South Korean Box Office For May 2008
| Rank | Release | Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iron Man | $23,437,864 | 679 | $25,169,783 | Apr 30 | CJ Entertainment |
| 2 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $11,987,970 | 848 | $26,498,442 | May 22 | CJ Entertainment |
| 3 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | $6,594,846 | 671 | $8,943,448 | May 15 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 4 | Taken | $5,012,176 | 364 | $15,471,329 | Apr 9 | Studio 2.0 |
| 5 | Speed Racer | $4,715,123 | 488 | $5,057,193 | May 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | Beastie Boys | $3,590,527 | 376 | $4,631,383 | Apr 30 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 7 | The Forbidden Kingdom | $3,513,575 | 439 | $8,065,700 | Apr 24 | Cinema Service |
| 8 | Horton Hears a Who! | $3,364,387 | 439 | $3,739,423 | May 1 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 9 | The Chaser | $1,650,725 | 507 | $35,760,133 | Feb 14 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 10 | A Tale of Legendary Libido | $1,299,895 | 391 | $1,720,621 | Apr 30 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 11 | Penelope | $1,137,222 | 192 | $1,334,326 | May 15 | CJ Entertainment |
| 12 | Priceless | $782,096 | 125 | $823,678 | May 8 | KD Media |
| 13 | Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street 2008 Re-release | $638,250 | 49 | $601,061 | May 1 | - |
| 14 | Never Back Down | $564,877 | 204 | $751,298 | May 22 | Studio 2.0 |
| 15 | The Bucket List | $320,302 | 90 | $1,783,705 | Apr 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | Do You See Seoul? | $299,406 | 166 | $299,631 | May 8 | Cinema Service |
| 17 | Frivolous Wife | $141,933 | 196 | $151,787 | May 22 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 18 | The Other Boleyn Girl | $138,028 | 186 | $4,683,202 | Mar 20 | United International Pictures |
| 19 | Vitus | $71,163 | 18 | $267,144 | Apr 9 | - |
| 20 | Hallam Foe | $62,713 | 18 | $79,910 | Apr 30 | - |
| 21 | Persepolis | $58,611 | 9 | $77,342 | May 8 | - |
| 22 | To Each His Own Cinema | $51,234 | 12 | $71,644 | May 15 | - |
| 23 | Definitely, Maybe | $49,609 | 178 | $1,189,897 | Apr 9 | United International Pictures |
| 24 | Three Kingdoms | $40,685 | 385 | $6,581,122 | Apr 3 | SK Telecom |
| 25 | The Guard Post | $37,453 | 411 | $6,260,139 | Apr 3 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 26 | I Served the King of England | $26,914 | 1 | $29,036 | Apr 30 | - |
| 27 | The Mourning Forest | $20,510 | 5 | $51,474 | Apr 24 | - |
| 28 | Summer Days with Coo | $19,171 | 27 | $210,399 | Jun 26 | Megabox |
| 29 | Talk to Me | $17,468 | 7 | $22,555 | Apr 30 | - |
| 30 | Sicko | $11,016 | 36 | $236,478 | Apr 3 | Sponge |
| 31 | An Empress and the Warriors | $8,933 | 299 | $1,275,103 | Apr 9 | CJ Entertainment |
| 32 | Do Re Mi Fa So La Si Do | $7,440 | 204 | $1,060,319 | Apr 3 | Cinema Service |
| 33 | Days of Being Wild 2008 Re-release | $5,433 | 3 | $42,320 | Apr 1 | - |
| 34 | Amazing Grace | $5,009 | 70 | $321,000 | Mar 20 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 35 | Away from Her | $4,548 | 5 | $103,002 | Mar 27 | - |
| 36 | Useless | $4,032 | 2 | $9,888 | May 22 | - |
| 37 | Candy | $3,662 | 4 | $27,333 | Apr 17 | - |
| 38 | Eo-neu-nal Geu Gil-e-seo | $3,096 | 3 | $19,882 | Mar 27 | - |
| 39 | Shattered | $2,357 | 241 | $1,265,547 | Nov 8 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 40 | Shocking Family | $1,633 | 2 | $2,338 | May 8 | - |
| 41 | Night Bus 2008 Re-release | $1,527 | 1 | $1,885 | May 22 | - |
| 42 | Yalkae, a Joker in High School | $1,525 | 2 | $2,907 | Apr 24 | - |
| 43 | If You Were Me: Anima Vision 2 | $1,453 | 12 | $17,814 | Apr 24 | - |
| 44 | Power Rangers Magic Force & Treasure Force | $1,181 | 44 | $742,565 | Jul 17 | - |
| 45 | The Water Horse | $1,012 | 60 | $660,938 | Mar 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 46 | Awake | $982 | 275 | $3,270,139 | Mar 27 | Prime Entertainment |
| 47 | The Last Mimzy | $890 | 1 | $1,186 | Apr 25 | - |
| 48 | A Circus Romance | $820 | 32 | $81,855 | Apr 9 | - |
| 49 | Happily N'Ever After | $789 | 240 | $1,869,780 | Jan 24 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 50 | My Song Is... | $788 | 2 | $2,612 | Apr 25 | - |
| 51 | Host & Guest | $776 | 1 | $37,130 | Nov 15 | - |
| 52 | Funeral Parade of Roses | $772 | 1 | $1,114 | Apr 30 | - |
| 53 | Milky Way Liberation Front | $711 | 6 | $31,300 | Nov 29 | - |
| 54 | The Upside of Anger | $703 | 9 | $39,345 | Mar 27 | - |
| 55 | Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew | $683 | 667 | $1,078,840 | Jan 22 | - |
| 56 | Train Man | $642 | 1 | $160,276 | Sep 7 | - |
| 57 | Step Up 2: The Streets | $593 | 337 | $6,778,011 | Mar 13 | Studio 2.0 |
| 58 | Pathology | $575 | 166 | $562,459 | Apr 17 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 59 | Kakurenbo: Hide and Seek | $557 | 1 | $1,053 | Apr 22 | - |
| 60 | Robot Taekwon V | $549 | 215 | $3,912,160 | Jan 18 | - |
| 61 | Ben-Hur 2008 Re-release | $539 | 1 | $5,016 | Apr 1 | - |
| 62 | Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed | $511 | 1 | $684 | May 13 | - |
| 63 | Farewell 2008 Re-release | $507 | 3 | $7,854 | Mar 27 | - |
| 64 | Regular Lovers 2008 Re-release | $501 | 1 | $774 | Jun 17 | - |
| 65 | Brokeback Mountain | $490 | 70 | $2,136,998 | Mar 1 | CJ Entertainment |
| 66 | Kiki's Delivery Service 2007 Re-release | $320 | 38 | $166,506 | Nov 22 | - |
| 67 | TMNT | $305 | 207 | $1,280,002 | Apr 26 | - |
| 68 | Ecstasy of the Angels | $295 | 1 | $585 | Apr 30 | - |
| 69 | Nanami: The Inferno of First Love | $290 | 1 | $769 | Apr 22 | - |
| 70 | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | $274 | 88 | $281,202 | Aug 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 71 | Coffee and Cigarettes | $273 | 1 | $51,589 | Jul 27 | - |
| 72 | Princess in an Iron Helmet | $265 | 1 | $4,516 | Mar 20 | - |
| 73 | The Last Dining Table | $261 | 1 | $2,181 | Apr 11 | - |
| 74 | Belle de Jour 2008 Re-release | $258 | 1 | $347 | May 8 | - |
| 75 | Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 | $248 | 1 | $598 | Apr 22 | - |
| 76 | Sekigun-P.F.L.P: Sekai sensô sengen | $245 | 1 | $346 | Apr 30 | - |
| 77 | Prince Vladimir 2008 Re-release | $243 | 1 | $243 | May 22 | - |
| 78 | Yesterday Girl | $240 | 1 | $446 | May 13 | - |
| 79 | Sex Game | $222 | 1 | $480 | Apr 22 | - |
| 80 | The Man Who Wasn't There | $207 | 1 | $20,000 | May 3 | - |
| 81 | With Her Outstretched Hand | $191 | 1 | $1,112 | Apr 17 | - |
| 82 | The Lighthouse | $190 | 2 | $8,248 | Sep 27 | - |
| 83 | Volver | $190 | 7 | $187,988 | Sep 21 | Sponge |
| 84 | Best Wishes for Tomorrow | $185 | 1 | $185 | May 16 | - |
| 85 | Occasional Work of a Female Slave | $183 | 1 | $319 | May 13 | - |
| 86 | Germany in Autumn | $183 | 1 | $340 | May 13 | - |
| 87 | Broken Flowers | $183 | 3 | $111,806 | Dec 5 | Sponge |
| 88 | The Season of Betrayal | $178 | 1 | $363 | Apr 22 | - |
| 89 | Talk to Her 2002 Re-release | $178 | 1 | $5,377 | Apr 18 | - |
| 90 | A Pool Without Water | $172 | 1 | $668 | Apr 22 | - |
| 91 | Go, Go Second Time Virgin | $162 | 1 | $659 | Apr 30 | - |
| 92 | Once | $160 | 147 | $1,729,609 | Sep 20 | JinJin Pictures |
| 93 | Sword of the Stranger | $159 | 1 | $230 | May 21 | - |
| 94 | Die Macht der Gefühle (1983) | $157 | 1 | $347 | May 13 | - |
| 95 | Goya's Ghosts | $153 | 12 | $28,911 | Apr 3 | - |
| 96 | Tokyo Godfathers 2007 Re-release | $148 | 110 | $85,706 | - | - |
| 97 | Sad Vacation | $148 | 5 | $27,513 | Mar 13 | - |
| 98 | Breakfast on Pluto | $145 | 8 | $108,245 | Apr 5 | - |
| 99 | Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom | $142 | 1 | $846 | Apr 17 | - |
| 100 | Gushing Prayer: A 15-Year-Old Prostitute | $134 | 1 | $544 | Apr 22 | - |
| 101 | Buena Vista Social Club 2005 Re-release | $130 | 53 | $139,017 | Oct 7 | - |
| 102 | The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time | $129 | 1 | $242 | May 13 | - |
| 103 | The Prisoner | $120 | 1 | $417 | Apr 22 | - |
| 104 | Mala Noche | $119 | 1 | $13,132 | Mar 29 | - |
| 105 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | $109 | 291 | $13,983,100 | Dec 29 | Buena Vista International |
| 106 | Introduction to the Taste Revolution | $108 | 1 | $268 | Apr 22 | - |
| 107 | Last Days | $107 | 1 | $42,554 | Apr 27 | - |
| 108 | Time to Leave | $106 | 1 | $90,570 | Feb 9 | - |
| 109 | Night and Day | $94 | 19 | $75,557 | Feb 28 | - |
| 110 | Shara | $89 | 1 | $2,205 | Apr 17 | - |
| 111 | The Patriotic Woman | $83 | 1 | $144 | May 13 | - |
| 112 | Scrap Heaven | $81 | 1 | $760 | Jan 4 | - |
| 113 | Juno | $79 | 203 | $449,290 | Feb 21 | Mirovision |
| 114 | Vexille | $78 | 17 | $34,145 | Nov 8 | - |
| 115 | My Five Wives: How Much Is Too Much? | $76 | 1 | $14,609 | Nov 25 | - |
| 116 | Brave Story 2007 Re-release | $75 | 56 | $176,764 | Mar 20 | Yejilim Entertainment |
| 117 | The Taste of Tea | $74 | 1 | $16,142 | Nov 23 | - |
| 118 | Josee, the Tiger and the Fish | $71 | 1 | $371,999 | Oct 29 | - |
| 119 | The Distance 2008 Re-release | $53 | 1 | $287 | Apr 11 | - |
| 120 | Rampo Noir | $49 | 1 | $217 | Jan 11 | - |
| 121 | Mother Never Dies | $48 | 149 | $750,219 | Sep 12 | - |
| 122 | 10,000 BC | $47 | 401 | $7,570,138 | Mar 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 123 | Bright Future | $33 | 1 | $11,317 | Apr 23 | - |
| 124 | Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth | $31 | 1 | $434 | Apr 17 | - |
| 125 | Proof of the Man | $28 | 1 | $57 | Apr 30 | - |
| 126 | Flower and Snake II | $18 | 2 | $927 | Mar 27 | - |
| 127 | The Brutal Hopelessness of Love | $2 | 2 | $1,026 | Mar 27 | - |
This chart only reflects 98 percent of total screens in South Korea.
