“Squid Game” star Lee Jung-jae’s directorial debut film “Hunt” continued its success at the box office in South Korea. The espionage movie achieved another milestone when its total admissions reached three million on Aug. 21. Lee Jung-jae and Jung Woo-sung in "Hunt" (Megabox Plus M)...
Tom Cruise’s “Top Gun: Maverick” and Chris Hemsworth’s “Thor: Love and Thunder” topped the monthly box office in South Korea for July with a combined gross of $62.26 million. According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), which tracks box office receipts, “Top Gun: Maverick,”...
The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) released the list of the top-grossing films in South Korea in June. “The Roundup,” the Korean action film starring ng Ma Dong-seok and Son Seok-koo released on May 18, emerged as the No. 1 top-grossing film in South Korea in June with 5.2 million in total...
The Korean film “The Roundup” and Marvel’s “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” were the top-grossing movies in South Korea in May with a combined total gross of $107 million. “The Roundup” is an action film starring Ma Dong-seok, Son Seok-koo, and Choi Gwi-hwa that was...
“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” and “Morbius” topped the box office for the month of April in South Korea. The Korean Film Council (KOFIC), which tracks box office receipts, released the list of the top-grossing films in Korea for April. “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of...
The Korean movie “The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure” and the American film “Uncharted” topped the monthly box office in South Korea in February 2022. According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), which tracks box office receipts, cinema admissions in February totaled 3.26 million, down...
“The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure,” starring Kang Ha-neul and Han Hyo-joo, set a record by becoming the first movie to sell one million tickets among all films released in South Korea this year. The adventure movie also stars Lee Kwang-soo, Kwon Sang-woo, EXO’s Sehun, Chae Soo-bin,, Kim...
Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) spokesperson Noel Ferrer insists the yearly shindig is doing relatively well despite reports of supposed low turnout during its opening day. Taking to Facebook, Noel cited cinema operators as stating the Dec. 25 opening of the festival has been their highest...
The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) released the list of the top-grossing films in South Korea for the month of November 2021. In the 10 top-grossing films in South Korea for November, six are American films and four are from South Korea. (Clockwise from top left) “Eternals,” “Dune,” “Perhaps...
Sci-fi thriller "Dune" saw its ticket sales drop in its second weekend out but still held its lead in the North American box office, with an estimated take of $15.5 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday. The Warner Bros. version of the classic Frank Herbert opus lost 62...
American films dominated the monthly box office in South Korea in October, according to numbers from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC). In the 10 top-grossing films in Korea in October, six were from the US, two from South Korea and two from Japan. (Clockwise from top left) “Venom: Let There Be...
'The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It' (Warner Bros) “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It,” the sequel to “The Conjuring,” has topped the box office in South Korea for four days and has grossed $3 million. In the film, Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson reprise their roles as...
