South Korean Box Office For August 2009
| Rank | Release | Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tidal Wave | $38,485,992 | 893 | $67,988,064 | Jul 23 | CJ Entertainment |
| 2 | Take Off | $32,396,877 | 747 | $52,109,102 | Jul 29 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 3 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $11,475,572 | 526 | $15,940,289 | Aug 6 | CJ Entertainment |
| 4 | Up | $5,436,921 | 484 | $5,524,557 | Jul 29 | - |
| 5 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $3,683,782 | 461 | $5,166,601 | Aug 12 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 6 | Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser | $2,909,581 | 285 | $3,624,571 | Jul 30 | - |
| 7 | A Million | $2,042,540 | 309 | $2,456,417 | Aug 6 | Sidus |
| 8 | Public Enemies | $1,943,439 | 375 | $2,752,181 | Aug 12 | United International Pictures |
| 9 | Chaw | $1,866,377 | 516 | $10,521,795 | Jul 15 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 10 | Orphan | $1,552,146 | 222 | $3,078,994 | Aug 20 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | Ice Age 2: The Meltdown | $1,545,138 | 234 | $5,301,013 | Apr 20 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 12 | Yoga Class | $1,396,134 | 328 | $1,402,791 | Aug 20 | Sidus |
| 13 | Possessed | $1,361,570 | 291 | $1,361,570 | Aug 13 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 14 | A Perfect Getaway | $1,219,720 | 291 | $1,881,457 | Aug 20 | Synergy |
| 15 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $1,102,306 | 824 | $15,627,084 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | Summer Wars | $589,026 | 118 | $690,274 | Aug 12 | CJ Entertainment |
| 17 | Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky | $493,853 | 227 | $1,002,940 | Aug 27 | - |
| 18 | Sophie's Revenge | $474,009 | 235 | $606,524 | Aug 20 | CJ Entertainment |
| 19 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | $362,697 | 1,214 | $43,392,124 | Jun 24 | CJ Entertainment |
| 20 | The Haunting in Connecticut | $350,497 | 203 | $432,568 | Jul 29 | CJ Entertainment |
| 21 | 4th Period Mystery | $275,903 | 217 | $360,944 | Aug 12 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 22 | My Life in Ruins | $226,218 | 122 | $397,591 | Aug 27 | Sungwon I Com |
| 23 | The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch | $222,966 | 219 | $315,159 | Aug 20 | Prime Entertainment |
| 24 | My Bloody Valentine | $140,490 | 289 | $962,057 | Jul 23 | Next Entertainment World (NEW) |
| 25 | Doraemon the Movie: The New Records of Nobita's Spaceblazer | $129,342 | 190 | $1,242,671 | Jul 15 | - |
| 26 | Lifting King Kong | $123,000 | 521 | $7,192,813 | Jul 1 | Next Entertainment World (NEW) |
| 27 | Nocturna 2009 Re-release | $117,232 | 152 | $182,244 | Aug 27 | - |
| 28 | We Will Rock You: Queen Live in Concert | $101,261 | 13 | $157,310 | Jul 30 | - |
| 29 | The Meerkats | $67,591 | 71 | $77,034 | Aug 6 | - |
| 30 | Rumba | $38,708 | 13 | $49,208 | Aug 6 | - |
| 31 | Happy Flight | $27,691 | 16 | $130,357 | Jul 16 | - |
| 32 | This Is England | $24,391 | 4 | $47,864 | Aug 13 | - |
| 33 | Plastic City | $19,290 | 7 | $20,430 | Jul 30 | - |
| 34 | Calling | $18,195 | 28 | $503,804 | Apr 2 | - |
| 35 | The Lane | $15,713 | 17 | $96,642 | Jul 9 | - |
| 36 | My Friends, My Love 2009 Re-release | $14,941 | 2 | $33,436 | Jul 23 | - |
| 37 | Martyrs | $13,291 | 4 | $17,431 | Aug 6 | - |
| 38 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $12,880 | 2 | $21,205 | Jul 23 | - |
| 39 | Five Senses of Eros | $11,918 | 403 | $2,484,095 | Jul 9 | Synergy |
| 40 | Fish Story | $11,800 | 8 | $12,640 | Jul 30 | - |
| 41 | Still Walking | $8,777 | 30 | $244,659 | Jun 18 | - |
| 42 | 2009 Cine-Vacances Seoul | $7,398 | 1 | $9,033 | Aug 4 | - |
| 43 | Savage Grace | $6,221 | 9 | $70,364 | Jul 9 | - |
| 44 | Wild Exploration Alive | $6,221 | 2 | $39,287 | May 14 | - |
| 45 | A Blood Pledge: Broken Promise | $4,897 | 425 | $3,392,086 | Jun 18 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 46 | Silent Wedding | $4,412 | 3 | $5,101 | Aug 20 | - |
| 47 | Cinema Digital Seoul 2009 | $4,403 | 5 | $5,421 | Aug 19 | - |
| 48 | Promise Me This | $4,067 | 2 | $4,452 | Aug 13 | - |
| 49 | The Unknown Woman | $3,841 | 21 | $180,958 | Jul 2 | - |
| 50 | Yasukuni | $3,694 | 7 | $3,923 | Aug 6 | - |
| 51 | Around Space: Journey Through the Universe with the Hubble Space Telescope | $3,359 | 3 | $151,060 | Jul 3 | - |
| 52 | Yoshino's Barber Shop | $3,191 | 11 | $71,983 | Jun 25 | - |
| 53 | The Pope's Toilet | $2,859 | 2 | $17,523 | Jun 25 | - |
| 54 | Seraphine | $2,720 | 4 | $59,049 | Jun 4 | - |
| 55 | American Masters: Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens | $2,702 | 4 | $33,943 | Jun 11 | - |
| 56 | Abuji | $1,714 | 45 | $102,685 | Jul 16 | - |
| 57 | Un homme perdu 2009 Re-release | $1,565 | 1 | $1,863 | Aug 6 | - |
| 58 | Shall We Kiss? | $1,531 | 48 | $128,533 | Jun 18 | - |
| 59 | The Grudge 3 | $1,162 | 1 | $1,162 | Aug 27 | - |
| 60 | Running Turtle | $1,086 | 510 | $16,859,018 | Jun 11 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 61 | My Dear Enemy | $1,038 | 389 | $2,109,678 | Sep 25 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 62 | The Pot | $955 | 4 | $1,201 | Aug 20 | - |
| 63 | Meet the Author | $881 | 1 | $881 | Aug 8 | - |
| 64 | City of God 2009 Re-release | $877 | 2 | $39,023 | Nov 3 | - |
| 65 | Kamome Diner | $862 | 3 | $24,091 | Sep 21 | - |
| 66 | Mother | $630 | 764 | $16,283,879 | May 28 | CJ Entertainment |
| 67 | Thirst | $580 | 633 | $11,950,322 | Apr 30 | CJ Entertainment |
| 68 | The Mission 2008 Re-release | $561 | 21 | $141,112 | Dec 24 | Warner Bros. |
| 69 | Insadong Scandal | $516 | 408 | $6,177,474 | Apr 29 | SK Telecom |
| 70 | Buena Vista Social Club 2005 Re-release | $472 | 53 | $139,017 | Oct 7 | - |
This chart only reflects 98 percent of total screens in South Korea.
