#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 23
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 1,101 to 1,150 of 1,192. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 1101
Sep 30, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.6K - 1102
Nov 30, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.5K - 1103
Feb 17, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15K - 1104
Feb 1, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.9K - 1105
Oct 26, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.8K - 1106
Oct 10, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.3K - 1107
Jul 10, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.3K - 1108
Oct 8, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.3K - 1109
Nov 18, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14K - 1110
May 1, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.9K - 1111
May 5, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.7K - 1112
Oct 5, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.6K - 1113
Nov 15, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.6K - 1114
Oct 8, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.1K - 1115
Oct 6, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.9K - 1116
Aug 3, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.9K - 1117
Jul 13, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.7K - 1118
Oct 12, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.5K - 1119
Jan 25, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.1K - 1120
2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12K - 1121
Nov 18, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.8K - 1122
Aug 1, 2014 US and Canada: $2.3K Rest of the world: $9.2K Worldwide: $11.6K - 1123
Aug 21, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.8K - 1124
Jun 9, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.8K - 1125
Jun 11, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.5K - 1126
Oct 9, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10K - 1127
Oct 2, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10K - 1128
Oct 7, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10K - 1129
Feb 14, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.9K - 1130
Oct 14, 2005 US and Canada: $9.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $9.7K - 1131
Jan 15, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.6K - 1132
Oct 7, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.5K - 1133
Jul 13, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.4K - 1134
Sep 13, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.2K - 1135
Sep 29, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.2K - 1136
Jun 30, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.9K - 1137
Oct 5, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.7K - 1138
May 4, 1996 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.4K - 1139
Jul 10, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.3K - 1140
Apr 4, 1998 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.9K - 1141
May 6, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.8K - 1142
Mar 8, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.8K - 1143
Oct 2, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.7K - 1144
2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.6K - 1145
Feb 15, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.6K - 1146
Apr 30, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.6K - 1147
Apr 26, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.4K - 1148
Oct 6, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.3K - 1149
Oct 16, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.2K - 1150
Apr 29, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.1K
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)