#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 19
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 901 to 950 of 1,192. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 901
Nov 22, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $97.1K - 902
Sep 23, 2016 US and Canada: $55.5K Rest of the world: $40K Worldwide: $95.5K - 903
Oct 13, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $94.8K - 904
Sep 29, 2006 US and Canada: $1.4K Rest of the world: $89.9K Worldwide: $91.3K - 905
2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $91.2K - 906
Jun 14, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $91.2K - 907
Nov 1, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $90.2K - 908
Jun 4, 2014 US and Canada: $63.1K Rest of the world: $26.8K Worldwide: $89.8K - 909
Oct 28, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $89.6K - 910
Oct 14, 1999 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $89.2K - 911
Nov 22, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $88.7K - 912
Feb 13, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $87.3K - 913
Mar 3, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $87K - 914
Sep 21, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $86.4K - 915
Oct 21, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $86.3K - 916
Apr 30, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $86.3K - 917
Oct 9, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $86.2K - 918
Aug 30, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $83.9K - 919
Aug 19, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $83.3K - 920
May 28, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $82.9K - 921
Jan 9, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $81.5K - 922
Apr 30, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $81.3K - 923
Apr 30, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $81.3K - 924
Aug 14, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $80.9K - 925
Oct 7, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $80.2K - 926
Feb 27, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $78.2K - 927
Oct 12, 2012 US and Canada: $52.2K Rest of the world: $25.9K Worldwide: $78.1K - 928
Oct 23, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $77.4K - 929
Oct 31, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $76.2K - 930
Oct 1, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $75.7K - 931
Oct 8, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $75.2K - 932
Apr 29, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $74.4K - 933
Apr 14, 2000 US and Canada: $74.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $74.1K - 934
Aug 19, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $73.5K - 935
Oct 28, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $73.2K - 936
Mar 22, 2024 US and Canada: $68.4K Rest of the world: $4.6K Worldwide: $73K - 937
Oct 7, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $72.3K - 938
Feb 17, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $71.8K - 939
Sep 14, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $71.2K - 940
Aug 14, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $70.3K - 941
Oct 18, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $70.2K - 942
Nov 13, 1999 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $68.4K - 943
Oct 5, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $68K - 944
Oct 8, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $67.2K - 945
Oct 9, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $66.8K - 946
Oct 29, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $65.4K - 947
Oct 13, 2001 US and Canada: $9.9K Rest of the world: $54.7K Worldwide: $64.6K - 948
Jul 15, 2021 US and Canada: $9.2K Rest of the world: $54.6K Worldwide: $63.7K - 949
Nov 11, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $62.1K - 950
Sep 13, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $61.6K
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)