012), sold 1.1 million admissions across 1,166 screens to dislodge last weekend's number one, Kwon Soo-kyeong's family drama "My Annoying Brother"...More

The number one movie this week is "Pandora" (판도라)...More

Local comedy "My Annoying Brother" rises to the top amid protests...

Kwon Soo-kyeong's family comedy "My Annoying Brother" captured 30% of the box office sales to push its total tally now past the 2 million mark. The film, Kwon's second after "Barefoot Ki-bong", added 597,954 admissions from 831 screens and has now grossed $14.4 million (2.1 million admissions) since its release late last month. That means it has surpassed the 1.9 million admissions Kwon's debut film attracted back in 2006...More

The number one movie this week is "My Annoying Brother" (형)...More

The film industry is suffering a blip as massive protests every weekend calling for President Park Geun-hye to resign keep people out of the theaters.

Even Gang Dong-won, who normally guarantees box office, has been hit, with his new movie "Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned" not attracting as many viewers as expected...More

"Fantastic Beasts" holds out against "My Annoying Brother"...

The British-American fantasy flick "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" narrowly maintained pole position over Kwon Soo-kyeong's incoming family comedy, "My Annoying Brother". Last weekend J.K. Rowling's adaptation of her own work appeared and captured 68% of the sales (1.4 million admissions), and during its second week out this Harry Potter spin-off added another 895,990 stubs (45%) to bring its bottom line now to $24.7 million (3.4 million admissions). Worldwide, this week's number one has grossed $473.7 million...More

The number one movie this week is "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"...More

J.K. Rowling's screenwriting debut summons the masses with magic...

David Yates's fantasy flick "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" arrived in Korea last Wednesday and dethroned a weary "Doctor Strange" at the top of the pile. For the past three weeks, Marvel's mind-bending spectacle has been riding high in the Land of the Morning Calm, but this new magical storm from Warner Bros. Pictures has sent the doctor down a few notches by summoning plenty fresh feet to Korea's big screens...More

The number one movie this week is "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"...More

"Doctor Strange" becomes the second-highest grossing foreign film of the year...

Marvel's latest blockbuster "Doctor Strange" retained pole position and claimed its third weekend at the top of Korea's box office. Director Scott Derrickson's cinematic wizardry (riding Marvel's marvellous momentum) added another 548,520 admissions (38.9%) to its Korean cause to become the tenth highest-grossing film of the year with 4.8 million admissions ($36.3 million)...More

The number one movie this week is "Doctor Strange"...More

Actor Gang Dong-won is set to make a splash at this month's box office with "Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned".

The film was originally due to be released this Thursday but has been kept back for six days to target students once they have sat the college entrance exam next week.

The movie is a fantasy melodrama about a boy who returns from a mysterious world where time and space stand still, and a girl who is the only person to believe him...More

"Doctor Strange" and "Luck.Key" capture 83% of the box office pie...

Marvel's "Doctor Strange" retained pole position by attracting another million admissions (58.6%) during its second weekend out in Korea. The film's first weekend saw 1.6 million filmgoers flock to its screens (63%), and with this weekend's take included, the film's totally tally swelled to 3.9 million ($30.4 million). Worldwide, Scott Derrickson's "Doctor Strange" has grossed $325.4 million having been produced for an estimated $165 million...More

The number one movie this week is "Doctor Strange"...More

Marvel's "Doctor Strange" arrives and thrives

Marvel's fourteenth film, "Doctor Strange", arrived last Wednesday and shot straight to the top of the chart by capturing 63.4% of the box office pie. The film, directed by Scott Derrickson, had a massive 1,500 screens from which to pool and attracted 1.6 million admissions ($12.9 million) to dislodged Lee Gye-byeok's comedy drama "Luck.Key" as the country's film of choice...More

The number one movie this week is "Doctor Strange"...More

"Lucky.Key" retains pole position after screen boost despite "Inferno"...

Lee Gye-byeok's drama "Luck.Key" gained a few more screens during its second week out and retained pole position by adding another 1.4 million admissions (66%) to its total tally. Since its release mid-October, "Luck.Key" has banked $4.3 million (4.3 million admissions) and so moves to number ten in the country's list of highest-grossing films of the year...More

The number one movie this week is "Luck.Key" (럭키)...More

"Lucky.Key" opens its account and scores...

Lee Gye-byeok's sophomore film, "Lucky.Key", was officially released on Thursday and shot to the top by capturing 68.2% of the box office pie. Lee's drama, which stars Yoo Hae-jin, Lee Joon and Jo Yoon-hee, attracted 1.6 million filmgoers from 1,158 screens to dislodge Tim Burton's dark fantasy flick from pole position...More

The number one movie this week is "Luck.Key" (럭키)...More

The movie "Luck.Key" came in first on its first day.

According to the Korean Film Council, "Luck.Key" rounded up about 214,056 audiences on the 13th. It easily beat "Miss Granny" which recorded 143,843 on the day of its release...More

Tim Burton's "Miss Peregrine" and "Breathe" trump "The City of Madness"...

It's been weeks since a foreign film topped the charts in Korea, but after entering the fray in second place last week, Tim Burton's dark fantasy drama, "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" (starring Eva Green), managed to top the charts with 660,702 admissions (35.3%). Last weekend, Burton's latest, which is based on Ransom Riggs' 2011 novel of the same name, entered in second place with 23.5% of the sales from 810 screens, but an increase in screens to just under 900 helped propel the film to the top as its total tally in Korea moves to 1.9 million ($14.6 million)...More

The number one movie this week is "Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children"...More

"The Age of Shadows" falls to "The City of Madness"...

Kim Seong-su's fourth film, "Asura: The City of Madness", arrived at the end of last month and has risen to the top of Korea's box office during the first weekend of October. The film, which stars Jung Woo-sung, Hwang Jung-min, Joo Ji-hoon and Kwak Do-won, captured 43.8% of the box office pie (1 million admissions from 1,278 screens) to claim the top spot from last weekend's winner, Korea's official Oscar submission, "The Age of Shadows"...More

The number one movie this week is "Asura: The City of Madness" (아수라)...More

Korea's Oscar submission approaches 7 million admissions...

The last weekend of September was a relatively subdued affair, but the country's official Oscar submissions, Kim Jee-woon's "The Age of Shadows", was still able to secure pole position by capturing 38.6% of the box office pie. From the 1,105 screens allocated, "The Age of Shadows" recorded 459,046 admissions (38.6%) which moved its bottom line now to just under 7 million (6.8 million admissions/$51 million)...More

The number one movie this week is "The Age of Shadows" (밀정)...More

"The Age of Shadows" looms large in the wake of the Chuseok festivities...

Kim Jee-woon's historical action flick, "The Age of Shadows", Korea's official submission to the Oscars, retained pole position over the weekend and moved its total tally passed the 6 million admissions mark. South Korea recently celebrated one of its biggest national holidays, the harvest festival Chuseok, and over 2 million filmgoers (38.6%) came out to see Song Kang-ho, Gong Yoo, and Han Ji-min feature in Kim's latest outing. Last weekend, "The Age of Shadows" captured 41% of the box office pie, and with the weekend's admissions added, the film's new bottom line pushes it to number seven in the list of the country's highest-grossing films...More

The number one movie this week is "The Age of Shadows" (밀정)...More

Korea's official Oscar submission wows local audiences...

After a month-long run as Korea's number one, Kim Seong-hun's action thriller "Tunnel" (Ha Jung-woo, Bae Doona, Oh Dal-soo) was finally dethroned over the weekend following the release of a string of new films. The most successful of which came in the form of Kim Jee-woon's latest, "The Age of Shadows": Korea's official submissions to next year's Oscars...More

The number one movie this week is "The Age of Shadows" (밀정)...More

The disaster flick "Tunnel" hit the 7 million mark in cinema attendance on Tuesday, according to the film's distributor Showbox.

The film has maintained the top spot at the box office since its release on Aug. 10, the longest record this year...More

"Tunnel" eyes 7 million admissions...

"Tunnel", Kim Seong-hun's adaptation of So Jae-won's novel, is still leading the pack and remains unmoved as Korea's film of choice. Released early in the second week of August, Kim's third film (after "A Hard Day" and "How the Lack of Love Affects Two Men") has managed to fend off its cinematic rivals to claim its fourth straight week at the top of the charts. 344,729 admissions were added to the "Tunnel"'s total tally during the first week of September which brings the film's bottom line now to 6.9 million admissions, making it the fourth highest-grossing film released in Korea this year...More

The number one movie this week is "Tunnel" (터널)...More

The "Tunnel" enjoys its third weekend at the top of the pile...

Kim Seong-hun's action thriller "Tunnel" enjoyed a third straight weekend at the top of Korean box office this past weekend by attracting 665,351 admissions (20.8%). "Tunnel", Kim's third film after "A Hard Day" (2013) and "How the Lack of Love Affects Two Men" (2006), is based on So Jae-won's novel of the same name and stars Ha Jung-woo, Bae Doona and Oh Dal-soo. The film has sold 6.2 million admissions and is currently the sixth highest-grossing film released in Korea this year...More

The number one movie this week is "Tunnel" (터널)...More

Local literary adaptations take the top spots...

Kim Seong-hun's action thriller "Tunnel" retained the top spot over the weekend and moved its total admissions count now to over 5 million. "Tunnel", based on So Jae-won's novel of the same name, was released on 10 August and shot to number one during its first weekend out with almost 2 million admissions. The foot traffic has tapered off since last weekend, but Kim's claustrophobic thriller was still able to maintain a clear lead by attracting more than double the stubs of its nearest competitor, another local literary adaptation...More

Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2016.08.19 ~ 2016.08.21http://www.hancinema.net/korean_boxoffice.php

The number one movie this week is "Tunnel" (터널)...More

"Tunnel" dethrones "The Last Princess" and takes the crown...

Kim Seong-hun's action thriller "Tunnel" arrived last week and managed to capture 40% of box office pie and dislodge "The Last Princess" at the top of the pile. Last weekend Heo Jin-ho's historical melodrama (aka "Princess Deokhye") attracted 1.1 million filmgoers across 964 screens to take pole position; despite following that good opening with another 966,862 admissions here (21%), which moved its total tally now to 3.5 million ($25.6 million), Heo's latest was forced into second place after the "Tunnel" arrived on the scene and attracted 1.8 million admissions ($13.8 million) from 1,091 screens...More

The number one movie this week is "Tunnel" (터널)...More

"The Last Princess" outmaneuvers "Operation Chromite" for pole position...

Heo Jin-ho's historical melodrama, "The Last Princess", arrived in theaters on Wednesday and narrowly outplayed John H. Lee's controversial war drama, "Operation Chromite". Last weekend, "Operation Chromite" captured 36.5% of the sales (1.8 million admissions) to claim pole position; week two, however, saw Lee's latest slip to second with 1 million admissions (22%) after "The Last Princess" attracted 1.1 million admissions (24%) from 963 screens around the country...More

The number one movie this week is "The Last Princess" (덕혜옹주)...More

"Operation Chromite" overtakes "Train to Busan" as Korea's number one...

John H. Lee's war story "Operation Chromite" entered the fray last week and managed to displace Yeon Sang-ho's action thriller ("Train to Busan") to claim pole position. Last weekend Yeon's atypical zombie flick dominated proceedings by capturing 75% of the sales (3.2 million admissions), but week two for Yeon's first live action flick saw it slip one place to second as "Operation Chromite" enjoyed a successful opening weekend by capturing 1.7 million admissions (36.5) from 1,048 screens...More

Posters for "Operation Chromite" at a multiplex in Samseong-dong, Seoul on Sunday

The clunky Korea-War movie "Operation Chromite" drew more than 2 million moviegoers in the first five days to soar to the top of the box office.

The film, which features Liam Neeson as Gen. Douglas MacArthur, ran ahead of "Train to Busan" and the latest installment of the Jason Bourne franchise...More

The number one movie this week is "Operation Chromite" (인천상륙작전)...More

All aboard the "Train to Busan"...

Yeon Sang-ho's action thriller "Train to Busan" was officially released last Wednesday and over the weekend it enjoyed one of biggest opening weekend hauls of the year. Yeon's first live action film captured 75% of the box office pie from over 1,785 screens around the country. That's an incredible 3.2 million admissions (or $24 million) in just one weekend...More

The number one movie this week is "Train to Busan" (부산행)...More

"Now You See Me 2" and "Train to Busan" arrive and shine...

"Finding Dory" got off to a great start last weekend by shooting to the top of the chart with over 800,000 admissions, but two new features have since entered the fray and pulled ahead of Pixar's latest adventure...More

The number one movie this week is "Now You See Me 2"...More

Dory finds a way to beat "The Man Who Sells the River"...

Disney and Pixar's sequel to "Finding Nemo" (2003), "Finding Dory", arrived in theatres last week and-as expected-dominated box offices around the world. In Korea, the film was allocated over a thousand screens around the country and from them captured 32% of the box office pie (825,131 admissions) to come out on top during a very competitive season. "Finding Dory" has already sold over a million admissions ($7.3 million) since Wednesday, and, worldwide, it's grossed over $642.8 million (the film was produced for an estimated $200 million). "Finding Dory" is on track to becoming one of the highest-grossing films of the year...More

The number one movie this week is "Finding Dory"...More

The film "Bounty Hunters" starring Lee Min-ho posted W20.5 billion in ticket sales in just four days since the release in China on Friday (US$1=W1,148...More

Three new entries take over at the top...

There was a major reshuffle at the top of Korea's box office over the weekend as three new films entered the fray and capture over 60% of the box office pie. Last week's number one, "Independence Day: Resurgence" by Roland Emmerich, was bumped to fourth after "Familyhood", "The Legend of Tarzan", and "The Hunt" came in and conquered the podium...More

The number one movie this week is "Familyhood" (굿바이 싱글)...More

"Independence Day: Resurgence" arrives and thrives under Korean conditions...

It's been two decades since Roland Emmerich's aliens met Will Smith in "Independence Day", but now the invading extraterrestrials and back for another attack on our Pale Blue Dot. "Independence Day: Resurgence", also directed by Emmerich, but still short a Smith, arrived in Korea on Wednesday and landed firmly in first place with 695,000 admissions (35.7%) across 926 screens...More

The number one movie this week is "Independence Day: Resurgence"...More

Disney's "The Jungle Book" remains king...

Jon Favreau's "The Jungle Book" retained pole position over the weekend by capturing 27.3% of the box office pie. From the 898 screens allocated, "The Jungle Book" attracted 619 thousand admissions bringing its total to 4.6 million admissions ($12.6 million) since its release two weeks ago. Walt Disney's digitally refreshed version of this classic tale was produced for an estimated $175 million; worldwide, it's already grossed $922.4 million and is fast on its way to reaching the billion-dollar mark...More

The number one movie this week is "The Jungle Book"...More

"The Wailing", directed by Na Hong-jin, attracted some 5.82 million moviegoers last month to top the local box office, according to the Korea Film Council on Wednesday...More

"The Handmaiden" submits to "The Jungle Book" and "Warcraft"...

Park Chan-wook's latest thriller, "The Handmaiden", was released two weeks ago where it entered at the top with 1.2 million admissions. Week two for Park's critically acclaimed film, however, saw it swiftly overtaken by two foreign flicks: Disney's "The Jungle Book" and fantasy flick "Warcraft"...More

The number one movie this week is "The Jungle Book"...More

Park Chan-wook's "The Handmaiden" suppresses Marvel's mutants...

Park Chan-wook's latest film, "The Handmaiden", starring Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, and Ha Jung-woo, was officially released last Wednesday and dislodged Marvel's "X-Men: Apocalypse" at the top of the pile. Last weekend the latest "X-Men" film entered the chart and occupied first place with 1.1 million admissions going its way (51%). Park's much-anticipated thriller, however, shot to the top in its first weekend out by capturing 47% of the box office pie. From 1,167 screens, and fresh after its successful run at the Cannes Film Festival, where it received favourable reviews from critics and filmgoers alike, "The Handmaiden" attracted 1.2 million admissions to top the chart during its first weekend out on home soil...More

The number one movie this week is "The Handmaiden" (아가씨)...More

"X-Men: Apocalypse" muffles "The Wailing" for the win...

The ninth film in Marvel Comic's "X-Men" series ("X-Men: Apocalypse") arrived in Korea last Wednesday, dovetailing nicely with the success of "Captain America: Civil War". "X-Men: Apocalypse" sold 1.1 million admissions (51.2%) across 1,258 screens to oust Na Hong-jin's "The Wailing" and so denying it a third straight week at the top of tpile. Marvel's latest did this by securing nearly $9 million over the weekend with second place, "The Wailing", pulling in roughly half that...More

The number one movie this week is "X-Men: Apocalypse"...More

"The Wailing" screams to 4.5 million admissions...

Na Hong-jin's mystery thriller "The Wailing" managed to retained pole position over the penultimate weekend of May. The film entered the fray last week where it dislodged Marvel's "Captain America: Civil War" at the top of the pile by capturing 64% of the box office pie. This week, "The Wailing" claimed 1.3 million admissions (58.3%) across 1,391 screens to move its total tally to 4.5 million. Since its release mid-May, Na Hong-jin's third flick (the other films include the critically acclaimed "The Yellow Sea" and iconic "The Chaser") has grossed $31.3 million...More

The number one movie this week is "The Wailing" (곡성)...More

Na Hong-jin's new thriller trumps Marvel's "Civil War"...

Na Hong-jin's much-anticipated new mystery thriller, "The Wailing" (starring Kwak Do-won, Hwang Jung-min, and Chun Woo-hee), arrived in theaters last Thursday and over the weekend rose to the top of the chart by dislodging "Captain America: Civil War" and so denied Marvel's latest a third straight week in pole position. Na Hong-jin's two previous films ("The Yellow Sea" and "The Chaser") received critical acclaim when they came out in 2010 and 2008 respectively, and his third film enjoyed a promising start by amassing 1.8 million admissions (64%) across 1,481 screens...More

The number one movie this week is "The Wailing" (곡성)...More

"Civil War" continues to dominate despite a host of new challengers...

Marvel's latest outing continued to reign supreme atop the Korea box office, but a string of new releases shuffled the rest of the pack considerably. This latest superhero flick was released in Korea late last month and topped the charts its frist weekend out by capturing over 90% of the box office pie. Over the weekend, Marvel's mighty movie added another 1.5 million admissions (64.8%) to bring it total tally now to 7.3 million ($52.7 million). Worldwide, "Captain America: Civil War" has, to date, banked an incredible $678.4 million...More

The number one movie this week is "Captain America: Civil War"...More

Marvel's "Civil War" takes no prisoners...

Marvel Studios' much-anticipated "Captain America: Civil War" arrived in Korea last Wednesday and over the weekend this blockbuster was the only game in town. The film was allocated an incredible 1,990 screens and attracted 2.7 million filmgoers for a whopping 90.5% of the box office pie. Already "Civil War" has amassed 3.9 million admissions in Korea alone ($28.7 million), and globally Marvel's latest superhero flick has banked over $200 million. Western superhero films are very popular the world over, and Korea is no exception, and its dominance over the weekend left very little for the rest of fray to fight over...More

The number one movie this week is "Captain America: Civil War"...More

"Time Renegades" stays put at the top...

kwak Jae-Yong's thriller "Time Renegades", starring Im Soo-jung, Jo Jung-suk and Lee Jin-wook, retained pole position over the last weekend despite a slight drop in its dominance from 29% to 25%. Last weekend Kwak's film entered the fray and attracted 336 thousand to its screens (733); its second weekend out, however, saw that figure slip to 239 thousand, moving its total tally now to just under a million admissions ($6.7 million)...More

The number one movie this week is "Time Renegades" (시간이탈자)...More

Local films stage a comeback led by "Time Renegades"...

The second weekend of April (8-10) had just the one local film in the top ten, Lee Cheol-ha's "Insane", but Korean films have made a comeback as three new homegrown flicks entered the fray. Last weekend it was Lee's mystery thriller that took pole position with just under 30% of the box office pie, but it was kwak Jae-Yong's thriller "Time Renegades" with Im Soo-jung, Jo Jung-suk, and Lee Jin-wook that took the honours over the past weekend...More

The number one movie this week is "Time Renegades" (시간이탈자)...More

The movie "Time Renegades" went straight to the top of the Box Office.

According to the Korean Film Council, "Time Renegades" drew in 155,851 viewers with 3,299 screenings at 672 theaters. The accumulated number seems to be 168,116...More

Local thriller "Insane" comes out on top as DC's heroes free fall...

The aftermath of "Batman v Superman" has not been kind to DC's crossover collision as admissions counts continue to drop despite the film's initial hype and massive fanbase. Last weekend the bombastic action of DC's latest enjoyed its second weekend out atop the Korean box office, but week three for Zack Snyder's superhero film was incredibly underwhelming...More

The number one movie this week is "Insane" (날,보러와요)...More

The movie "Insane" made it to the top of the Box Office on its release.

According to the Korean Film Council, "Insane" scored a record of 46,747 on the first day of its release...More

DC's superhero showdown loses steam...

Zack Snyder's "Batman v Superman" has grossed over $682 million worldwide and become the country's film of choice when it arrived in Korea late March by capturing nearly 70% of the box office pie. Week two for Snyder's showdown was significantly less impressive; although the film still managed to retain the top spot, it did so with just 344 thousand admissions (35%) and was almost denied a second week in pole position by the Disney's "Zootopia" on 293 thousand (29%)...More

The number one movie this week is "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice"...More

Korean Box Office Hit "Veteran" Debuts on Dvd And Blu-ray April 5, 2016
 
Featuring International Star Hwang Jung-min ("Ode to My Father")
 
South Korean box office sensation Veteran releases on DVD and Blu-ray on April 5, 2016. The film is a hard-hitting crime thriller with a comedic touch from award-winning director Ryoo Seung-wan ("The Unjust")...More

"Batman v Superman" overruns "Zootopia"...

DC's much-anticipated superhero brawl, "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", has made millions over the past few days as filmgoers and comic book fans around the world flocked to their closest theatres to catch these two iconic titans clash. In Korea, the film was released on Thursday and was given an incredible 1,696 screens, from which it attracted 1.1 million admissions to capture 68% of the box office pie. Worldwide, "Batman v Superman" has already grossed over $424 million...More

The number one movie this week is "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice"...More

"Zootopia" gets more screens and scores...

"Zootopia" was released in Korea mid-February and for the first three weeks it sat in third place; after its America release, however, the film shot to number one. This past weekend "Zootopia" (also known as "Zootropolis") banked another 358 thousand admissions ($2.5 million) to bring its total tally in Korea now to 2.8 million ($18.7 million; 30%). Worldwide, Byron Howard and Rich Moore's "Zootopia" has grossed over $591 million...More

The number one movie this week is "Zootopia"...More

Disney's "Zootopia" claws its way to the top...

Walt Disney's "Zootopia" arrived in Korea mid-February and for the first three weeks it has steadily occupied third place. Films like "A Violent Prosector", "Deadpool", and "Spirits' Homecoming" have managed to outperform Disney's latest, the company's 55th animated feature, but the film found new impetus in the wake of its American release (March 4) and has now climbed to the top of Korea's box office during its fourth week out...More

The number one movie this week is "Zootopia"...More

A moviegoer selects "Spirits' Homecoming" at a ticket booth at a theater in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul on Tuesday. /Yonhap

A film depicting the lives of women forced into sexual slavery for Japanese troops during World War II is set to draw more than 3 million viewers.

"Spirits' Homecoming" directed by Cho Jung-lae racked up the highest advance-ticket sales even before it opened, and the number of theaters showing the movie rose from 513 on opening day on Feb. 24 to 876 a week later...More

"Spirits' Homecoming" still rules ahead of International Women's Day...

Cho Jung-rae's timely drama about the treatment of Korean women during Japanese occupation, "Spirits' Homecoming", retained the top spot over the weekend ahead of International Women's Day on Tuesday. "Spirits' Homecoming" dislodged "Deadpool" at the top when it was released late February, and week two for Cho's touching tale saw it retain pole position with 600 thousand admissions (26.6%) which moveds its bottom line to $16.5 million (2.6 million admissions)...More

The number one movie this week is "Spirits' Homecoming" (귀향)...More

"Deadpool" makes way for "Spirits' Homecoming"...

Marvel's manic man "Deadpool" had to take a step back this past weekend in the wake of Cho Jung-rae's timely drama on Korea's 'comfort girls'. "Spirits' Homecoming" tells the tragic tale of a group of girls who were abused during Japan's occupation of Korea and the relationships that helped carry them through. The film was released last Wednesday and from the 793 screens allocated it accumulated 766 thousand admissions (30.4%). This touching and important drama stars Kang Ha-na, Choi Ri, Son Sook and Seo Mi-ji and is the third feature by Cho after "Foulball" (2015) and "Du-re Sori Story" (2011)...More

The number one movie this week is "Spirits' Homecoming" (귀향)...More

The market share of Korean films in January was a disappointing 45.6 percent, according to the Korean Film Council.

The number of viewers of Korean films was 7.63 million, and ticket sales were worth W60 billion, down 45.6 percent and 45.5 percent from a year ago (US$1=W1,235)...More

"Deadpool" dislodges "A Violent Prosector" at the top...

For the past two weeks Lee Il-hyeong's crime drama "A Violent Prosecutor" has been flying high atop Korea's box office, but week three for Lee's blockbuster saw that string of pole positions broken by the latest superhero film to come our of Marvel Studios...More

The number one movie this week is "Deadpool"...More

"A Violent Prosecutor" cruises to 8 million over Valentine's Day weekend...

Lee Il-hyeong's "A Violent Prosecutor" retained pole position after putting in another dominate performance at the box office. Last weekend the film capture 73.7% of the box office pie, and week two for Lee's hit saw it claim and additional 1.3 million admissions (61%) to move its bottom line now to 8 million admissions, or $53 million. That's an incredible effort as the film races towards the 10 million admissions mark in record time...More

The number one movie this week is "A Violent Prosecutor" (검사외전)...More

"A Violent Prosecutor" shows No Mercy at the top...

Lee Il-hyeong's "A Violent Prosecutor" dominated its first weekend out by capturing 73.7% of the box office pie and banking nearly $16 million. This comedy crime drama stars Hwang Jung-min as a wrongful accused investigator who gets help in prison from a fraudster (Gang Dong-won) in an attempt to clear his name. The film was allocated a massive 1,701 screens (close to double that of its closest rival) and from them attracted 2.3 million filmgoers to top the chart and dislodge last weekend's number one, "Kung Ju Panda 3"...More

The number one movie this week is "A Violent Prosecutor" (검사외전)...More

A crime comedy starring top actors Hwang Jung-min and Gang Dong-won looks set to be the unchallenged box office leader over the Lunar New Year holiday...More

"The Revenant" falls hard as "Kung Fu Panda 3" hits...

DreamWorks Animation's third installment of the "Kung Fu Panda" series of films came to Korean screens last Thursday and dominated proceedings over the weekend. "Kung Fu Panda 3" had a massive 1,364 screens from which to pool and from them captured 63% of the box office pie (1.3 million admissions). The film was made for around $145 million, and worldwide the film has already grossed $116.7 million...More

The number one movie this week is "Kung Fu Panda 3"...More

"The Revenant" keeps going despite "A Melody to Remember"...

The grizzly and gruelling "The Revenant" survived a narrowed encounter with Lee Han's "A Melody to Remember" (starring Im Si-wan and Go Ah-sung) to defend the top spot over the weekend. "The Revenant", director by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, has been nominated across an impressive number of categories for the upcoming Oscars, receiving twelve nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and (here's DiCaprio hoping) Best Actor...More

The number one movie this week is "The Revenant"...More

"Star Wars" disappears, "The Himalayas" begins its descent, and "The Revenant" rises...

The Oscar-nominated "The Revenant" (starring Leonardo DiCaprio) entered at the top of the Korean box office this past weekend. This gritty and intense thriller arrived last Thursday and topped the weekend chart with 694 thousand admissions (35.2%) from across 966 screens. Critics and fans alike have praised director Alejandro G. Iñárritu's efforts, and the Academy recently confirmed its excellence by nominating it in twelve categories, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor...More

The number one movie this week is "The Revenant"...More

"The Good Dinosaur" comes out on top, "The Himalayas" still strong, and "The Force" has run its course...

Disney and Pixar's latest, "The Good Dinosaur", doesn't quite live up to the high standard these studios have set in the past, but that didn't stop this prehistoric adventure from rising to the top of the pile in South Korea over the weekend. For the past few weeks, "The Himalayas" and "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" have been battling it out at the top (with the former firmly holding the high ground), but the second weekend of the year saw a slight slowdown in terms of the number of admissions sold as "The Good Dinosaur" and a re-release of "Inside Men" took the honours on offer...More

The number one movie this week is "The Good Dinosaur"...More

"The Himalayas" enjoys its third week at the top while The Force fades...

Lee Seok-hoon's thrilling drama "The Himalayas" retained pole position moving into 2016. For the past two weeks, Lee's fifth feature has managed to quell "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" to deny this transnational sub-guzzler the right to rule in Korea over the festive season...More

The number one movie this week is "The Himalayas" (히말라야)...More

"The Himalayas" proves insurmountable for "Star Wars"...

J.J. Abrams' "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" continued its record-breaking run worldwide over Christmas; the film, the seventh in "Star Wars" series, has now grossed an incredible $1.1 billion since its release mid-December (the fastest to do so), but only $18.6 million of that has come from South Korean audiences...More

The number one movie this week is "The Himalayas" (히말라야)...More

"The Force Awakens" in Korea to a lukewarm reception as "The Himalayas" comes out on top...

 J. J. Abrams' "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" has been shattering box office records as millions flocked to catch the latest in this billion-dollar franchise. Already the film has made over half-a-billion dollars worldwide ($517 million), but how strong was the force in South Korea? Surprisingly, it was not Abrams saber-spangled spectacle that captured the hearts and minds of Koreans this past weekend; instead, it was Lee Seok-hoon's down-to-earth drama "The Himalayas" with Hwang Jung-min...More

The number one movie this week is "The Himalayas" (히말라야)...More

"Inside Men" moves closer to 6 million while "The Priests" counts its blessings...

Woo Min-ho's action drama "Inside Men" enjoyed yet another weekend atop the Korean box office, moving its total tally now 5.9 million admissions ($40.4 million). The film, which stars Lee Byung-hun, Cho Seung-woo, and Baek Yoon-sik, opened in Korea November 19 and has managed to ward off all challenges to remain the country's film of choice...More

The number one movie this week is "Inside Men" (내부자들)...More

"Inside Men" secures third straight weekend at the top...

 For the third week in a row Woo Min-ho's "Inside Men" has claimed the top spot at Korea's box office. Released on November 19, "Inside Men" first dislodged "The Priests" mid-November and has since gone on to bank just over $34 million (4.9 million admissions), 799 thousand admissions of which, or $5.7 million (45.6%), came from this past weekend...More

The number one movie this week is "Inside Men" (내부자들)...More

Local Delights Dominate as "Inside Men" and "The Priests" hold true at the top...

Woo Min-ho's "Inside Men" retained the top spot in the charts over the weekend and managed to increase its admissions share to 55.4%. The film, which stars Lee Byung-hun, Cho Seung-woo and Baek Yoon-sik, claimed 1.2 million admissions across 1,129 screens (up from last weekend's 1,075) to move its total tally to 3.5 million ($24 million). There was no real challenge to its dominance as its closest rival, "The Priests", earned the attention of just 237 thousand moviegoers (10.8%)...More

The number one movie this week is "Inside Men" (내부자들)...More

"You Call It Passion" is currently in 2nd place at the Box Office.

According to the Korean Film Council, "You Call It Passion" has a total of 115,923 audiences with 45,870 on just one day, the 26th...More

"Inside Men" dislodges "The Priests" for first...

After three weeks at the top of the pile, Jang Jae-hyeon's mystery drama "The Priests" has given way to Woo Min-ho's third feature, "Inside Men". Last weekend "The Priests" topped the chart by claiming over a million admissions (47%), but in the wake of the release of Woo's new thriller, Jang's popular flick slipped to second with 487 thousand admissions (20%). Since its release early November, "The Priests" (starring Kim Yun-seok and Gang Dong-won) has attracted over 4.4 million filmgoers and banked over $30 million in the process...More

The number one movie this week is "Inside Men" (내부자들)...More

"The Priests" holds up against Mendes' "Spectre"...

Jang Jae-hyeon's murder mystery "The Priests" retained pole position during its second week out having defending the top spot against the incoming "Spectre". Last weekend, "The Priests" (formerly known as "Black Priest") dominated during its first weekend by capturing 62% of the sales, week two for Jang Jae-hyeon's directorial debut saw that slip to 49% with a million tickets sold. The film, which stars Kim Yun-seok and Gang Dong-won, has, since its release on the fifth of this month, grossed over $23.6 million...More

The number one movie this week is "The Priests" (검은 사제들)...More

Jang Jae-hyeon's "The Priests" clean up at the top...

Jang Jae-hyeon's debut feature film "The Priest" entered at the top of the pile by capturing a domineering 62% of the box office pie over the weekend. The local film made its debut last Thursday, and from the 1,088 screens it was allocated managed to attract over 1.4 million filmgoers. Formerly known as "Black Priests", the film has been lightly compared to the iconic "Exorcist" film, and, more locally, the film conjures up images of Park Chan-wook's bloodly vampire film "Thirst". In "The Priests", Kim Yun-seok and Gang Dong-won play two Catholic priests who become involved in a disturbing mystery the can't forsake...More

The number one movie this week is "The Priests" (검은 사제들)...More

Movie "Fatal Intuition" with Joo Won topped box office for six days straight.

According to Korea Film Council on November 3rd, "Fatal Intuition" brought 57,234 moviegoers to theaters for one day on November 2nd and recorded 685,403 viewers in total, which has placed the movie at the top of box office. This means that "Fatal Intuition" has maintained the top place at box office for six days straight...More

New local and foreign flicks shake things up…

The box office was abuzz this past week as a host of new entries came and complicated the fray and shook things up from top to bottom. Last weekend Kim Bong-joo's action thriller "The Phone" (starring Son Hyun-joo) topped the chart by capturing 32% of the pie; this week, however, it was nudged down a notch with the release of Yoon Joon-hyeong's new thriller "Fatal Intuition"...More

The number one movie this week is "Fatal Intuition" (그 놈이다)...More

"The Phone" sends "The Martian" packing...

Kim Bong-joo's action thriller, "The Phone", starring Son Hyun-joo and Uhm Ji-won, was released last week and came out on top over the weekend as Korea's top pick. Kim's tale of a man struggling to make sense of his wife's death was allocated 794 screens around the country, and from those screenings managed to dislodge "The Martian" at the top of the pile with 613 thousand admissions going its way (31.7%). Ridley Scott's adaptation of Andy Weir's 2011 novel has already grossed $384 million worldwide, and since its release in Korea on the 8th of this month, "The Martian" has attracted nearly 4 million filmgoers ($28.5 million), 534 thousand of which came from this past weekend...More

The number one movie this week is "The Phone" (더 폰)...More

"The Martian" isn't going anywhere…

Ridley Scott's sci-fi epic, "The Martian", managed to remain at the top of the box office pile without much fuss or competition. "The Martian", based on Andy Weir's 2011 novel, and adapted by Drew Goddard, saw 819 thousand filmgoers come out and support its cause across 1,040 screens around the country, which meant that this popular space thriller captured over 46% of the box office pie during its second week out in Korea...More

The number one movie this week is "The Martian"...More

"The Martian" arrives and conquers...

After entering the fray last weekend in pole position, Nancy Meyers' "The Intern" had to take a step back in light of the next big space thriller to come out of Hollywood: "The Martian". Ridley Scott's adaptation of Andy Weir's novel was released in the States earlier this month, and has already grossed over $227 million worldwide, but arrived in Korea last Thursday and was given 1,132 screens to pool from. This epic space thriller has been well-received by critics and cinephiles alike (especially space junkies and science fans), and in Korea close to 1.5 million tickets were sold over its first weekend out...More

The number one movie this week is "The Martian"...More

"The Intern" rises to the top while Ryoo Seung-wan's "Veteran" breaks another record…

Nancy Meyers' "The Intern" has dislodged Lee Joon-ik's popular period piece "The Throne" to become the country's new number one. Lee's latest has been sitting pretty at the top for three weeks now, and since its release mid-August it's managed to amass a total tally of 5.5 million admissions, 492 thousand of which came from this past weekend. But a second week in the charts has helped raised Meyer's film to the top in a tightly contested weekend where the podium placements could have gone either way...More

The number one movie this week is "The Intern"...More

Lee Joon-ik's "The Throne" still reigns supreme…

For the second week in a row, Lee Joon-ik's timely period piece "The Throne" has claimed the top spot by adding another 1.2 million admissions to its total tally. Lee's depiction of the cruel fate of Prince Sado entered the charts on the 16th, and, with the Chuseok weekend included, now stands at 3.5 million admissions ($23.9 million). "The Throne" had to compete with a string of new releases leading up to Korea's harvest holiday but ultimately managed to capture 36.9% of the box office pie to remain in pole position...More

The number one movie this week is "The Throne" (사도)...More

"The Throne" takes its seat at the to...

Lee Joon-ik's "The Throne" and "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" were both released in Korea last week and race to the top of the pile as the filmgoing public to capture over 80% of the box office action. "The Throne" opened its account with 1.3 million admissions pooled from 1,210 screens while the latest in the "Maze Runner" series managed 849 admissions across 804...More

The number one movie this week is "The Throne" (사도)...More

"The Throne" is on the top of the Box Office.

According to the Korean Film Council, "The Throne" came in first with 223,395 audiences on the 17th. The accumulation is 488,100...More

Asia's leading studio CJ Entertainment, the signature film division of major media and content company CJ E&M, says that "Veteran", its latest Korean box office hit, is set to open in major cities across North America, including New York City, Chicago, Washington D.C. on September 17th and Vancouver and Toronto on the following day...More

"Ant-man" enjoys a second weekend at the top...

For the second week in a row Marvel's "Ant-Man" topped the South Korea box office and has now moved its total tally to 2.3 million admissions ($16 million). Release in Korea on the third, "Ant-Man" continues the superhero trend by bringing international audiences another incredible character from the Marvel's inexhaustible universe of heroes. Last weekend the film opened in first by capturing over 45% of the box office pie, and week two for Marvel's mighty mini man saw it retain the top spot by claiming 40.8% of sales (695 thousand admissions). Although a foreign flick topped the weekend's list of top performers, the home team occupied positions two through sixth with a variety of compelling local features, some of which are still writing their names into the record books...More

The number one movie this week is "Ant-Man"...More

Marvel's "Ant Man" makes a move on "Veteran"...

After weeks of local delights dominating, Marvel's latest superhero film, "Ant Man" by Peyton Reed, has managed to outperform the home team's frontrunners to top the chart. "Ant Man" was allocated 946 screens around the country, and from that pool it was able to attract an impressive 1.1 million filmgoers to its cause (45.7%). Peyton's effort made its debut in Los Angeles back in June, and has already grossed over $383 million, but only arrived in Korea last Thursday...More

The number one movie this week is "Ant-Man"...More

"Veteran" pushes past 10 million as local delights dominate...

Ryoo Seung-wan's "Veteran" added another million admissions (43%) over the weekend to write its total tally into the history books. For the past month Ryoo's popular crime drama has remained the country's film of choice and now moves onto an incredible 10.8 million admissions ($71.6 million). Only ten other Korean films have managed this impressive feat, including "The Admiral: Roaring Currents" (17.6), "Ode to My Father" (14.2), "The Thieves" (12.9), "Miracle in Cell No.7" (12.8), and "Masquerade" (12.3). The success of Ryoo's film has bumped "The King and the Clown" (10.5) out of this exclusive top ten, and soon "Veteran" will challenge "The Host" (10.9), "Haeundae" (11.3), "The Attorney" (11.3), and even this week's number three, Choi Dong-hoon's "The Assassination" (12.1). Each weekend since its release "Veteran" has managed to capture over 40% of the box office pie, and, to state the obvious, it's no done yet!...More

The number one movie this week is "Veteran" (베테랑)...More

"Veteran" eyes 10 million…

Ryoo Seung-wan's crime drama "Veteran" has once again emerged at the top of the pile as it enjoys a third week as Korea's number one. "Veteran" saw another sizeable weekend as it added 1.3 million admissions (43%) to move its total tally to just over 9 million ($59.1 million). Last weekend Ryoo's crime drama attracted a massive 2.2 million filmgoers, and the weekend before that saw 1.9 million flock to its screens, and now the films is poised to join an elite group of South Korea films that have claimed 10 million admissions...More

The number one movie this week is "Veteran" (베테랑)...More

"Veteran" watches from above as "The Assassination" makes history...

Ryoo Seung-wan's crime drama "Veteran", Choi Dong-hoon's "The Assassination", "Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation", and "Minions" all retained their place as Korea's films of choice at the top. Last weekend, these four managed to capture over 90% of the box office pie and have all now retained their place with 83% of the interest going their way. Once again "Veteran" led the charge, and actually managed to outdo itself in week two by attracting an impressive 2.2 million filmgoers to its screens. With this past weekend done and dusted, Ryoo's popular flick moves its total tally now to 6.6 million, or $44 million...More