#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 16
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 751 to 800 of 1,192. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 751
May 26, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $418.3K - 752
Aug 30, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $407.7K - 753
Nov 4, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $394.5K - 754
Nov 30, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $390.8K - 755
Apr 21, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $389.2K - 756
Oct 4, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $386.6K - 757
Apr 12, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $378.7K - 758
Nov 6, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $377.5K - 759
Jul 6, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $373.1K - 760
Jul 27, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $365.4K - 761
Oct 27, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $365.2K - 762
Jun 27, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $362K - 763
Aug 12, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $360.9K - 764
Jan 5, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $357.3K - 765
Dec 6, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $352.5K - 766
Apr 1, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $348.8K - 767
2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $341.7K - 768
Apr 17, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $339.4K - 769
Aug 22, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $339.4K - 770
Nov 4, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $336.9K - 771
May 30, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $332.4K - 772
Apr 27, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $331.9K - 773
Feb 10, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $328.2K - 774
Nov 5, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $325.2K - 775
Nov 30, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $323.1K - 776
Apr 20, 2012 US and Canada: $13.7K Rest of the world: $309.3K Worldwide: $323.1K - 777
Oct 11, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $320.9K - 778
Oct 2, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $320.3K - 779
Jul 31, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $317.4K - 780
Oct 31, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $313.6K - 781
Jun 2, 2000 US and Canada: $313K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $313K - 782
Nov 11, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $307.4K - 783
2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $307K - 784
Jul 6, 2016 US and Canada: $105K Rest of the world: $201K Worldwide: $306K - 785
Feb 15, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $303.2K - 786
Oct 28, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $302.1K - 787
Jun 12, 2020 US and Canada: $72.5K Rest of the world: $228.4K Worldwide: $300.8K - 788
May 8, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $299.6K - 789
Dec 14, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $298.9K - 790
Aug 25, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $297.2K - 791
Aug 23, 1996 US and Canada: $295.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $295.5K - 792
Jun 12, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $288.1K - 793
Oct 24, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $279.6K - 794
Aug 10, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $278.5K - 795
Jun 10, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $275.8K - 796
Mar 27, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $274.5K - 797
Sep 10, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $273.7K - 798
Dec 8, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $268.5K - 799
Oct 25, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $268.2K - 800
Apr 29, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $265.3K
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)