South Korean Box Office For October 2009
| Rank | Release | Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Closer to Heaven | $6,986,656 | 554 | $13,301,443 | Sep 24 | CJ Entertainment |
| 2 | Good Morning President | $6,700,419 | 670 | $16,054,888 | Oct 22 | CJ Entertainment |
| 3 | Bulkkocheolum Nabicheolum | $6,043,559 | 512 | $10,499,992 | Sep 24 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 4 | Surrogates | $4,491,317 | 270 | $5,052,553 | Oct 1 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 5 | District 9 | $4,066,803 | 357 | $5,536,209 | Oct 15 | CJ Entertainment |
| 6 | Agile | $3,327,387 | 441 | $11,813,617 | Jul 29 | Synergy |
| 7 | Take Off | $2,175,389 | 747 | $52,109,102 | Jul 29 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 8 | Fame | $1,872,218 | 393 | $3,798,631 | Sep 24 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 9 | The Weird Missing Case of Mr. J | $1,752,025 | 303 | $1,959,138 | Oct 8 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 10 | Gamer | $1,708,114 | 310 | $1,980,881 | Oct 1 | Synergy |
| 11 | The Final Destination | $1,648,111 | 246 | $1,956,726 | Oct 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | Season of Good Rain | $1,556,124 | 419 | $1,826,417 | Oct 8 | Next Entertainment World (NEW) |
| 13 | I Come with the Rain | $1,319,771 | 255 | $1,339,296 | Oct 15 | CJ Entertainment |
| 14 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn 2009 Re-release | $849,010 | 242 | $992,897 | Oct 15 | Sidus |
| 15 | Pandorum | $637,251 | 216 | $1,036,192 | Oct 22 | Synergy |
| 16 | Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! The Hero of Kinpoko 2009 Re-release | $617,211 | 122 | $866,414 | Sep 24 | - |
| 17 | New York, I Love You | $381,309 | 107 | $550,927 | Oct 22 | KD Media |
| 18 | Seagulls | $190,852 | 69 | $590,764 | Sep 26 | - |
| 19 | The Ugly Truth | $178,762 | 242 | $2,026,095 | Sep 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 20 | Tidal Wave | $161,927 | 893 | $67,988,064 | Jul 23 | CJ Entertainment |
| 21 | Fighting | $121,351 | 177 | $146,864 | Oct 22 | - |
| 22 | Naruto Shippûden: The Lost Tower | $103,432 | 80 | $162,757 | Oct 22 | - |
| 23 | Black 2009 Re-release | $100,950 | 256 | $5,424,328 | Aug 27 | Next Entertainment World (NEW) |
| 24 | Fly Penguin | $73,909 | 36 | $112,646 | Sep 24 | - |
| 25 | One Week | $62,961 | 26 | $108,918 | Sep 24 | - |
| 26 | Bella | $60,235 | 17 | $67,679 | Oct 1 | - |
| 27 | Hello My Love | $57,241 | 43 | $61,178 | Oct 8 | - |
| 28 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $55,737 | 461 | $5,166,601 | Aug 12 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 29 | Tears in the Arctic | $42,738 | 47 | $44,549 | Oct 15 | - |
| 30 | Maybe | $35,442 | 72 | $47,946 | Oct 22 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 31 | Doraemon the Movie: The New Records of Nobita's Spaceblazer | $19,464 | 190 | $1,242,671 | Jul 15 | - |
| 32 | Spread | $15,638 | 245 | $610,567 | Sep 17 | Sidus |
| 33 | Planet B-Boy | $14,439 | 12 | $19,718 | Oct 15 | - |
| 34 | The Metropolitan Opera HD Live: Puccini: Madama Butterfly | $10,979 | 1 | $16,493 | Oct 11 | - |
| 35 | Habana Blues 2009 Re-release | $7,903 | 12 | $41,110 | Sep 17 | - |
| 36 | Cake 2009 Re-release | $7,031 | 28 | $8,648 | Oct 22 | - |
| 37 | The Proposal | $5,718 | 203 | $2,045,349 | Sep 3 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 38 | Calling | $4,831 | 28 | $503,804 | Apr 2 | - |
| 39 | Tokyo Girl | $4,744 | 33 | $36,518 | Sep 17 | - |
| 40 | Chef's Special 2009 Re-release | $4,306 | 17 | $26,877 | Sep 17 | - |
| 41 | Big Women | $3,859 | 2 | $4,318 | Oct 8 | - |
| 42 | Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street 2008 Re-release | $3,372 | 49 | $601,061 | May 1 | - |
| 43 | Funny Games | $3,308 | 2 | $3,530 | Oct 8 | - |
| 44 | Where the Truth Lies | $3,047 | 292 | $3,337,582 | Sep 10 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 45 | Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser | $2,619 | 285 | $3,624,571 | Jul 30 | - |
| 46 | Around Space: Journey Through the Universe with the Hubble Space Telescope | $2,388 | 3 | $151,060 | Jul 3 | - |
| 47 | We Will Rock You: Queen Live in Concert | $2,038 | 13 | $157,310 | Jul 30 | - |
| 48 | Fireproof | $1,676 | 4 | $16,980 | Sep 18 | - |
| 49 | Broken Embraces | $1,575 | 7 | $96,088 | Nov 19 | United International Pictures |
| 50 | Bandslam | $1,560 | 179 | $435,397 | Sep 3 | KD Media |
| 51 | 9 | $1,343 | 226 | $599,609 | Sep 9 | SK Telecom |
| 52 | Meet Bill | $1,265 | 1 | $1,535 | Oct 15 | - |
| 53 | The Battle of Algiers 2004 Re-release | $1,097 | 1 | $2,026 | - | - |
| 54 | The Piano Forest 2008 Re-release | $965 | 21 | $182,884 | Oct 30 | - |
| 55 | Up | $916 | 484 | $5,524,557 | Jul 29 | - |
| 56 | Man on Wire | $863 | 1 | $2,925 | Oct 24 | - |
| 57 | Chaw | $581 | 516 | $10,521,795 | Jul 15 | Lotte Entertainment |
This chart only reflects 98 percent of total screens in South Korea.
