#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 15
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 701 to 750 of 1,192. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 701
Jun 20, 2007 US and Canada: $14.5K Rest of the world: $675K Worldwide: $689.5K - 702
Oct 8, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $686.7K - 703
Jun 25, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $685.2K - 704
Aug 4, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $681.4K - 705
Jun 24, 2016 US and Canada: $24.5K Rest of the world: $656.3K Worldwide: $680.7K - 706
Aug 20, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $665.1K - 707
Jun 2, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $654.5K - 708
Jun 30, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $654.1K - 709
Jul 8, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $653.8K - 710
Jan 16, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $644.2K - 711
Feb 5, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $638.2K - 712
Sep 14, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $634.1K - 713
Jul 26, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $631K - 714
Jul 11, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $627.9K - 715
May 11, 2012 US and Canada: $3.4K Rest of the world: $621.6K Worldwide: $624.9K - 716
Mar 13, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $624.9K - 717
Nov 9, 2012 US and Canada: $25.1K Rest of the world: $586.3K Worldwide: $611.4K - 718
Oct 20, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $603.7K - 719
Aug 31, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $599.9K - 720
May 31, 2006 US and Canada: $518 Rest of the world: $590.4K Worldwide: $591K - 721
2020 US and Canada: $52.7K Rest of the world: $536.1K Worldwide: $588.7K - 722
May 19, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $569.8K - 723
Feb 23, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $559.9K - 724
Feb 17, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $556.3K - 725
Jun 25, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $555K - 726
Mar 31, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $550K - 727
Apr 30, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $540.9K - 728
Oct 29, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $537.2K - 729
Oct 18, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $535.9K - 730
Oct 4, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $525K - 731
Jul 15, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $523.6K - 732
Oct 7, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $517.1K - 733
Feb 27, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $515.8K - 734
Apr 3, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $500.5K - 735
Nov 9, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $493.8K - 736
Mar 24, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $488K - 737
Oct 21, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $482.5K - 738
Nov 15, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $479.3K - 739
Dec 22, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $460.1K - 740
May 7, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $456.4K - 741
Feb 17, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $455K - 742
Nov 3, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $446.8K - 743
Nov 3, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $444.2K - 744
Oct 23, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $442.8K - 745
Dec 26, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $438.2K - 746
Oct 3, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $436.2K - 747
Nov 17, 2017 US and Canada: $37.5K Rest of the world: $391.7K Worldwide: $429.2K - 748
Oct 13, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $424K - 749
2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $421.2K - 750
Mar 30, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $419.2K
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)