#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 22
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 1,051 to 1,100 of 1,192. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 1051
Oct 5, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.8K - 1052
Oct 28, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.6K - 1053
May 3, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.6K - 1054
Jul 9, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.1K - 1055
Dec 4, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.1K - 1056
Sep 11, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.1K - 1057
Feb 5, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.6K - 1058
Dec 1, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.5K - 1059
Jan 18, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.8K - 1060
Oct 25, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.8K - 1061
Apr 29, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.5K - 1062
Oct 24, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.2K - 1063
May 4, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23K - 1064
Oct 6, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23K - 1065
Jan 21, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22.6K - 1066
Oct 13, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22.3K - 1067
Jan 21, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22K - 1068
Oct 6, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.8K - 1069
Oct 8, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.7K - 1070
Jun 21, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.7K - 1071
Jan 21, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.1K - 1072
Apr 28, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.1K - 1073
Nov 12, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21K - 1074
Apr 29, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20.8K - 1075
May 1, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20.5K - 1076
Mar 8, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.8K - 1077
Oct 5, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.7K - 1078
May 1, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.6K - 1079
May 3, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.6K - 1080
Oct 7, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.1K - 1081
Sep 24, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19K - 1082
Oct 27, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.4K - 1083
Aug 7, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.1K - 1084
Jun 7, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.9K - 1085
Mar 28, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.8K - 1086
Dec 13, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.7K - 1087
Jul 18, 2015 US and Canada: $17.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $17.5K - 1088
Mar 26, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.5K - 1089
Apr 17, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.2K - 1090
Oct 25, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.2K - 1091
Oct 10, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.2K - 1092
Oct 19, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.1K - 1093
Oct 6, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.1K - 1094
Feb 18, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.8K - 1095
Jul 10, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.4K - 1096
Sep 8, 1968 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.1K - 1097
Jul 25, 2012 US and Canada: $14K Rest of the world: $2K Worldwide: $16K - 1098
Nov 29, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.9K - 1099
Jun 3, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.8K - 1100
Dec 26, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.8K
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)