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Emergency Declaration [비상선언]: The COVID scare racks up ₩3.3billion on opening day!

Aug 11, 2022
2 min

Emergency Declaration [비상선언]: The COVID scare racks up ₩3.3billion on opening day!

Filmed before the COVID-19 pandemic took shape, “Emergency Declaration” is the latest Korean adrenaline rush that crams all the COVID-19 scares into a 2.5 hours wild airline disaster. Led by the legendary director, Han Jae-Rim - best known for directing 'The Face Reader in 2013 - the 13th Highest Grossing Film in South Korea - it is no wonder that this drama flick is filling up the theatres in South Korea. The film not only comprises of a great script and an award-winning dir

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Hansan: Rising Dragon [한산: 용의 출현]: Korea is victorious!

Aug 2, 2022
2 min

Hansan: Rising Dragon [한산: 용의 출현]: Korea is victorious!

The second war action film in the trilogy about battles led by the South Korean national hero Yi Sun-shin, Hansan: Rising Dragon showcases Admiral Yi's courage in fending off the Japanese invaders attempting to conquer the Hansan Island. The victory is surely to entice you with its use of strategy and technology. Within four days of its release, the film has garnered a cumulative audience of 1,613,009 bringing forth a sales revenue of 16,331,964,611 Won [approx. $12.5 million

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Alienoid [외계+인 1부]: Korean Action-Packed film tops daily sales!

Jul 28, 2022
2 min

Alienoid [외계+인 1부]: Korean Action-Packed film tops daily sales!

The sci-fi fantasy action-packed film, Alienoid [외계+인 1부], is a time-traveling futuristic film. In the film, the door of time opens between the swordsman who wants to seize the legendary divine sword at the end of the Goryeo Dynasty and those who chase after an alien prisoner imprisoned in a human body in the year 2022. Directed by one of the most bankable filmmakers in Korea, Choi Dong-hoon [total sales of 264,800,901,351 Won or approx. $202 million], best known for "Tazza:

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Star Focus: Tom Cruise

Jul 26, 2022
3 min

Star Focus: Tom Cruise

The film that viewers demanded since 1986 - Top Gun - finally came into fruition on June 22, 2022 in South Korea. The Tom Cruise starrer Top Gun - Maverick was bound to be anything less than a success. Raking in over six and a half million South Korean fans to the theaters and a revenue till date of 69,543,039,148 Won [approx. $53 million], it is time that we cover the tenth visit to South Korea of everyone's heartthrob, Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise wins over S Korean fans with his

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Thor: Love and Thunder [토르: 러브 앤 썬더]

Jul 26, 2022
2 min

Thor: Love and Thunder [토르: 러브 앤 썬더]

Koreamovie.net brings you the 29th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – Thor: Love and Thunder [토르: 러브 앤 썬더]. It is the sequel to Thor: Ragnarok, released in the year 2017 [39,085,125,195 Won or approx $30 million in total sales]. Thor: Love and Thunder is the story of Thor [protagonist], who has to come out of retirement due to the galactic killer – known as Gorr the God Butcher – who seeks the extinction of the gods. The film takes us on a journey where Thor reunites wit

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Week 13: Hot Blooded

Mar 30, 2022
2 min

Week 13: Hot Blooded

We picked this week’s Korean Box Office No. 1 film, Hot Blooded. Hot Blooded is a crime and drama genre. The story of this movie is about a gang member living in one town quitting his gang life and trying to make a new start, but another gang and his friend is trying to dominate the village, so he tries to look after the village again. Hot Blood's director is Cheon Myoung-kwan, actors are Jung Woo, Kim Kap-soo, Choi Moo-sung, Yoon Ji-hye, Jeong Young-ju, Baik Soo-hee, and Lee

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Week 12: Moonfall

Mar 24, 2022
2 min

Week 12: Moonfall

Korea Movie Net is going to show you Moonfall, a science fiction disaster film, for the second Korean Box Office this week. Moonfall is joined with the great scale of background, the director of masterpieces, and actors who have appeared in popular films. Released in Korea on March 16, 2022, Moonfall is about preventing the moon from falling to Earth. It tells the story to us of a super-artificial intelligence living on the moon trying to exterminate humanity, but the hero an

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Week 11: The Batman

Mar 15, 2022
2 min

Week 11: The Batman

This week, I'd like to show The Batman titled Glory second place in the Korea Box Office. Released this 2022 year, The Batman is an American superhero film based on the DC Comics character. As you all know, Batman characters first appeared in 1939. And along with Superman, he has established himself as a symbol of superheroes and typical heroes. On the other hand, unlike other heroes, he is considered the origin or root of dark heroes and is gaining popularity for its anti-he

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A beautiful and pure desire, the Riemann hypothesis is resolved in the movie world.

Mar 8, 2022
3 min

A beautiful and pure desire, the Riemann hypothesis is resolved in the movie world.

This time, I was invited to watch a new movie of actor Choi Min-sik, ‘In Our Prime’ on March 7th. The movie will be officially released on March 09. Park Dong-hoon directed In Our Prime from December 2nd, 2019. He returned to the screen ‘Enlightenment Film(2009)’ after 13 years. In particular, Choi Min-sik, the main actor and the role of North Korean mathematician, Lee Hak-seong. He proved the Riemann hypothesis in this film. There are the other young main actor Kim Dong-hwi,

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Week 9: Antebellum

Mar 3, 2022
2 min

Week 9: Antebellum

Today, I would like to introduce a movie of a genre have not mentioned before, the Antebellum, 3rd place in the Korean box office this week. The genres of this movie are mystery, thriller, and horror. The film produced in the United States, the story follows a 21st century African-American woman. It released in the United States in 2020, was re-released in the Korea in 2022 this year, and the response in the Korea is not so good. This film was advertised that made by the prod

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Week 8: Uncharted

Feb 22, 2022
2 min

Week 8: Uncharted

As everyone expects, this week's Korean Box Office No. 1 is Uncharted. Uncharted, a combination of Tom Holland's acting skills and Ruben Fleischer's directing skills, received a lot of attention from movie consumers even before the film release. Also the film produced by Sony Pictures Entertainment, it is based on a surprisingly game made by Naughty Dog which is an American first-party video developer. So, Korean gamers were also looking forward to the release of the movie. U

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The charm of Sing 2 attacked the Korean family including children.

Feb 19, 2022
2 min

The charm of Sing 2 attacked the Korean family including children.

On January 5, 2022, Sing 2 was released in Korea. This work is an animation produced by Illumination Entertainment and is the G-rated. Like the Sing released about five years ago, Sing 2 was still hot. In both works, the average score of audiences is nearly nine points. It is a simple happening, but this enthusiasm is unusually explosive. So what on earth made parents and children crazy about Sing 2? If you want to know about this happening, you should know at first about Sin

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Week 7: Death on the Nile

Feb 18, 2022
1 min

Week 7: Death on the Nile

Death on the Nile topped the Week 7 in Korean Box Office. Death on the Nile is a mystery film released on February 9, 2022 and is a sequel to Murder on the Orient Express (2017). The film is the third screen adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel, and the detective 'Hercule Poirot' solves the series of murders on cruise ship. The film was produced by director and actor Kenneth Branagh and starred himself, Gal Gadot and Armie Hammer. Director Kenneth Branagh has participated in

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Week 6: The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure

Feb 9, 2022
1 min

Week 6: The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure

This week's No. 1 Korean Box Office movie is The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure. The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure, released on January 26, 2022, is a spiritual sequel to the 2014 movie The Pirates, and is about the adventures of pirates who gather in the sea and search for the royal treasures that have disappeared without a trace. The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure is a 2022 South Korean period adventure film directed by Kim Jeong-hoon and starring Kang Ha-neul, Han H

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Star Focus: Tom Holland

Jan 27, 2022
2 min

Star Focus: Tom Holland

Spider-Man: No Way Home, released on December 15, has surpassed 7.22 million audiences so far, winning the Korean Box Office as No. 1 for more than a month. In that sense, our star focus this time is Tom Holland. Tom Holland, who has visited Korea as many as three times, including Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), is also building a good image in Korea. Note: Tom Holland is meeting Son Heung-min on Tottenham Ho

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Week 4: Spider-Man: No Way Home

Jan 26, 2022
2 min

Week 4: Spider-Man: No Way Home

Spider-Man: No Way Home is No. 1 in this week's Korean Box Office glory. Spider-Man: No Way Home is the sequel to the 2019 film Spider-Man: Far From Home, and the 27th work of Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The movie begins with the scene where Mysterio framed Spider-Man as a murderer and revealed his identity. Peter, MJ, Ned, and his aunt May are investigated by the police because of Peter Parker, who has drawn attention from people around him. Daredevil, whose main job is

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Star Focus: Byron Howard and Jared Bush

Dec 10, 2021
1 min

Star Focus: Byron Howard and Jared Bush

With Encanto topping the Korean box office as No 2, our star focus is Byron Howard and Jared Bush. they co-directed the movie about an extraordinary family who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia in a charming place called the Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift -- every child except Mirabel. However, she soon may be the Madrigal's last hope when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is now in danger.

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Weekly Report: Week 49

Dec 8, 2021
1 min

Weekly Report: Week 49

Spiritwalker tops the box office this week. this is a story about A man who loses his memory and wakes up in a new body every 12 hours, each time forced to discover who he is anew. This condition begins when he wakes up in the middle of a car crash, in the body of someone he doesn't recognize, without any knowledge of who he is. He begins to realize that his spirit is stuck to a different body and moves every 12 hours. In his desperate search to find himself, he comes across

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Eternals debut in Korea is the country's highest-grossing film to date in 2021.

Nov 26, 2021
2 min

Eternals debut in Korea is the country's highest-grossing film to date in 2021.

The huge lifting of Covid restrictions and the arrival of the next Marvel tentpole boosted business by 130 percent week-on-week. Admissions topped 1.36 million, but the domestic market share remained below 1% due to the lack of new local content. After a mixed reception from reviewers, Chloe Zhao's latest Marvel picture, Eternals, which stars Don Lee (aka Ma Dongseok) in the cast, made a strong start at the Korean box office. Don Lee has acted in movies like; the round up. tr

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Star Focus: Ryu Seung Ryong

Nov 24, 2021
1 min

Star Focus: Ryu Seung Ryong

Ryu Seung Ryong is a South Korean actor. Ryu began his acting career in theater before progressing to become one of the most versatile supporting performers in Korean film and television. In 2013, he starred in "Miracle in Cell No. 7," which became the third highest-grossing Korean film of all time, and in 2019, he starred in the comedy film "Extreme Job," which is presently South Korea's second highest-grossing film of all time. Ryu is the first Korean actor to star in four

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