The Korean horror film “Exhuma” dominated the box office in South Korea in March, garnering 62 percent revenue share. According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), which tracks box office receipts, “Exhuma,” starring Choi Min-sik, Kim Go-eun, Yoo Hae-jin and Lee Do-hyun, bagged the...
Atty. Don Artes, 2023 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) chairman, is all smiles these days. And for good reason. The 49th edition of the film fest has already earned a whopping 700 million pesos in gross receipts. This is way, way better than the 2022 MMFF, which only earned 500 million pesos. And...
The Korean films “Concrete Utopia” and “Smugglers,” and the Hollywood film “Oppenheimer” are the top-grossing movies in August in South Korea. The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) released the rankings for the monthly box office for August. (Clockwise from top left) "Concrete...
Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” debuted at No. 1 at the box office in South Korea to achieve the highest opening on Liberation Day in the last five years. “Oppenheimer” opened in South Korea on Aug. 15, which was the National Liberation Day of Korea commemorating the day when...
The South Korean film industry posted the highest revenue in three years in 2022 since the pandemic. According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), which tracks box office receipts, there were 1,771 films released in South Korea in 2012, lower compared to 1,856 releases in 2021. (Clockwise from top...
“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...
