#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 14
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 651 to 700 of 1,192. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 651
Feb 27, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1M - 652
Apr 9, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1M - 653
May 14, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1M - 654
Dec 10, 2004 US and Canada: $72.5K Rest of the world: $1M Worldwide: $1.1M - 655
Dec 31, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1M - 656
Jan 14, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1M - 657
Sep 16, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1M - 658
Apr 3, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1M - 659
Oct 24, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1M - 660
Mar 25, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1M - 661
Aug 15, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1M - 662
Feb 22, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1M - 663
Jun 8, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1M - 664
May 26, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1M - 665
Oct 6, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1M - 666
May 18, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1M - 667
Oct 30, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1M - 668
Mar 16, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1M - 669
Feb 23, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1M - 670
Feb 7, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $997.7K - 671
Nov 20, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $995.9K - 672
Dec 11, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $993.6K - 673
Jan 4, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $986.3K - 674
Nov 4, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $977.3K - 675
Dec 14, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $970.6K - 676
Sep 3, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $965.9K - 677
Jun 4, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $965.7K - 678
Nov 11, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $949.3K - 679
Nov 5, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $915.9K - 680
Apr 5, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $897.1K - 681
Aug 17, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $879.2K - 682
Jul 9, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $866.5K - 683
Jan 14, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $857.2K - 684
Nov 18, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $844.7K - 685
Nov 16, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $842.6K - 686
Aug 26, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $832.7K - 687
May 24, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $831.3K - 688
Oct 28, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $827.5K - 689
Aug 25, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $825.8K - 690
Oct 8, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $822.8K - 691
Jan 28, 1961 US and Canada: $799K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $799K - 692
Sep 13, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $791.2K - 693
2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $782.1K - 694
Feb 20, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $778.4K - 695
Oct 12, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $777K - 696
Feb 28, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $755.9K - 697
Feb 12, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $744.5K - 698
Jun 20, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $733.5K - 699
Dec 24, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $732.1K - 700
Oct 28, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $697.8K
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)