#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 20
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 951 to 1,000 of 1,192. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 951
Oct 8, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $61.2K - 952
Oct 27, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $61.1K - 953
Oct 30, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $61K - 954
Oct 6, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $59.7K - 955
Jan 11, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $58.8K - 956
May 2, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $58K - 957
Nov 13, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $56.6K - 958
Oct 4, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $55.6K - 959
May 17, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $55.2K - 960
Oct 12, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $54.2K - 961
Oct 6, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $53.9K - 962
Apr 19, 2019 US and Canada: $8.1K Rest of the world: $45.4K Worldwide: $53.5K - 963
Dec 24, 1999 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $52.7K - 964
Oct 6, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $52.6K - 965
Aug 18, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $52.3K - 966
Oct 10, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $51.1K - 967
2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $51.1K - 968
2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $50.9K - 969
Oct 28, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $50.8K - 970
May 16, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $50.3K - 971
Oct 30, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $50.2K - 972
Apr 29, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $50.1K - 973
Oct 8, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $50K - 974
Oct 8, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $49.8K - 975
Apr 28, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $49.7K - 976
Aug 28, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $49.1K - 977
Sep 9, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $48.3K - 978
Aug 8, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $47.6K - 979
Aug 9, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $47.3K - 980
Oct 9, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $47.1K - 981
Jun 30, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $47K - 982
May 27, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $45.9K - 983
Apr 16, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $45.6K - 984
Apr 26, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $45.1K - 985
Oct 15, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $44.5K - 986
Jun 8, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $44.5K - 987
Mar 12, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $44.3K - 988
Oct 28, 2000 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $44.1K - 989
Aug 20, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $42.5K - 990
May 4, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $42.4K - 991
Dec 10, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $42.3K - 992
Sep 15, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $42.2K - 993
May 1, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $42.2K - 994
Jun 2, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $42K - 995
Oct 13, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $42K - 996
Nov 29, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $41.9K - 997
Dec 13, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $41.3K - 998
Oct 9, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $41.2K - 999
Oct 10, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $41.1K - 1000
Mar 14, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $40.6K
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)