#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 13
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 601 to 650 of 1,192. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 601
May 4, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8M - 602
Jul 5, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8M - 603
Mar 14, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8M - 604
Oct 5, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8M - 605
Dec 6, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8M - 606
Jun 23, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8M - 607
Mar 12, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8M - 608
Jun 22, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7M - 609
Apr 30, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7M - 610
Nov 9, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7M - 611
Jul 9, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7M - 612
Feb 7, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7M - 613
May 8, 2015 US and Canada: $187.1K Rest of the world: $1.5M Worldwide: $1.7M - 614
Oct 31, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6M - 615
Jul 1, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6M - 616
Nov 30, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6M - 617
Nov 27, 2020 US and Canada: $516.5K Rest of the world: $1.1M Worldwide: $1.6M - 618
Jun 13, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6M - 619
Sep 24, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6M - 620
Feb 18, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6M - 621
2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6M - 622
Sep 7, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5M - 623
Nov 29, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5M - 624
Sep 23, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5M - 625
Jun 30, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5M - 626
May 7, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5M - 627
May 22, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.4M - 628
Feb 25, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.4M - 629
Apr 14, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.4M - 630
Sep 14, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.4M - 631
Dec 4, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.4M - 632
Oct 25, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.4M - 633
Oct 3, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.4M - 634
May 25, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.4M - 635
Feb 10, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.3M - 636
Feb 1, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.3M - 637
May 4, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.3M - 638
Oct 6, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.3M - 639
May 25, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.3M - 640
Mar 16, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.3M - 641
Nov 15, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.3M - 642
Jul 12, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.3M - 643
Jul 25, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2M - 644
Feb 5, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2M - 645
Apr 27, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2M - 646
Mar 29, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2M - 647
Jul 10, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2M - 648
Oct 28, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2M - 649
Nov 15, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2M - 650
Nov 26, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2M
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)