#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 17
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 801 to 850 of 1,192. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 801
Oct 12, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $263.5K - 802
Oct 4, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $261.8K - 803
2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $257.7K - 804
Jan 7, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $254.4K - 805
Aug 5, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $251.6K - 806
Nov 10, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $249.8K - 807
Idiot Girls and School Ghost: School Anniversary (2024) Jul 7, 2024 · Drama, Horror $249.2K worldwideJul 7, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $249.2K - 808
Oct 19, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $245.7K - 809
Oct 9, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $245K - 810
Jan 15, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $236.2K - 811
Oct 4, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $235.7K - 812
Oct 4, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $229.5K - 813
Oct 6, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $227.3K - 814
Oct 10, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $225.6K - 815
Sep 9, 2000 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $225.2K - 816
Apr 19, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $220.3K - 817
Oct 4, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $219.6K - 818
May 14, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $211K - 819
Apr 18, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $205.2K - 820
Jan 21, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $199.2K - 821
Apr 26, 2003 US and Canada: $74.7K Rest of the world: $122.6K Worldwide: $197.2K - 822
Jul 11, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $190K - 823
Feb 25, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $189.9K - 824
Jul 15, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $189.6K - 825
Apr 27, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $188.6K - 826
Oct 19, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $187.6K - 827
Dec 7, 2018 US and Canada: $52.9K Rest of the world: $133.2K Worldwide: $186.1K - 828
May 12, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $183.9K - 829
Jun 26, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $183.8K - 830
Oct 13, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $182K - 831
Nov 15, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $181.3K - 832
May 12, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $177.5K - 833
Oct 19, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $176.2K - 834
May 20, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $169.3K - 835
Jan 14, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $167.4K - 836
May 11, 2018 US and Canada: $24.7K Rest of the world: $141.3K Worldwide: $166K - 837
Feb 13, 1999 US and Canada: $98.5K Rest of the world: $66.3K Worldwide: $164.8K - 838
May 1, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $161.3K - 839
Jun 3, 2016 US and Canada: $159.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $159.3K - 840
Aug 12, 2000 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $158.5K - 841
Oct 31, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $158.2K - 842
Oct 6, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $156.9K - 843
2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $156.6K - 844
Feb 15, 2019 US and Canada: $28.4K Rest of the world: $128.1K Worldwide: $156.4K - 845
May 1, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $156.4K - 846
Apr 17, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $155.9K - 847
Mar 20, 2019 US and Canada: $155.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $155.7K - 848
May 4, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $155.7K - 849
Oct 11, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $154.6K - 850
May 3, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $152K
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)