#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 18
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 851 to 900 of 1,192. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 851
May 22, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $151.8K - 852
Oct 15, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $151K - 853
Jun 27, 2007 US and Canada: $23.5K Rest of the world: $127.1K Worldwide: $150.6K - 854
Nov 10, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $150.2K - 855
May 4, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $150K - 856
Apr 4, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $148.8K - 857
Mar 10, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $148.7K - 858
May 1, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $145.9K - 859
May 3, 2008 US and Canada: $5K Rest of the world: $140.6K Worldwide: $145.6K - 860
Jan 6, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $145.1K - 861
Oct 11, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $143.4K - 862
Jun 28, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $142.3K - 863
2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $141.2K - 864
Nov 18, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $136.3K - 865
Oct 8, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $135.8K - 866
Jan 17, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $134.4K - 867
Jul 9, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $133.8K - 868
Jun 24, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $128.8K - 869
Nov 9, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $127.3K - 870
Sep 9, 2000 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $124.9K - 871
Sep 5, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $124.7K - 872
Oct 8, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $124.1K - 873
Apr 22, 2009 US and Canada: $60.3K Rest of the world: $63.7K Worldwide: $124K - 874
Feb 14, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $121.9K - 875
May 15, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $118.5K - 876
Sep 15, 1989 US and Canada: $117.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $117.5K - 877
Mar 20, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $117K - 878
May 1, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $116.6K - 879
Oct 22, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $116.2K - 880
Jun 23, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $116.2K - 881
Oct 5, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $115.3K - 882
Oct 6, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $114.6K - 883
Nov 23, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $113.8K - 884
Sep 14, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $112.1K - 885
Jul 29, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $110.9K - 886
Dec 8, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $110.9K - 887
May 28, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $109.6K - 888
Nov 22, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $107.2K - 889
Mar 30, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $107.1K - 890
Oct 4, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $106.3K - 891
Mar 3, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $106K - 892
May 3, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $105.9K - 893
Oct 5, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $105.1K - 894
Feb 8, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $104.3K - 895
Apr 29, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $102.9K - 896
Oct 12, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $101.7K - 897
Oct 18, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $100.5K - 898
Feb 16, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $99.5K - 899
Dec 14, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $99.1K - 900
Jan 12, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $98.7K
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)