#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 3
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 101 to 150 of 1,192. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 101
Apr 25, 2025 US and Canada: $120.4K Rest of the world: $24.4M Worldwide: $24.5M - 102
Jun 27, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.3M - 103
Jun 22, 2018 US and Canada: $179K Rest of the world: $24.1M Worldwide: $24.2M - 104
Dec 18, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.1M - 105
Sep 21, 2017 US and Canada: $63.2K Rest of the world: $24M Worldwide: $24M - 106
Dec 12, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.9M - 107
Feb 24, 2016 US and Canada: $125.6K Rest of the world: $23.7M Worldwide: $23.9M - 108
Apr 28, 2006 US and Canada: $211.7K Rest of the world: $23.6M Worldwide: $23.8M - 109
Jan 27, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.2M - 110
Jun 17, 2022 US and Canada: $143.7K Rest of the world: $22.9M Worldwide: $23.1M - 111
Mar 25, 2015 US and Canada: $136.1K Rest of the world: $22.1M Worldwide: $22.3M - 112
Aug 24, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22.3M - 113
Oct 9, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22.1M - 114
Jul 26, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.8M - 115
Oct 14, 2022 US and Canada: $2.2M Rest of the world: $19.5M Worldwide: $21.7M - 116
Nov 8, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.7M - 117
Apr 30, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.7M - 118
Jul 20, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.6M - 119
Oct 2, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.4M - 120
Apr 4, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.1M - 121
Jun 16, 2010 US and Canada: $176.6K Rest of the world: $20.8M Worldwide: $21M - 122
Nov 5, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20.9M - 123
Oct 31, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20.8M - 124
Nov 15, 2018 US and Canada: $4.2M Rest of the world: $16.1M Worldwide: $20.3M - 125
Sep 4, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20M - 126
Dec 23, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.8M - 127
Mar 14, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.7M - 128
Mar 10, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.3M - 129
Jun 18, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.2M - 130
Jun 3, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.2M - 131
Nov 24, 2016 US and Canada: $52K Rest of the world: $19.1M Worldwide: $19.2M - 132
Sep 8, 2017 US and Canada: $91.3K Rest of the world: $18.9M Worldwide: $19M - 133
Dec 30, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19M - 134
Dec 1, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.9M - 135
Dec 26, 2022 US and Canada: $1M Rest of the world: $17.8M Worldwide: $18.9M - 136
Aug 6, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.8M - 137
Aug 4, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.6M - 138
Feb 16, 2018 US and Canada: $104K Rest of the world: $18.5M Worldwide: $18.6M - 139
Jul 13, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.5M - 140
Jul 5, 2024 US and Canada: $259.2K Rest of the world: $18.2M Worldwide: $18.5M - 141
Oct 3, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.4M - 142
Feb 9, 2017 US and Canada: $104.9K Rest of the world: $18.2M Worldwide: $18.3M - 143
May 3, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.3M - 144
Oct 7, 2016 US and Canada: $175.7K Rest of the world: $18.1M Worldwide: $18.3M - 145
Feb 1, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.2M - 146
Sep 16, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.9M - 147
Jan 30, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.9M - 148
Nov 13, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.9M - 149
Jan 22, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.9M - 150
Nov 20, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.8M
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)