#1 of 1,192 Highest-grossing Korean-language movie ever
2019 · Drama, Thriller
$262.6M worldwide
$53.8M US & Canada · 21% $208.8M elsewhere · 79%
Parasite (2019) is the highest-grossing Korean-language movie in our database, with $262.6M worldwide, ahead of Ode to My Father (2015) at $184.8M and The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014) at $138.3M. 1,192 Korean-language films in our database report a worldwide gross, $9.7B in all, 2% of it from the US & Canada. 6 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. By genre, Drama leads with $5.5B across 701 Korean releases.
#1 of 1,192 2019 · Drama, Thriller
$262.6M worldwide
Ranks 501 to 550 of 1,192. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
Feb 28, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.9M
Apr 22, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.9M
Jan 26, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.8M
Nov 28, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.8M
May 15, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.8M
Mar 10, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.8M
Jan 25, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.8M
Jan 18, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.7M
Apr 30, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.7M
Jan 29, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.7M
May 31, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.7M
Feb 3, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.7M
Dec 10, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.7M
Apr 21, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.7M
Feb 7, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.7M
Nov 10, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.7M
2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.7M
Nov 29, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M
Nov 2, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M
Jan 24, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M
Oct 16, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M
Aug 8, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M
Mar 31, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M
Nov 10, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M
May 25, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M
Dec 6, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M
Mar 23, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M
Oct 30, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M
Oct 19, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M
Nov 23, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M
May 17, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.5M
Feb 11, 2011 US and Canada: $356.1K Rest of the world: $2.2M Worldwide: $2.5M
Apr 26, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.5M
Jan 13, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.5M
Nov 5, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.5M
May 23, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.5M
Jan 28, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.5M
Nov 19, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.5M
Mar 16, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.5M
May 9, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.5M
Nov 16, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.5M
Aug 6, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.5M
Nov 14, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4M
Nov 9, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4M
Oct 10, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4M
Aug 28, 2015 US and Canada: $111.1K Rest of the world: $2.2M Worldwide: $2.3M
Nov 2, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.3M
Feb 22, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.3M
Jan 28, 2005 US and Canada: $190.9K Rest of the world: $2.1M Worldwide: $2.3M
Jan 4, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.3M Every year from 1958 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2019 leads with $835.7M, led by Parasite (2019).