South Korea Box Office

[diskojustice]

I guess there is not a SK thread in Box Office Theory yet... So I created itWill update its history when time is given.

 

Post edited to add a selection of all time Korean Box Office Records:

 

>Top 20 most attended films (official record)

 

 

 

Spoiler

01. 17,610,893 Roaring Current (2014)

02. 14,257,259 Ode to my father (2014)
03. 13,624,328 Avatar (2009)
04. 13,019,740 The Host (2006)
05. 12,983,330 The Thieves (2012)
06. 12,811,206 Miracle in cell no.7 (2013)
07. 12,319,542 Masquerade (2012)
08. 12,302,831 King and the Clown (2005)
09. 11,746,135 Taegukgi: Brotherhood of war (2004)
10. 11,453,338 Haeundae (2009)
11. 11,375,944 The Attorney (2013)
12. 11,081,000 Silmido (2003)
13. 10,296,101 Frozen (2014)
14. 10,494,499 The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
15. 10,105,282 Interstellar (2014)
16. 9,349,991 Snowpiercer (2013)
17. 9,134,586 The Face reader (2013)
18. 9,001,309 Iron Man 3 (2013)
19. 8,665,503 The Pirates (2014)
20. 8,656,417 Miss Granny (2014)

 

 

>Top 20 highest grossing films (Official Record)

 

 

Spoiler

01. $131.56 million Roaring currents (2014)

02. $105.49 million Avatar (2009)
03. $99.99 million Ode to my father (2014)
04. $82.67 million The Thieves (2012)
05. $82.12 million The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
06. $81.88 million Miracle in cell no.7 (2013)
07. $81.83 million Masquerade (2012)
08. $77.80 million The Attorney (2013)
09. $76.83 million Frozen (2014)
10. $74.09 million Interstellar (2014)
11. $73.99 million King and the clown (2005)
12. $69.07 million Transformers: Dark of the moon (2011)
13. $64.41 million The Pirates (2014)
14. $64.21 million Iron Man 3 (2013)
15. $61.04 million The Face Reader (2013)
16. $59.80 million Snowpiercer (2013)
17. $58.26 million Miss Granny (2014)
18. $52.11 million Take Off (2008)
19. $51.07 million Mission Impossible: Ghost protocol (2011)
20. $50.68 million The Avengers (2012)

 

 

Top 10 Biggest Opening Weekend (3 day OW: Admissions)

 

 

 

Spoiler

01. 3,357,346 Roaring Currents (2014)

02. 2,819,054 The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
03. 2,370,385 Transformers: Dark side of the Moon (2011)
04. 2,267,694 Snowpiercer (2013)
05. 2,202,055 Iron man 3 (2013)
06. 2,137,079 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
07. 2,109,952 Kundo: Age of the rampant (2014)
08. 2,064,484 Secretly, Greatly (2012)
09. 2,004,142 The Thieves (2012)
10. 1,992,130 The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

 

 

Top 10 Biggest Opening Weekend (3 day OW: USD gross)

 

 

 

Spoiler

01. $25.76m Roaring Currents (2014)

02. $23.05m The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
03. $21.81m Transformers 3 (2011)
04. $16.50m Iron man 3 (2013)
05. $16.54m Kundo: Age of the rampant (2014)
06. $16,38m Spider-man 3 (2007)
07. $15,88m Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
08. $14.84m Snowpiercer (2013)
09. $13.20m Secretly, Greatly (2012)
10. $13.18m D-War (2007)

 

 

[Fullbuster]

I guess there is not a SK thread in Box Office Theory yet... So I created itWill update its history when time is given.

A Korean here Welcome :PAbout this BO, I can say it is big given its population $1.1B.The Amazing Spiderman seems to be successful there

 

A second edited post with stats from this year's Box Office (as of a few weeks ago so will be updated again soon possibly)

 

Top 50 films of 2015 (Admissions l Gross:KRW)

 

01. 10,494,499 l 88.58B The Avengers: Age of Ultron

03.   6,129,681 l 50.37B Kingsman: The Secret Service

04.   5,585,004 l 42.26B Northern Limit Line

05.   5,506,674 l 47.48B Jurassic World

06.   3,872,015 l 30.46B Detective K: Secret of the Lost Isle

07.   3,838,012 l 32.86B Mad Max: Fury Road

08.   3,247,955 l 26.45B Fast and Furious 7

09.   3,089,171 l 25.40B Terminator Genisys

10.   3,044,134 l 23.56B Twenty

11.   2,856,042 l 22.36B The Classified File

12.   2,801,949 l 21.99B Big Hero 6

13.   2,318,734 l 18.42B Spy

14.   2,192,525 l 17.36B The Chronicles of Evil

15.   2,192,172 l 17.72B Gangnam Blues

16.   2,066,206 l 16.32B Inside Out

17.   1,891,993 l 14.92B Love Forecast

18.   1,860,934 l 15.09B Taken 3

19.   1,743,936 l 13.66B Imitation Game 

20.   1,716,306 l 14.43B San Andreas

21.   1,714,803 l 13.57B C'est Ci Bon

22.   1,587,313 l 12.64B Whiplash

23.   1,472,006 l 11.99B Chinatown

24.   1,163,575 l   8.73B Salut d'Amour

25.   1,110,214 l   8.95B The Treacherous

26.   1,101,678 l   8.17B Night at the museum: Secret of the Tomb

27.      955,679 l   7.41B The Chronicle of a blood merchant

28.      855,980 l   6.99B The Deal

29.      798,260 l   6.17B The Piper 

30.      716,386 l   5.50B Cinderella

31.      645,197 l   5.01B Insidious 3 

32.      573,661 l   4.62B Chappie

33.      522,929 l   4.12B Granny's got talent

34.      503,968 l   3.68B Doraemon: Stand by me

35.      472,695 l   3.58B Enemies in Law

36.      469,891 l   3.74B Empire of Lust

37.      469,809 l   3.80B Pixels

38.      414,575 l   3.26B The Shameless

39.      387,409 l   2.86B Shoot me in the heart

40.      379,763 l   2.86B Minority Opinion

41.      364,415 l   2.92B 50 Shades of Grey

42.      360,556 l   2.69B Home

43.      356,154 l   2.75B The Silenced

44.      344,766 l   2.80B American Sniper

45.      326,887 l   2.46B Spongebob 3D

46.      325,016 l   2.69B Jupiter Ascending

47.      309,842 l   2.25B Paddington

48.      305,100 l   2.18B Wizard of Oz: Dorothy's Return

49.      298,298 l   2.29B Run all night

50.      283,300 l   2.10B Dino Time

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Edited August 11, 2015 by chasmmi
adding stats

[diskojustice]

Some notable foreign movies of 2012 BO record (-6/29, for a first half of 2012)It was pretty good half for SK domestic movies, not very good for foreigners (Only 6 movies in Top 20, including MI4)- The Avengers 51.85M (USD) / 7.09M (admission)- MIB3 23.77M / 3.37M -> Likely to end around 25m usd- Puss In Boots 15.22M / 2.06M- Battleship 14.40M / 2.24M- Madagascar 3 9.09M / 1.33M -> Likely to end around 12m- Journey 2 8.45M / 1.14M- Prometheus 7.44M / 0.96M- Wrath of the titan 6.61M / 0.89M- John Carter 6.28M / 0.83M- This Means War 5.77M / 0.87M- Snow White and the Huntsmen 4.04M / 0.64M- Hunger Game 3.90M / 0.61M- Titanic 3D 3.90M / 0.37M- Man on a Ledge 3.80M / 0.59M- Dark Shadows 3.77M / 0.58M- Mirror, Mirror 3.57M / 0.58M- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 3.04M / 0.44M- Lockout 2.88M / 0.45M- Chronicle 2.52M / 0.38M

 

And finally some genre specific stats:​

 

Highest attended movies by genre

 

Romance/Melodrama

 

1.   6,654,837 A werewolf boy (2012)
2.   6,619,498 200 pounds beauty (2006)
3.   4,598,583 All about my wife (2012)
4.   4,578,084 Mamma Mia! (2008)
5.   4,111,497 Architecture 101 (2012)
6.   3,392,514 About Time (2013)

 

7.   3,427,524 Begin Again (2014)
8.   3,009,356 Spellbound (2011)
9.   2,701,270 You're my sunshine (2005)
10. 2,684,798 Cyrano Agency (2010)
11. 2,654,817 Breaking dawn part.2 (2012)
12. 2,636,340 The Concubine (2012)
13. 2,475,797 Love911 (2012)
14. 2,290,709 All for love (2005)
15. 2,205,875 Thirst (2009)

 

 

Action/Adventure

 

1. 13,302,637 Avatar (2009)
2. 11,453,338 Haeundae (2009)

 

3.   8,666,046 The Pirates (2014)
4.   7,784,189 Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
5.   7,508,976 Mission Impossible-Ghost Protocol (2011)
6.   7,470,633 War of the Arrows (2011)
7.   7,402,732 Transformers (2007)
8.   7,393,443 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
9.   7,116,290 The Berlin File (2013)
10. 6,686,912 The good, the bad, the ugly (2008)
11. 6,178,467 The Man from Nowhere (2010)

 

12. 6,129,681 Kingsman: The Secret Service
13. 5,820,000 Swiri (1999)
14. 5,740,789 Mission Impossible 3 (2006)
15. 5,507,106 Secret Reunion (2010)

 

 

 

Comic Book Movies 

 

 

1.   10,494,499 The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
2.     9,001,309 Iron Man 3 (2013)

 

3.     7,074,867 The Avengers (2012)
4.     6,959,083 Secretly Greatly (2013)
5.     6,396,528 The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
6.     4,935,660 Spider-man 3 (2007)

 

7.     4,853,123 The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
8.     4,498,335 Iron Man 2 (2010)
9.     4,316,003 Iron Man (2008)
10.   4,310,710 X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
11. 4,165,111 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
12. 4,087,355 The Dark Knight (2005)
13. 3,962,901 Captain America: The winter soldier (2014)

 

14. 3,379,762 Men in Black III (2012) 
15. 3,039,889 Thor: Dark world (2013)

 

 

Historical Drama

 

 

1. 17,613,682 Roaring Currents (2014)

 

2. 14,257,259 Ode to my father (2014)

 

3. 12,319,542 Masquerade (2012)
4. 12,302,831 King and the Clown (2005)
5.   9,134,586 Face Reader (2013)
6.   4,909,937 The Grand Heist (2012)
7.   4,786,259 Detective K: Secret of a virtuous Widow (2011)
8.   3,851,000 Troy (2004)
9.   3,848,818 The Fatal Encounter (2014)
10. 3,779,553 The Frozen Flower (2008)
11. 3,726,134 The Divine weapon (2008)
12. 3,522,747 Untold Scandal (2003)
13. 3,035,116 The Servant (2010)
14. 2,713,031 Red Cliff 2 (2008)
15. 2,636,320 The Concubine (2012)

 

 

 

 

Science Fiction

 

 

1.   10,105,249 Interstellar (2014)
2.     9,349,991 snowpiercer (2013)

 

3.     5,926,948 Inception (2010)
4.     5,462,953 2012 (2009)
5.     5,237,525 World War Z (2013)
6.     4,693,817 Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
7.     4,568,891 Terminator Salvation: The future begins (2009)

 

8.     4,002,560 Dawn of the planet of the apes (2014)

 

9.     3,510,000 Matrix Reloaded (2001)
10.   3,433,900 Island (2005)
11.   3,227,452 Gravity (2013)
12.   3,223,000 War of the Worlds (2005)
13.   3,142,823 Dawn of the planet of the apes (2014)
14.   3,006,400 The Day after Tomorrow (2004)
15.   2,773,794 Rise of the Planet of the apes (2011)

 

 

 

Thriller/Crime

 

1. 12,983,330 The Thieves (2012)

 

2.   8,100,000 Friend (2001)
3.   5,604,104 Hide and Seek (2013)
4.   5,583,596 The Terror Live (2013)
5.   5,508,017 Cold Eyes (2013)
6.   5,255,376 Memories of Murder (2003)
7.   5,071,619 The Chaser (2008)
8.   4,719,872 Nameless gangster: Rules of the time (2011)
9.   4,682,492 New world (2013)
10. 4,131,500 The Suspect (2013)
11. 3,650,000 Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)

 

12. 3,566,316 TheDivine Move (2014)
13. 3,440,914 A Hard Day (2014)
14. 3,339,082 Davinci Code (2006)
15. 3,269,000 Oldboy (2003)

 

 

War Drama

 

1. 11,746,135 TaeGukGi: Brotherhood of War (2004)
2. 11,081,000 Silmido (2003)
3.   8,008,622 Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)
4.   5,795,820 Joint Security Area (2000)
5.   3,385,706 71 into the fire (2010)
6.   3,183,453 Pearl Harbor (2001)
7.   2,945,137 The Front Line (2011)
8.   2,929,400 300 (2006)
9.   1,717,566 Battlefield Heroes (2010)
10. 1,706,576 Sunny (2008)

 

 

Fantasy

 

1.   8,426,973 D.War (2007)
2.   6,136,928 Woochi (2009)
3.   5,960,000 LOTR: Return of the King (2003)
4.   5,183,000 LOTR: The Two Towers (2002)
5.   4,966,571 Pirates of the Caribbean: At world's end (2007)
6.   4,628,903 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead man's chest (2006)
7.   4,400,298 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt.2 (2012)
8.   4,090,795 The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
9.   4,000,000 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
10. 3,615,000 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
11. 3,475,000 Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix (2007)
12. 3,130,046 Pirates of the Caribbean: On stranger tides (2011)
13. 3,002,669 Harry Potter and the Half blood prince (2009)
14. 2,979,838 The Golden Compass (2007)
15. 2,836,774 The hobbit: The battle of the five armies (2014)

 

 

Animated films

 

1. 10,279,829 Frozen (2014)
2.   5,062,722 Kung-fu Panda 2 (2011)
3.   4,673,009 Kung-fu Panda (2008)
4.   3,300,533 Shrek 2 (2004)
5.   3,015,165 Howl's moving Castle (2004)

 

6.   3,000,056 How to train your dragon 2 (2014)

 

7.   2,801,949 Big Hero 6 (2015)
8.   2,844,159 Shrek 3 (2007)
9.   2,603,857 How to train your Dragon (2010)
10. 2,344,700 Shrek (2001)

 

 

Drama

 

1. 13,019,740 The Host (2006)
2. 12,811,206 Miracle in Cell no.7 (2013)
3. 11,373,516 The Attorney (2013)
4. 8,487,523 Take Off (2009)
5. 7,307,993 May 18 (2007)
6. 6,847,777 Tazza: The high rollers (2006)
7. 5,911,890 Les Miserables (2012)
8. 5,310,510 punch (2011)
9. 5,181,014 Tower (2012)
10. 5,148,022 Marathon (2005)
11. 4,662,822 Silenced (2011)
12. 4,300,670 Public enemy returns (2008)
13. 4,232,430 King Kong (2005)
14. 4,094,395 Typhoon (2005)
15. 4,044,582 Forever the Moment (2007)

 

 

Comedy

 

1.   8,634,810 Miss Granny (2014)
2.   8,245,523 Scandal Makers (2008)
3.   7,362,467 Sunny (2011)
4.   6,105,431 My boss, My teacher (2006)
5.   5,635,266 Marrying the mafia 2: Enemy in law (2005)
6.   4,937,573 My tutor friend (2003)
7.   4,612,831 Night at the museum (2006)
8.   4,088,799 My girlfriend is an Agent (2008)
9.   4,082,797 Sex is Zero (2002)
10. 4,057,546 Dancing queen (2011)

 

 

Horror

 

1. 4,515,833 Deranged (2012)
2. 3,146,217 A tale of two sisters (2003)
3. 2,460,225 I am Legend (2007)
4. 2,262,758 The Conjuring (2013)
5. 1,634,192 Death Bell (2008)
6. 1,201,033 Killer Toon (2013)
7. 1,073,189 The Red shoes (2005)
8. 1,068,362 R-Point (2004)
9.    951,834 Arang (2006)
10.  871,235 Antarctic Journal (2005)
11.  867,386 Don't Click (2012)
12.  857,038 Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp (2010)
13.  790,959 White (2011)
14.  688,900 Hide and Seek (2005)
15.  672,340 The Cat (2011)

​

 

Edited August 11, 2015 by chasmmi

[diskojustice]

A Korean here Welcome :PAbout this BO, I can say it is big given its population $1.1B.The Amazing Spiderman seems to be successful there

Thanks!

[Bluebomb]

Nice to see another OS territory thread.Are there any Korean films upcoming that have a chance of coming close to breaking the admissions record?

[Olive]

weekend numbers
daily numbers
monthly
yearly

 

All-Time Top 20 Hollywood Releases in Admissions

Edited August 4, 2013 by Olive

[diskojustice]

Nice to see another OS territory thread.Are there any Korean films upcoming that have a chance of coming close to breaking the admissions record?

Not much, Avatar's record will be there I think at least more than 5 years (until its sequel to break it )

[diskojustice]

Welcome to the forum!

Thanks again!

[diskojustice]

For Thursday (opener) and Friday Record, some comparisons- Amazing Spiderman 0.561m admission- The Avengers 0.486m admission- Iron Man 2 0.539m admissionFor late June (end of semester weekend) 2-day record, some comparisons- ASM 0.561M- TF3 0.986M (wednesday opener) - TF2 0.855M (wed opener)- Knight & Day 0.232M- Wanted 0.415M- TF1 0.612M- Superman Returns 0.211M (wed opener)TF1 opened with a weekend record of 1.90m admission with 0.31m OD admission Avengers opened with 1.64m admission with 0.29m OD record (incl 0.08m midnight record)So expect kinda 1.60m admission for ASM's opening weekend. (4 day)USD gross will be similar to that of Avengers. (12.75m OW)Legs are hard to predict, while the level isn't higher as TA or TF1but competition is very week. Not much release for 3 weeks until TDKR to come(and vacation isn't started yet)For now, I expect about 5M admission (about 38M USD) finish.

[kayumanggi]

I expect 45 M.

[SentryTrans]

How much are the ticket prices, 2D, 3D or IMAX?

[Fullbuster]

For Thursday (opener) and Friday Record, some comparisons- Amazing Spiderman 0.561m admission- The Avengers 0.486m admission- Iron Man 2 0.539m admissionFor late June (end of semester weekend) 2-day record, some comparisons- ASM 0.561M- TF3 0.986M (wednesday opener)- TF2 0.855M (wed opener)- Knight & Day 0.232M- Wanted 0.415M- TF1 0.612M- Superman Returns 0.211M (wed opener)TF1 opened with a weekend record of 1.90m admission with 0.31m OD admissionAvengers opened with 1.64m admission with 0.29m OD record (incl 0.08m midnight record)So expect kinda 1.60m admission for ASM's opening weekend. (4 day)USD gross will be similar to that of Avengers. (12.75m OW)Legs are hard to predict, while the level isn't higher as TA or TF1but competition is very week. Not much release for 3 weeks until TDKR to come(and vacation isn't started yet)For now, I expect about 5M admission (about 38M USD) finish.

It's great, we can say it's a success in South

[diskojustice]

How much are the ticket prices, 2D, 3D or IMAX?

2D Tickets are usually 8000 won (with a child discount) about 7 dollar for today's currency3D Tickets are usually 13000 won, about 11.3 dollarIMAX 3D Tickets are usually 16000 won, about 14 dollarAnd there are various ways of discount, so that should be considered

[diskojustice]

A little better increase for ASM's saturday than anticipated, so may reach more than 1.7m admission and closer to 14m USD opening week gross

Edited June 30, 2012 by katyperry

[fmpro]

A little better increase for ASM's saturday than anticipated, so may reach more than 1.7m admission and closer to 14m USD opening week gross

Nice.. They apperently don't give a fuck that this is a reboot...

[Fullbuster]

A little better increase for ASM's saturday than anticipated, so may reach more than 1.7m admission and closer to 14m USD opening week gross

Wow, it's wonderful

[Fullbuster]

Nice.. They apperently don't give a fuck that this is a reboot...

They're right

[kayumanggi]

Go Korea!

[SentryTrans]

2D Tickets are usually 8000 won (with a child discount) about 7 dollar for today's currency3D Tickets are usually 13000 won, about 11.3 dollarIMAX 3D Tickets are usually 16000 won, about 14 dollarAnd there are various ways of discount, so that should be considered

Thanks!

[diskojustice]

Early weekend estimates are here! (Wait for the actual until tomorrow)TASM : 4 day admission : 1.70m / USD Gross : 13.26m40m+ above finish is near. Competition is empty until TDKR to come (with minor domestic threats)For other releasesCabin in the Woods : 131k admission / $0.87mTotalsMadagascar 3 : 1.44m admission / $9.80mLockout : 457k admission / $2.91mWait for full actual chart tomorrow!