#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 2
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 51 to 100 of 1,192. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 51
Jun 5, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $43.4M - 52
Jul 15, 2020 US and Canada: $1.2M Rest of the world: $41.5M Worldwide: $42.7M - 53
Dec 14, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $42M - 54
Dec 3, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $41.7M - 55
Dec 25, 2025 US and Canada: $10M Rest of the world: $30.2M Worldwide: $40.2M - 56
Jul 17, 2015 US and Canada: $337.9K Rest of the world: $39.7M Worldwide: $40M - 57
Oct 31, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $39.6M - 58
Feb 2, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $39.2M - 59
Aug 10, 2018 US and Canada: $500.8K Rest of the world: $38.3M Worldwide: $38.8M - 60
Oct 21, 2016 US and Canada: $2M Rest of the world: $35.9M Worldwide: $37.9M - 61
Jul 3, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $37.8M - 62
Jul 30, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $37M - 63
Jul 26, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $36.9M - 64
Nov 5, 2015 US and Canada: $185.1K Rest of the world: $36.5M Worldwide: $36.6M - 65
Dec 30, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $36.5M - 66
Feb 4, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $36.3M - 67
Aug 29, 2014 US and Canada: $281K Rest of the world: $35.7M Worldwide: $35.9M - 68
Jul 26, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $35.7M - 69
Aug 14, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $35.5M - 70
May 25, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $34.2M - 71
Dec 22, 2023 US and Canada: $315.2K Rest of the world: $33.9M Worldwide: $34.2M - 72
Aug 7, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $34.1M - 73
Oct 20, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $33.6M - 74
Dec 25, 2024 US and Canada: $951.9K Rest of the world: $32.5M Worldwide: $33.5M - 75
Dec 14, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32.8M - 76
Jan 27, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32.4M - 77
Aug 4, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32.1M - 78
Sep 7, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $31.8M - 79
Sep 3, 2014 US and Canada: $251.6K Rest of the world: $31.1M Worldwide: $31.3M - 80
Dec 7, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $30.9M - 81
Aug 8, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $30.2M - 82
Dec 8, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $30.1M - 83
Aug 6, 2021 US and Canada: $346.3K Rest of the world: $29.6M Worldwide: $29.9M - 84
Dec 1, 2017 US and Canada: $241.9K Rest of the world: $29.5M Worldwide: $29.7M - 85
May 17, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $29.4M - 86
Oct 3, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $29.2M - 87
Apr 30, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $29.1M - 88
Oct 23, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $27.7M - 89
Nov 30, 2018 US and Canada: $203.8K Rest of the world: $27.5M Worldwide: $27.7M - 90
Jan 10, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $27.3M - 91
Jun 19, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $27.2M - 92
Jul 17, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $26.8M - 93
Mar 22, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $26.6M - 94
Jul 17, 2015 US and Canada: $19K Rest of the world: $26.5M Worldwide: $26.5M - 95
Jan 18, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $26.4M - 96
Jun 2, 2006 US and Canada: $139.1K Rest of the world: $26M Worldwide: $26.2M - 97
Jun 7, 2019 US and Canada: $216.5K Rest of the world: $25.6M Worldwide: $25.8M - 98
Jan 9, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.8M - 99
Jan 26, 2018 US and Canada: $75.1K Rest of the world: $25.3M Worldwide: $25.4M - 100
Sep 7, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.9M
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)