#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 6
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 251 to 300 of 1,192. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 251
Feb 16, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.1M - 252
Mar 7, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.1M - 253
Apr 1, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.1M - 254
Mar 31, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10M - 255
May 20, 1995 US and Canada: $10M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10M - 256
Mar 9, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10M - 257
Mar 26, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10M - 258
Nov 29, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10M - 259
Feb 28, 2018 US and Canada: $78.9K Rest of the world: $9.8M Worldwide: $9.9M - 260
Nov 14, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.8M - 261
May 20, 2016 US and Canada: $67.1K Rest of the world: $9.7M Worldwide: $9.8M - 262
Sep 27, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.7M - 263
Oct 18, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.7M - 264
Aug 23, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.7M - 265
May 18, 2012 US and Canada: $1.8M Rest of the world: $7.8M Worldwide: $9.6M - 266
Jun 24, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.6M - 267
Aug 6, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.5M - 268
Jan 15, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.5M - 269
Aug 12, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.4M - 270
Feb 14, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.4M - 271
Dec 28, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.4M - 272
Aug 1, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.2M - 273
Apr 5, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.1M - 274
Dec 21, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9M - 275
Sep 10, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9M - 276
Oct 2, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.9M - 277
Apr 3, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.9M - 278
Mar 17, 2017 US and Canada: $43.1K Rest of the world: $8.8M Worldwide: $8.9M - 279
Apr 2, 2004 US and Canada: $2.4M Rest of the world: $6.5M Worldwide: $8.8M - 280
Jun 9, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.8M - 281
May 15, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.8M - 282
Oct 23, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.8M - 283
Aug 25, 2017 US and Canada: $27.7K Rest of the world: $8.7M Worldwide: $8.7M - 284
2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.7M - 285
Apr 25, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.7M - 286
Sep 11, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.7M - 287
Oct 19, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.7M - 288
Oct 27, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.7M - 289
May 19, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.6M - 290
2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.5M - 291
Oct 2, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.5M - 292
Nov 5, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.5M - 293
Nov 11, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.4M - 294
Oct 3, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.3M - 295
Apr 13, 2016 US and Canada: $59.4K Rest of the world: $8.3M Worldwide: $8.3M - 296
May 10, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.3M - 297
Oct 3, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.3M - 298
May 30, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.2M - 299
Feb 27, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.1M - 300
Dec 31, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.1M
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)