DreamWorks’ 'How to Train Your Dragon' topped the South Korean box office over the June 6–8 weekend with $4 million.

South Korean cinema last year squeezed out a gain of 14% compared with 2020, but 2021’s major box office honors went to foreign movies, not the normally dominant local film sector. Aggregate ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Vos MacDonald ... it opened at the top of the local box office. Anticipated December releases include Seo Bok, starring ...

The No. 1 box office hit in 2024 was ... including films and cultural events in South Korea. You can contact him at baekby@koreatimes.co.kr to share your insights.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Asian ... the case that #Alive performed decently at the box office, it would send a desperately needed message ...

Korea’s box office reached 70% of pre-pandemic levels of revenue in the first half of 2023, according to data released by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC). Korean action film The Roundup ...

James Bond shot his way to the top spot at the South Korean box office, outgunning holdover and new release titles alike. But “No Time To Die” failed to revive Korea’s struggling theatrical ...

Korea uses admissions as the primary measure of box-office success, and the 10,000-admission mark is considered a blockbuster performance for indie and art-house works in a country with a ...

Korea primarily uses admissions to measure box-office performance, and only 10 films have ever managed to reach 10 million admissions, or a fifth of the country’s population of 50 million.

Fact-based action drama “12.12: The Day” won a fourth weekend at the South Korea box office and became the second highest grossing film of the year. The political thriller incurred a steep ...

South Korean police said on Wednesday that they had found evidence that the box office performance of 323 films over the past five years had been inflated. Seoul Metropolitan Police said that ...

Box office revenue in March 2020 was down 88% on 2019, at $12.4M. Korea in 2019 was the world’s 5th biggest market with a strong local business. This year so far it is in 8th place. Last week ...