Korean Box Office: British Invasion Shuts Out Local Films (2015 WK 9)

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By Pierce Conran Following the busy Lunar New Year holiday, admissions fell to 1.97 admissions over the weekend but the main victims were lo... Continue reading →

Korean Box Office: Detectives and Spies Lead Lunar New Year Weekend (2015 WK 8)

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By Pierce Conran Business shot up 70% over last week, as 3.88 million holiday spectators flooded the theaters, however that figure was over ... Continue reading →

Korean Box Office: DETECTIVE K 2 Opens Over Original (2015 WK 7)

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By Pierce Conran 2.25 million spectators shuffled into theaters during the weekend before the Lunar New Year holiday, which was better than ... Continue reading →

Korean Box Office: Soft Opening for C'EST SI BON Ahead of Lunar New Year (2015 WK 6)

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By Pierce Conran In the warm up to holidays, 1.81 million people visited theaters as a Korean film reclaimed the top of the charts. Local fi... Continue reading →

Reel Talk: Korea's Lunar New Year Contenders

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Every Friday I appear on a segment called Reel Talk for Arirang TV on the 2 o'clock news, mostly covering Korean cinema. The Lunar New ... Continue reading →

News: ODE TO MY FATHER Becomes 2nd Most Successful Korean Film of All Time

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By Pierce Conran Yesterday, JK Youn's Ode to My Father surpassed  The Host (2006) and The Thieves (2012) to become the second most s... Continue reading →

News: Record Sales & Slim Profits for Korean Film Industry in 2014

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By Pierce Conran South Korea's film industry topped the two trillion won mark for the first time in 2014, reaching 2.03 trillion won (U... Continue reading →

Korean Box Office: Heroes Top Fathers and Gangsters (2015 WK 5)

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By Pierce Conran A Hollywood film topped the Korean box office for the first time in 2015 while a pair of Korean blockbusters battled for s... Continue reading →

News: Chinese MISS GRANNY Set to Become Top Korean Film in China

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In its first four days, 20, Once Again! , the Chinese version of Korean hit  Miss Granny , topped China's box office with $19.9 million.... Continue reading →

News: ODE TO MY FATHER Joins the 10 Million Viewer Club

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After four weeks, JK Youn's blockbuster melodrama Ode to My Father joined the 10 million viewer club last night. It is the 11th Korean ... Continue reading →

News: Oh Dal-soo is the 100 Million Viewer Man

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We don't hear much news about Korea's wealth of talented supporting players but here's a nice little tidbit. Character actor Oh ... Continue reading →

News: ROARING CURRENTS Becomes All-Time Most Successful Korean Film

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By Pierce Conran Just shy of midnight on Friday, August 15th, period blockbuster Roaring Currents surpassed Avatar (2009) to become the a... Continue reading →

News: ROARING CURRENTS Lays Waste to Korean Box Office Records

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By Pierce Conran Roaring Currents has turned the Korean opening weekend record to rubble with 3.34 million admissions ($25.65 million) duri... Continue reading →

Korean Box Office: MISS GRANNY, FROZEN Lead Korea's Biggest Weekend

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By Pierce Conran It was a huge weekend for theaters during this year's Lunar New Year, the biggest in fact, with around five million tic... Continue reading →

Korean Box Office: Jeon Do-yeon No Match for The Hobbit

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Despite a major new local release, the Korean film industry was held at bay once again as the pairing of Jeon Do-yeon and Ko Soo wasn't ... Continue reading →

Korean Box Office: About Time Tops Slow Weekend

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Slow weekend for local releases with only 26% of the 1.62 million admissions going to domestic industry. Things were much rosier this time l... Continue reading →

Korean Box Office: Sci-fi AM 11:00 Clocks in Middling Debut

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With 1.77 million admissions, business was still a little down from this time last year (when admission topped two million) due to a lack of... Continue reading →

Korean Box Office: Friend 2 Wins Again as Hunger Games Fails to Catch Fire

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Business was a bit slow this past weekend as all the holdovers suffered heavy falls and none of the new releases caught fire. 1.85 million t... Continue reading →

Korean Box Office: Gangster Sequel Friend 2 Posts Solid Debut

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Compared with last year, business has been a little down but Korean films are as strong as ever as they commanded a 70% share over the past ... Continue reading →

Korean Box Office: Hide and Seek Ekes Out Another First Place (08/23-08/25, 2013)

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In the last weekend before many schools start their new terms, business had a last hurrah with 3.24 million tickets sold over the frame, app... Continue reading →