#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 5
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 201 to 250 of 1,192. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 201
Sep 24, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.3M - 202
Aug 18, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.2M - 203
Dec 26, 2018 US and Canada: $112.4K Rest of the world: $12.8M Worldwide: $12.9M - 204
Oct 21, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.8M - 205
Nov 4, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.6M - 206
Dec 6, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.5M - 207
Sep 12, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.5M - 208
Nov 2, 2018 US and Canada: $167.9K Rest of the world: $12.2M Worldwide: $12.4M - 209
Dec 19, 1986 US and Canada: $12.3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.3M - 210
Mar 21, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.3M - 211
Feb 17, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.2M - 212
Aug 7, 2019 US and Canada: $4.8M Rest of the world: $7.3M Worldwide: $12.2M - 213
May 9, 2019 US and Canada: $104.6K Rest of the world: $12M Worldwide: $12.1M - 214
Feb 7, 2025 US and Canada: $103.4K Rest of the world: $12M Worldwide: $12.1M - 215
Aug 26, 2022 US and Canada: $168.3K Rest of the world: $11.9M Worldwide: $12.1M - 216
Apr 5, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.9M - 217
Nov 13, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.8M - 218
Aug 16, 2019 US and Canada: $103K Rest of the world: $11.7M Worldwide: $11.8M - 219
Sep 3, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.7M - 220
May 23, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.6M - 221
Apr 12, 2013 US and Canada: $134.2K Rest of the world: $11.3M Worldwide: $11.5M - 222
Aug 13, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.4M - 223
Apr 26, 2017 US and Canada: $91K Rest of the world: $11.3M Worldwide: $11.4M - 224
Dec 5, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.4M - 225
Feb 29, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.4M - 226
Feb 8, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.2M - 227
Jan 10, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.1M - 228
Jul 23, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.1M - 229
Jul 12, 2024 US and Canada: $34.2K Rest of the world: $11M Worldwide: $11.1M - 230
Jun 10, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11M - 231
Dec 21, 2018 US and Canada: $222K Rest of the world: $10.7M Worldwide: $10.9M - 232
Jan 10, 2024 US and Canada: $60.7K Rest of the world: $10.8M Worldwide: $10.8M - 233
Aug 15, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.8M - 234
Sep 18, 2024 US and Canada: $2.6M Rest of the world: $8.2M Worldwide: $10.8M - 235
Feb 23, 2018 US and Canada: $94.5K Rest of the world: $10.6M Worldwide: $10.7M - 236
May 14, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.7M - 237
May 1, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.7M - 238
Feb 9, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.7M - 239
Jul 15, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.7M - 240
Jan 22, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.6M - 241
Feb 12, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.6M - 242
Apr 29, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.6M - 243
Jun 28, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.6M - 244
Apr 27, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.6M - 245
Mar 13, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.5M - 246
Mar 14, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.4M - 247
Jun 15, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.4M - 248
Feb 16, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.4M - 249
Mar 2, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.3M - 250
Oct 18, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.2M
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)