South Korean Box Office For 2009
| Rank | Release | Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 435 | The Accidental Gangster and the Mistaken Courtesan | $10 | 401 | $1,417,267 | Dec 4 | Sidus |
| 434 | It's a Free World... | $42 | 2 | $3,762 | Sep 25 | - |
| 433 | Control | $53 | 11 | $11,389 | Oct 30 | - |
| 432 | The ESP Couple | $124 | 7 | $18,326 | Nov 27 | - |
| 431 | Boy Meets Boy | $129 | 7 | $9,102 | Nov 20 | - |
| 430 | The Last Mistress | $171 | 5 | $52,000 | Jul 31 | - |
| 429 | Lacombe, Lucien | $184 | 1 | $3,228 | Dec 4 | - |
| 428 | Rediscovering Film History | $192 | 1 | $192 | May 1 | - |
| 427 | Action Boys | $218 | 13 | $49,052 | Aug 28 | - |
| 426 | The Room Nearby | $304 | 1 | $1,269 | Mar 12 | - |
| 425 | Welcome to Dongmakgol | $313 | 396 | $31,508,733 | Aug 4 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 424 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $346 | 191 | $908,112 | Oct 30 | Synergy |
| 423 | Written | $347 | 2 | $1,236 | Dec 26 | - |
| 422 | Sunny | $351 | 433 | $11,093,628 | Jul 24 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 421 | A History of Violence | $376 | 4 | $15,900 | Jul 26 | - |
| 420 | Two Days in Paris | $401 | 10 | $433 | Jul 19 | - |
| 419 | Bertrand beulrie Bert | $408 | 1 | $2,029 | May 5 | - |
| 418 | Way | $414 | 3 | $439 | May 14 | - |
| 417 | Mulholland Drive | $426 | 1 | $5,000 | Nov 30 | - |
| 416 | Hello, Stranger | $431 | 4 | $1,530 | Oct 18 | - |
| 415 | Still Life | $435 | 3 | $77,100 | Jun 14 | - |
| 414 | Dirty Dancing 2007 Re-release | $444 | 2 | $7,183 | Nov 29 | - |
| 413 | Daruma Sena party, a special exhibition of Raza | $466 | 1 | $811 | Jul 14 | - |
| 412 | Dissolute Wife | $469 | 1 | $785 | Jun 13 | - |
| 411 | Buena Vista Social Club 2005 Re-release | $472 | 53 | $139,017 | Oct 7 | - |
| 410 | No Country for Old Men | $498 | 27 | $570,944 | Feb 21 | CJ Entertainment |
| 409 | The Story of Mr. Sorry | $517 | 1 | $985 | Mar 12 | - |
| 408 | Traveling with Yoshitomo Nara 2009 Re-release | $531 | 1 | $1,405 | May 4 | - |
| 407 | Ben-Hur 2008 Re-release | $547 | 1 | $5,016 | Apr 1 | - |
| 406 | Raining Stones 1999 Re-release | $579 | 2 | $607 | Jul 17 | - |
| 405 | King of the Hill | $582 | 1 | $679 | Feb 5 | - |
| 404 | The Day After | $627 | 1 | $2,468 | Mar 12 | - |
| 403 | Suburban Girl 2009 Re-release | $630 | 2 | $791 | Jul 23 | - |
| 402 | Exhausted | $670 | 1 | $3,215 | Sep 3 | - |
| 401 | The Little Penguin Pororo Special Exhibition 3 | $702 | 1 | $847 | May 12 | - |
| 400 | Deep Sea | $710 | 1 | $1,331 | Dec 31 | - |
| 399 | Manji | $765 | 1 | $1,432 | Jul 3 | - |
| 398 | The Taste of Others | $774 | 1 | $35,374 | Jul 14 | - |
| 397 | Double Agent | $798 | 54 | $843 | Jan 24 | - |
| 396 | Land of Scarecrows | $823 | 4 | $880 | Apr 30 | - |
| 395 | Teeth | $851 | 1 | $933 | Jan 15 | - |
| 394 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $855 | 1 | $4,588 | Dec 18 | - |
| 393 | Man on Wire | $863 | 1 | $2,925 | Oct 24 | - |
| 392 | The Fast and the Furious 2009 Re-release | $864 | 1 | $938 | Apr 16 | - |
| 391 | City of God 2009 Re-release | $877 | 2 | $39,023 | Nov 3 | - |
| 390 | Meet the Author | $881 | 1 | $881 | Aug 8 | - |
| 389 | Silver Film Exhibition: Her Youth | $889 | 1 | $951 | May 14 | - |
| 388 | Then Summer Came | $949 | 3 | $949 | Nov 5 | - |
| 387 | After the Banquet | $950 | 11 | $1,240 | Dec 3 | - |
| 386 | France Movies Eccentricity | $952 | 1 | $1,143 | May 28 | - |
| 385 | The Pot | $955 | 4 | $1,201 | Aug 20 | - |
| 384 | Ten Nights of Dreams 2008 Re-release | $1,002 | 2 | $2,968 | Dec 18 | - |
| 383 | Dread | $1,029 | 1 | $1,120 | Dec 3 | - |
| 382 | Megane | $1,035 | 6 | $48,360 | Nov 29 | - |
| 381 | My Dear Enemy | $1,038 | 389 | $2,109,678 | Sep 25 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 380 | The Battle of Algiers 2004 Re-release | $1,097 | 1 | $2,026 | - | - |
| 379 | Nothing But Ghosts | $1,117 | 1 | $2,227 | Mar 19 | - |
| 378 | 2009 Korea Movie Easter | $1,128 | 1 | $1,346 | Jul 16 | - |
| 377 | Treeless Mountain | $1,138 | 4 | $40,021 | Aug 27 | - |
| 376 | The Little Penguin Pororo Special Exhibition 2 | $1,139 | 1 | $1,139 | May 1 | - |
| 375 | The Grudge 3 | $1,162 | 1 | $1,162 | Aug 27 | - |
| 374 | Pororo the Little Penguin | $1,204 | 1 | $1,204 | May 1 | - |
| 373 | I Just Didn't Do It 2008 Re-release | $1,216 | 5 | $7,965 | Dec 11 | - |
| 372 | Meet Bill | $1,265 | 1 | $1,535 | Oct 15 | - |
| 371 | The Princess and the Frog | $1,352 | 92 | $597,470 | Jan 21 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 370 | Sleuth | $1,439 | 5 | $78,800 | Nov 20 | - |
| 369 | Opal Dream 2008 Re-release | $1,444 | 1 | $4,298 | Dec 25 | - |
| 368 | Delays | $1,462 | 2 | $6,170 | Dec 4 | - |
| 367 | Der Yalu fließt | $1,493 | 1 | $1,725 | Jun 4 | - |
| 366 | Tokyo! | $1,559 | 60 | $207,894 | Oct 23 | - |
| 365 | Un homme perdu 2009 Re-release | $1,565 | 1 | $1,863 | Aug 6 | - |
| 364 | Grace Is Gone | $1,674 | 2 | $5,935 | Oct 22 | - |
| 363 | Indie-AniFest 2009 | $1,796 | 1 | $1,851 | Sep 17 | - |
| 362 | Rukino Visconti | $1,800 | 1 | $4,849 | Oct 22 | - |
| 361 | A Dream Comes True | $1,818 | 10 | $2,001 | Dec 10 | - |
| 360 | Tideland | $1,853 | 1 | $2,065 | Feb 5 | - |
| 359 | Your Friend | $1,912 | 2 | $2,098 | Mar 5 | - |
| 358 | Song of Love: Jean Cocteau & Jean Genet Special | $1,927 | 1 | $3,046 | Dec 15 | - |
| 357 | Potato Symphony | $2,031 | 9 | $3,520 | Dec 10 | - |
| 356 | Harsh Times 2009 Re-release | $2,270 | 2 | $2,670 | Sep 17 | - |
| 355 | I Want to Live as a Fisherman | $2,392 | 6 | $2,783 | Apr 16 | - |
| 354 | The Polar Express | $2,434 | 113 | $3,164,304 | Dec 24 | Warner Bros. |
| 353 | Visitor Q 2009 Re-release | $2,468 | 1 | $3,281 | May 28 | - |
| 352 | Ex | $2,864 | 16 | $129,796 | Jan 7 | - |
| 351 | Reservation Road | $2,902 | 2 | $3,172 | Jan 29 | - |
| 350 | Home | $2,926 | 6 | $2,933 | Jun 5 | - |
| 349 | My Friend & His Wife | $2,962 | 11 | $18,993 | Nov 27 | - |
| 348 | Indie Forum 2009 | $3,226 | 3 | $3,226 | May 28 | - |
| 347 | Funny Games | $3,308 | 2 | $3,530 | Oct 8 | - |
| 346 | Quiet Chaos | $3,324 | 3 | $18,906 | Aug 27 | - |
| 344 | Man About Town | $3,359 | 1 | $3,701 | Jun 18 | - |
| 345 | The Pit and the Pendulum | $3,359 | 4 | $3,679 | Jun 18 | - |
| 343 | Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street 2008 Re-release | $3,372 | 49 | $601,061 | May 1 | - |
| 342 | Widescreen Movie Special | $3,519 | 1 | $6,712 | Oct 23 | - |
| 341 | Yasukuni | $3,694 | 7 | $3,923 | Aug 6 | - |
| 340 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $3,847 | 7 | $27,592 | Nov 20 | - |
| 339 | Big Women | $3,859 | 2 | $4,318 | Oct 8 | - |
| 338 | Where Is the Friend's House? | $3,940 | 1 | $4,546 | May 5 | - |
| 337 | Promise Me This | $4,067 | 2 | $4,452 | Aug 13 | - |
| 336 | 3xFTM | $4,096 | 4 | $4,983 | Jun 4 | - |
| 335 | The '80s | $4,388 | 1 | $4,388 | Sep 18 | - |
| 334 | Cinema Digital Seoul 2009 | $4,403 | 5 | $5,421 | Aug 19 | - |
| 332 | Silent Wedding | $4,412 | 3 | $5,101 | Aug 20 | - |
| 333 | Cloud 9 | $4,412 | 1 | $5,363 | May 28 | - |
| 331 | 2009 Wonderful Hearts Concert | $4,597 | 2 | $4,597 | Sep 26 | - |
| 330 | Modern French Comedies | $4,601 | 1 | $5,567 | May 19 | - |
| 329 | Madagascar | $4,663 | 280 | $9,754,887 | Jul 14 | CJ Entertainment |
| 328 | Lovers of the Arctic Circle 2008 Re-release | $4,931 | 8 | $40,127 | Dec 4 | - |
| 327 | Sunshine Cleaning | $4,997 | 12 | $25,187 | Sep 3 | - |
| 326 | Café de los maestros | $5,046 | 3 | $52,550 | Nov 6 | - |
| 325 | Hong Sang Soo Film Festival: A Tale of the Cinema Film Festival | $5,373 | 1 | $5,695 | May 14 | - |
| 324 | Grandmother's Flower | $5,444 | 11 | $6,104 | Mar 19 | - |
| 323 | Teurikseu | $5,605 | 7 | $6,826 | Nov 12 | - |
| 322 | Where Is Ronny... | $5,663 | 7 | $6,524 | Jun 4 | - |
| 321 | Kamome Diner | $6,031 | 3 | $24,091 | Sep 21 | - |
| 320 | What Do You Do? | $6,651 | 6 | $8,080 | Dec 17 | - |
| 319 | Cake 2009 Re-release | $7,031 | 28 | $8,648 | Oct 22 | - |
| 318 | The Last Propose of NADA | $7,111 | 1 | $11,237 | Dec 24 | - |
| 317 | Master of the Epic: David Lean Retrospective | $7,214 | 1 | $8,115 | Apr 28 | - |
| 316 | 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope | $7,252 | 13 | $8,395 | Dec 17 | - |
| 315 | 2009 Cine-Vacances Seoul | $7,398 | 1 | $9,033 | Aug 4 | - |
| 314 | 24 City | $8,382 | 1 | $9,025 | Jan 29 | - |
| 313 | In the Electric Mist | $8,716 | 15 | $13,450 | Dec 17 | - |
| 312 | Visitors | $9,279 | 9 | $10,864 | Nov 12 | - |
| 311 | Young@Heart | $9,367 | 5 | $55,145 | Nov 27 | - |
| 310 | Waltz with Bashir | $9,459 | 3 | $39,092 | Nov 20 | - |
| 309 | My Heart Is Not Broken Yet | $9,939 | 10 | $10,553 | Feb 26 | - |
| 308 | Mosfilm Retrospective | $10,025 | 1 | $14,038 | Mar 31 | - |
| 307 | Triangle 2009 Re-release | $10,655 | 55 | $12,320 | Nov 19 | - |
| 306 | I Address the Water | $10,712 | 10 | $11,391 | Jun 4 | - |
| 305 | The Cove | $11,458 | 3 | $11,676 | Oct 29 | - |
| 304 | Fish Story | $11,800 | 8 | $12,640 | Jul 30 | - |
| 303 | One Step More to the Sea | $12,093 | 6 | $12,704 | May 21 | - |
| 302 | Martyrs | $13,291 | 4 | $17,431 | Aug 6 | - |
| 301 | The Metropolitan Opera HD Live: Puccini: Tosca | $13,551 | 524 | $15,668 | Nov 8 | - |
| 300 | With Hour Toe Wool Country | $13,595 | 2 | $18,197 | Dec 24 | - |
| 299 | The Metropolitan Opera HD Live: Puccini: Madama Butterfly | $13,993 | 1 | $16,493 | Oct 11 | - |
| 298 | Money Show | $14,297 | 19 | $17,083 | Sep 10 | - |
| 297 | Mianhada Dokdoya | $14,771 | 68 | $24,024 | Dec 31 | - |
| 296 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | $14,911 | 2 | $31,706 | May 14 | - |
| 295 | La Bohème | $15,050 | 1 | $15,050 | Sep 12 | - |
| 294 | Once | $15,545 | 147 | $1,729,609 | Sep 20 | JinJin Pictures |
| 293 | Planet B-Boy | $15,719 | 12 | $19,718 | Oct 15 | - |
| 292 | The Mission 2008 Re-release | $15,743 | 21 | $141,112 | Dec 24 | Warner Bros. |
| 291 | Black Ice 2008 Re-release | $16,077 | 3 | $19,539 | Apr 23 | - |
| 290 | Jeo-nyeok-eui gae-im | $16,468 | 13 | $17,791 | Oct 29 | - |
| 289 | Just Friends | $16,926 | 7 | $21,338 | Dec 17 | - |
| 288 | Fireproof | $16,980 | 4 | $16,980 | Sep 18 | - |
| 287 | The Pope's Toilet | $17,005 | 2 | $17,523 | Jun 25 | - |
| 286 | Departures | $17,056 | 206 | $659,714 | Oct 30 | KD Media |
| 285 | Eastern Promises | $17,447 | 18 | $116,490 | Dec 10 | - |
| 284 | Plastic City | $19,290 | 7 | $20,430 | Jul 30 | - |
| 283 | Lorna's Silence | $20,057 | 4 | $22,814 | Jun 4 | - |
| 282 | Antonia's Line | $20,166 | 4 | $21,046 | Jan 11 | - |
| 281 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $20,383 | 2 | $21,205 | Jul 23 | - |
| 280 | Wild Exploration Alive | $20,440 | 2 | $39,287 | May 14 | - |
| 279 | Romantic Island | $21,241 | 253 | $732,067 | Dec 24 | Silver Spoon |
| 278 | If You Were Me 4 | $21,416 | 15 | $22,553 | Jun 11 | - |
| 277 | Antonio Vivaldi, un prince à Venise 2009 Re-release | $21,604 | 15 | $23,369 | Jan 8 | - |
| 276 | Boy A | $22,330 | 1 | $23,923 | May 1 | - |
| 275 | In the Valley of Elah | $22,627 | 29 | $24,730 | Dec 10 | - |
| 274 | The Countess | $23,900 | 30 | $27,581 | Dec 3 | - |
| 273 | The Metropolitan Opera HD Live: Verdi: Aida | $23,947 | 1 | $26,759 | Dec 6 | - |
| 272 | The Perfect World of Kai 2008 Re-release | $24,621 | 21 | $182,884 | Oct 30 | - |
| 271 | Summer Hours | $24,823 | 7 | $25,951 | Mar 26 | - |
| 270 | Tokyo Sonata | $25,442 | 3 | $26,090 | Mar 19 | - |
| 269 | Chef's Special 2009 Re-release | $25,507 | 17 | $26,877 | Sep 17 | - |
| 268 | Rachel Getting Married | $26,037 | 7 | $27,535 | Feb 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 267 | Genoa | $26,119 | 11 | $28,143 | Oct 1 | - |
| 266 | Dance of Time | $27,040 | 16 | $33,037 | Dec 3 | - |
| 265 | Veronika Decides to Die | $31,260 | 13 | $31,260 | Nov 19 | - |
| 264 | My Friends, My Love 2009 Re-release | $31,568 | 2 | $33,436 | Jul 23 | - |
| 263 | American Masters: Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens | $33,219 | 4 | $33,943 | Jun 11 | - |
| 262 | Tokyo Girl | $33,636 | 33 | $36,518 | Sep 17 | - |
| 261 | I am Happy | $34,808 | 59 | $40,204 | Nov 26 | - |
| 260 | Red Like the Sky 2008 Re-release | $34,834 | 8 | $42,171 | Dec 17 | - |
| 259 | Oishii Man | $35,687 | 16 | $40,336 | Feb 19 | - |
| 258 | Bandhobi | $37,221 | 23 | $39,319 | Jun 25 | - |
| 257 | Detroit Metal City | $37,355 | 12 | $40,411 | May 21 | - |
| 256 | The Flight Before Christmas | $37,432 | 193 | $711,732 | Dec 24 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 255 | Habana Blues 2009 Re-release | $37,633 | 12 | $41,110 | Sep 17 | - |
| 254 | With a Girl of Himalaya | $37,922 | 30 | $42,261 | Jun 11 | - |
| 253 | Elegy | $39,287 | 11 | $43,567 | Mar 19 | - |
| 252 | Rabbit and Lizard | $39,388 | 72 | $47,946 | Oct 22 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 251 | Paris | $39,909 | 17 | $42,066 | May 7 | - |
| 250 | Welcome | $40,438 | 16 | $46,932 | Dec 10 | - |
| 249 | Tears in the Arctic | $42,738 | 47 | $44,549 | Oct 15 | - |
| 248 | Rumba | $45,083 | 13 | $49,208 | Aug 6 | - |
| 247 | This Is England | $45,713 | 4 | $47,864 | Aug 13 | - |
| 246 | Coco Before Chanel | $47,702 | 6 | $1,282,922 | Aug 27 | - |
| 245 | Killer Bride's Perfect Crime | $47,949 | 17 | $53,613 | Oct 29 | - |
| 244 | Rabbit Without Ears | $49,935 | 33 | $51,301 | Nov 19 | - |
| 243 | Seraphine | $57,145 | 4 | $59,049 | Jun 4 | - |
| 242 | Hello My Love | $57,241 | 43 | $61,178 | Oct 8 | - |
| 241 | The Fall | $58,888 | 13 | $135,664 | Dec 4 | - |
| 240 | Let the Right One In | $60,208 | 58 | $552,415 | Nov 13 | - |
| 239 | Bella | $60,235 | 17 | $67,679 | Oct 1 | - |
| 238 | Son of Rambow | $61,782 | 85 | $61,782 | Apr 16 | - |
| 237 | Lost & Found | $63,096 | 460 | $2,306,800 | Dec 18 | CJ Entertainment |
| 236 | Doubt | $64,206 | 14 | $68,837 | Feb 12 | Walt Disney Pictures |
This chart only reflects 98 percent of total screens in South Korea.
