#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%
Korean box office · All time
Highest-Grossing Korean Movies of All Time, Page 12
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.
- films with a reported gross
- 1,192
- combined worldwide
- $9.7B
- films crossed $100M
- 6
- earned in the US & Canada
- 2%
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All 1,192 Korean Movies, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 551 to 600 of 1,192. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 551
Dec 27, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.3M - 552
Oct 20, 2017 US and Canada: $20.4K Rest of the world: $2.2M Worldwide: $2.3M - 553
Sep 9, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2M - 554
Apr 27, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2M - 555
Nov 29, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2M - 556
Oct 23, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2M - 557
Dec 3, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2M - 558
Sep 2, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2M - 559
Aug 24, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1M - 560
Nov 8, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1M - 561
Oct 12, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1M - 562
Jan 22, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1M - 563
Apr 20, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1M - 564
Oct 25, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1M - 565
Sep 25, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1M - 566
Jan 10, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1M - 567
Aug 24, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1M - 568
Apr 11, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1M - 569
Jun 6, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M - 570
Nov 14, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M - 571
Mar 14, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M - 572
May 12, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M - 573
Apr 5, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M - 574
Nov 22, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M - 575
Jun 24, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M - 576
Nov 12, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M - 577
May 16, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M - 578
Nov 2, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M - 579
Mar 20, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M - 580
Sep 1, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M - 581
Feb 13, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 582
Jul 10, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 583
Sep 7, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 584
Oct 27, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 585
Jan 27, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 586
Dec 29, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 587
Jun 1, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 588
Feb 28, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 589
Nov 25, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 590
Dec 30, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 591
2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 592
Jul 8, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 593
Feb 5, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 594
Nov 16, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8M - 595
Aug 23, 2024 US and Canada: $4.1K Rest of the world: $1.8M Worldwide: $1.8M - 596
Apr 3, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8M - 597
Apr 19, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8M - 598
Oct 8, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8M - 599
Aug 22, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8M - 600
Apr 2, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8M
Archive
Korean Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1958 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2019 leads with $835.7M, led by Parasite (2019).
2020s 7 years · $1.7B
2010s 10 years · $5.7B
- 2019 $835.7M #1 Parasite (2019)
- 2018 $601.6M #1 Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days (2018)
- 2017 $688.3M #1 Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017)
- 2016 $691.3M #1 Train to Busan (2016)
- 2015 $665.7M #1 Ode to My Father (2015)
- 2014 $526.4M #1 The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014)
- 2013 $553.9M #1 Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013)
- 2012 $456.2M #1 The Thieves (2012)
- 2011 $343.9M #1 Sunny (2011)
- 2010 $385.6M #1 Blades of Blood (2010)
2000s 10 years · $2.1B
- 2009 $310M #1 Tidal Wave (2009)
- 2008 $305.4M #1 The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)
- 2007 $334.2M #1 May 18 (2007)
- 2006 $363.5M #1 200 Pounds Beauty (2006)
- 2005 $451.5M #1 The King and the Clown (2005)
- 2004 $160.1M #1 Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)
- 2003 $35.3M #1 My Tutor Friend (2003)
- 2002 $172.3M #1 Sex Is Zero (2002)
- 2001 $1.8M #1 Friend (2001)
- 2000 $943.7K #1 Grass (2000)