#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 4
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 151 to 200 of 1,192. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 151
Dec 11, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.7M - 152
Sep 23, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.7M - 153
May 31, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.6M - 154
Jan 22, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.6M - 155
Nov 30, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.4M - 156
Feb 13, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.2M - 157
Sep 11, 2019 US and Canada: $97.7K Rest of the world: $17.1M Worldwide: $17.2M - 158
Feb 15, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.2M - 159
Aug 22, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.1M - 160
Jun 11, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.9M - 161
Aug 22, 2012 US and Canada: $13.7M Rest of the world: $3.1M Worldwide: $16.8M - 162
Mar 28, 2018 US and Canada: $115.3K Rest of the world: $16.7M Worldwide: $16.8M - 163
Dec 19, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.8M - 164
Jun 6, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.5M - 165
Oct 9, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.4M - 166
Apr 26, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.1M - 167
Feb 15, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.1M - 168
Oct 22, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.1M - 169
Jun 28, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.9M - 170
Dec 2, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.8M - 171
Sep 19, 2018 US and Canada: $64.1K Rest of the world: $15.6M Worldwide: $15.7M - 172
Nov 7, 2019 US and Canada: $67.6K Rest of the world: $15.6M Worldwide: $15.6M - 173
Oct 8, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.5M - 174
Oct 4, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.3M - 175
Sep 21, 2018 US and Canada: $111K Rest of the world: $15.2M Worldwide: $15.3M - 176
Aug 18, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15M - 177
Aug 11, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.9M - 178
Jun 29, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.8M - 179
Sep 14, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.8M - 180
Jul 6, 2016 US and Canada: $97.5K Rest of the world: $14.7M Worldwide: $14.8M - 181
Jan 9, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.7M - 182
Jul 5, 2024 US and Canada: $242.1K Rest of the world: $14.4M Worldwide: $14.6M - 183
Sep 27, 2023 US and Canada: $84.4K Rest of the world: $14.5M Worldwide: $14.6M - 184
Dec 19, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.4M - 185
Nov 14, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.4M - 186
Sep 11, 2015 US and Canada: $108.1K Rest of the world: $14.2M Worldwide: $14.3M - 187
May 4, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.3M - 188
Apr 12, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.2M - 189
Dec 1, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.2M - 190
Sep 29, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.2M - 191
Nov 23, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14M - 192
Nov 6, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.9M - 193
Dec 26, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.9M - 194
Jan 14, 2015 US and Canada: $32.2K Rest of the world: $13.6M Worldwide: $13.6M - 195
Apr 6, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.5M - 196
Jan 30, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.5M - 197
Jun 24, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.4M - 198
Apr 28, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.4M - 199
Apr 29, 2017 US and Canada: $507.3K Rest of the world: $12.9M Worldwide: $13.4M - 200
May 16, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.3M
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)