South Korean Box Office For 2009
| Rank | Release | Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 371 | The Princess and the Frog | $1,352 | 92 | $597,470 | Jan 21 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 213 | Engine Sentai Go-onger VS Gekiranger | $99,667 | 132 | $839,670 | Jan 7 | CJ Entertainment |
| 352 | Ex | $2,864 | 16 | $129,796 | Jan 7 | - |
| 132 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $609,919 | 266 | $3,604,600 | Dec 30 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 112 | Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life | $971,718 | 549 | $3,432,040 | Dec 24 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 229 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $74,578 | 12 | $109,927 | Dec 24 | - |
| 11 | Jeon Woochi | $15,373,573 | 683 | $38,615,945 | Dec 23 | CJ Entertainment |
| 38 | Sherlock Holmes | $5,827,043 | 409 | $13,652,798 | Dec 23 | Warner Bros. |
| 83 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | $1,856,415 | 345 | $2,879,175 | Dec 23 | Sungwon I Com |
| 4 | Avatar | $37,636,245 | 991 | $108,305,197 | Dec 17 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 137 | Girlfriends | $565,214 | 229 | $659,597 | Dec 17 | Next Entertainment World (NEW) |
| 260 | Red Like the Sky 2008 Re-release | $34,834 | 8 | $42,171 | Dec 17 | - |
| 289 | Just Friends | $16,926 | 7 | $21,338 | Dec 17 | - |
| 313 | In the Electric Mist | $8,716 | 15 | $13,450 | Dec 17 | - |
| 316 | 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope | $7,252 | 13 | $8,395 | Dec 17 | - |
| 320 | What Do You Do? | $6,651 | 6 | $8,080 | Dec 17 | - |
| 358 | Song of Love: Jean Cocteau & Jean Genet Special | $1,927 | 1 | $3,046 | Dec 15 | - |
| 45 | Law Abiding Citizen | $4,732,588 | 391 | $5,090,798 | Dec 10 | Synergy |
| 64 | Actresses | $2,933,765 | 349 | $3,400,282 | Dec 10 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 186 | Julie & Julia | $164,382 | 37 | $222,472 | Dec 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 230 | Mai Mai Miracle | $71,465 | 39 | $75,529 | Dec 10 | - |
| 250 | Welcome | $40,438 | 16 | $46,932 | Dec 10 | - |
| 275 | In the Valley of Elah | $22,627 | 29 | $24,730 | Dec 10 | - |
| 357 | Potato Symphony | $2,031 | 9 | $3,520 | Dec 10 | - |
| 361 | A Dream Comes True | $1,818 | 10 | $2,001 | Dec 10 | - |
| 273 | The Metropolitan Opera HD Live: Verdi: Aida | $23,947 | 1 | $26,759 | Dec 6 | - |
| 34 | Secret | $6,873,753 | 474 | $6,883,251 | Dec 3 | CJ Entertainment |
| 155 | Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance | $402,435 | 39 | $435,562 | Dec 3 | - |
| 193 | Heat Wave | $144,487 | 11 | $594,603 | Dec 3 | - |
| 198 | The Fly Up | $135,484 | 197 | $141,392 | Dec 3 | - |
| 266 | Dance of Time | $27,040 | 16 | $33,037 | Dec 3 | - |
| 274 | The Countess | $23,900 | 30 | $27,581 | Dec 3 | - |
| 383 | Dread | $1,029 | 1 | $1,120 | Dec 3 | - |
| 387 | After the Banquet | $950 | 11 | $1,240 | Dec 3 | - |
| 19 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $11,963,482 | 622 | $12,011,262 | Dec 2 | Next Entertainment World (NEW) |
| 29 | Ninja Assassin | $8,149,447 | 401 | $8,752,317 | Nov 26 | Warner Bros. |
| 54 | Hong-gil-dong-ui hu-ye | $3,591,950 | 468 | $3,642,532 | Nov 26 | SK Telecom |
| 75 | A Christmas Carol | $2,203,847 | 215 | $2,306,411 | Nov 26 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 140 | Wind | $553,979 | 148 | $572,811 | Nov 26 | - |
| 226 | Moon | $76,111 | 61 | $84,756 | Nov 26 | - |
| 261 | I am Happy | $34,808 | 59 | $40,204 | Nov 26 | - |
| 39 | White Night | $5,744,241 | 481 | $6,095,018 | Nov 19 | Cinema Service |
| 128 | The Soloist | $678,646 | 206 | $741,959 | Nov 19 | United International Pictures |
| 217 | Broken Embraces | $94,568 | 7 | $96,088 | Nov 19 | United International Pictures |
| 244 | Rabbit Without Ears | $49,935 | 33 | $51,301 | Nov 19 | - |
| 265 | Veronika Decides to Die | $31,260 | 13 | $31,260 | Nov 19 | - |
| 307 | Triangle 2009 Re-release | $10,655 | 55 | $12,320 | Nov 19 | - |
| 5 | 2012 | $31,815,514 | 917 | $33,396,775 | Nov 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 161 | Postman to Heaven | $335,730 | 127 | $543,710 | Nov 12 | - |
| 211 | 19 2009 Re-release | $101,577 | 81 | $173,968 | Nov 12 | - |
| 312 | Visitors | $9,279 | 9 | $10,864 | Nov 12 | - |
| 323 | Teurikseu | $5,605 | 7 | $6,826 | Nov 12 | - |
| 30 | Fortune Salon | $8,139,090 | 465 | $8,362,014 | Nov 11 | Next Entertainment World (NEW) |
| 301 | The Metropolitan Opera HD Live: Puccini: Tosca | $13,551 | 524 | $15,668 | Nov 8 | - |
| 73 | The Executioner | $2,313,753 | 343 | $2,525,218 | Nov 5 | Silver Spoon |
| 122 | Searching for the Elephant | $799,955 | 279 | $915,943 | Nov 5 | Synergy |
| 164 | The Relation of Face, Mind and Love | $307,689 | 147 | $336,919 | Nov 5 | - |
| 166 | Kiss Me, Kill Me | $291,636 | 197 | $325,185 | Nov 5 | Sidus |
| 388 | Then Summer Came | $949 | 3 | $949 | Nov 5 | - |
| 391 | City of God 2009 Re-release | $877 | 2 | $39,023 | Nov 3 | - |
| 215 | A Brand New Life | $96,418 | 62 | $116,306 | Oct 29 | - |
| 245 | Killer Bride's Perfect Crime | $47,949 | 17 | $53,613 | Oct 29 | - |
| 290 | Jeo-nyeok-eui gae-im | $16,468 | 13 | $17,791 | Oct 29 | - |
| 305 | The Cove | $11,458 | 3 | $11,676 | Oct 29 | - |
| 49 | The Time Traveler's Wife | $4,270,692 | 343 | $4,657,881 | Oct 28 | Next Entertainment World (NEW) |
| 81 | Inglourious Basterds | $1,968,566 | 303 | $2,135,174 | Oct 28 | United International Pictures |
| 124 | This Is It | $728,568 | 210 | $825,115 | Oct 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 127 | Paju | $689,566 | 215 | $818,676 | Oct 28 | Warner Bros. |
| 224 | Sky and Ocean | $82,176 | 223 | $99,905 | Oct 28 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 393 | Man on Wire | $863 | 1 | $2,925 | Oct 24 | - |
| 342 | Widescreen Movie Special | $3,519 | 1 | $6,712 | Oct 23 | - |
| 10 | Good Morning President | $16,035,520 | 670 | $16,054,888 | Oct 22 | CJ Entertainment |
| 113 | Pandorum | $964,358 | 216 | $1,036,192 | Oct 22 | Synergy |
| 141 | New York, I Love You | $550,927 | 107 | $550,927 | Oct 22 | KD Media |
| 190 | Naruto Shippûden: The Lost Tower | $157,871 | 80 | $162,757 | Oct 22 | - |
| 199 | Fighting | $131,821 | 177 | $146,864 | Oct 22 | - |
| 252 | Rabbit and Lizard | $39,388 | 72 | $47,946 | Oct 22 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 319 | Cake 2009 Re-release | $7,031 | 28 | $8,648 | Oct 22 | - |
| 362 | Rukino Visconti | $1,800 | 1 | $4,849 | Oct 22 | - |
| 364 | Grace Is Gone | $1,674 | 2 | $5,935 | Oct 22 | - |
| 44 | District 9 | $5,253,009 | 357 | $5,536,209 | Oct 15 | CJ Entertainment |
| 100 | I Come with the Rain | $1,339,296 | 255 | $1,339,296 | Oct 15 | CJ Entertainment |
| 119 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn 2009 Re-release | $902,999 | 242 | $992,897 | Oct 15 | Sidus |
| 249 | Tears in the Arctic | $42,738 | 47 | $44,549 | Oct 15 | - |
| 293 | Planet B-Boy | $15,719 | 12 | $19,718 | Oct 15 | - |
| 372 | Meet Bill | $1,265 | 1 | $1,535 | Oct 15 | - |
| 299 | The Metropolitan Opera HD Live: Puccini: Madama Butterfly | $13,993 | 1 | $16,493 | Oct 11 | - |
| 85 | The Weird Missing Case of Mr. J | $1,810,022 | 303 | $1,959,138 | Oct 8 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 92 | Season of Good Rain | $1,619,999 | 419 | $1,826,417 | Oct 8 | Next Entertainment World (NEW) |
| 242 | Hello My Love | $57,241 | 43 | $61,178 | Oct 8 | - |
| 339 | Big Women | $3,859 | 2 | $4,318 | Oct 8 | - |
| 347 | Funny Games | $3,308 | 2 | $3,530 | Oct 8 | - |
| 47 | Surrogates | $4,634,863 | 270 | $5,052,553 | Oct 1 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 80 | Gamer | $1,978,053 | 310 | $1,980,881 | Oct 1 | Synergy |
| 86 | The Final Destination | $1,752,032 | 246 | $1,956,726 | Oct 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 239 | Bella | $60,235 | 17 | $67,679 | Oct 1 | - |
| 267 | Genoa | $26,119 | 11 | $28,143 | Oct 1 | - |
| 136 | Seagulls | $590,764 | 69 | $590,764 | Sep 26 | - |
| 331 | 2009 Wonderful Hearts Concert | $4,597 | 2 | $4,597 | Sep 26 | - |
| 18 | Closer to Heaven | $12,621,037 | 554 | $13,301,443 | Sep 24 | CJ Entertainment |
| 23 | Bulkkocheolum Nabicheolum | $10,470,759 | 512 | $10,499,992 | Sep 24 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 53 | Fame | $3,669,038 | 393 | $3,798,631 | Sep 24 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 121 | Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! The Hero of Kinpoko 2009 Re-release | $863,073 | 122 | $866,414 | Sep 24 | - |
| 206 | Fly Penguin | $110,369 | 36 | $112,646 | Sep 24 | - |
| 209 | One Week | $105,010 | 26 | $108,918 | Sep 24 | - |
| 288 | Fireproof | $16,980 | 4 | $16,980 | Sep 18 | - |
| 335 | The '80s | $4,388 | 1 | $4,388 | Sep 18 | - |
| 142 | Spread | $546,684 | 245 | $610,567 | Sep 17 | Sidus |
| 255 | Habana Blues 2009 Re-release | $37,633 | 12 | $41,110 | Sep 17 | - |
| 262 | Tokyo Girl | $33,636 | 33 | $36,518 | Sep 17 | - |
| 269 | Chef's Special 2009 Re-release | $25,507 | 17 | $26,877 | Sep 17 | - |
| 356 | Harsh Times 2009 Re-release | $2,270 | 2 | $2,670 | Sep 17 | - |
| 363 | Indie-AniFest 2009 | $1,796 | 1 | $1,851 | Sep 17 | - |
| 295 | La Bohème | $15,050 | 1 | $15,050 | Sep 12 | - |
| 63 | Where the Truth Lies | $2,936,370 | 292 | $3,337,582 | Sep 10 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 78 | The Ugly Truth | $2,016,938 | 242 | $2,026,095 | Sep 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 131 | My Sister's Keeper | $635,314 | 211 | $714,715 | Sep 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 187 | Wedding Daze 2009 Re-release | $162,548 | 211 | $198,390 | Sep 10 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 298 | Money Show | $14,297 | 19 | $17,083 | Sep 10 | - |
| 138 | High Lane | $557,919 | 197 | $666,715 | Sep 9 | CJ Entertainment |
| 143 | 9 | $541,270 | 226 | $599,609 | Sep 9 | SK Telecom |
| 82 | The Proposal | $1,872,397 | 203 | $2,045,349 | Sep 3 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 153 | The Last House on the Left | $458,135 | 161 | $505,282 | Sep 3 | United International Pictures |
| 156 | Bandslam | $396,171 | 179 | $435,397 | Sep 3 | KD Media |
| 327 | Sunshine Cleaning | $4,997 | 12 | $25,187 | Sep 3 | - |
| 402 | Exhausted | $670 | 1 | $3,215 | Sep 3 | - |
| 88 | Black 2009 Re-release | $1,716,319 | 256 | $5,424,328 | Aug 27 | Next Entertainment World (NEW) |
| 120 | Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky | $870,272 | 227 | $1,002,940 | Aug 27 | - |
| 157 | My Life in Ruins | $355,052 | 122 | $397,591 | Aug 27 | Sungwon I Com |
| 185 | Nocturna 2009 Re-release | $166,935 | 152 | $182,244 | Aug 27 | - |
| 246 | Coco Before Chanel | $47,702 | 6 | $1,282,922 | Aug 27 | - |
| 346 | Quiet Chaos | $3,324 | 3 | $18,906 | Aug 27 | - |
| 375 | The Grudge 3 | $1,162 | 1 | $1,162 | Aug 27 | - |
| 377 | Treeless Mountain | $1,138 | 4 | $40,021 | Aug 27 | - |
| 62 | Orphan | $3,078,994 | 222 | $3,078,994 | Aug 20 | Warner Bros. |
| 90 | A Perfect Getaway | $1,670,842 | 291 | $1,881,457 | Aug 20 | Synergy |
| 97 | Yoga Class | $1,396,134 | 328 | $1,402,791 | Aug 20 | Sidus |
| 147 | Sophie's Revenge | $490,707 | 235 | $606,524 | Aug 20 | CJ Entertainment |
| 171 | The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch | $222,966 | 219 | $315,159 | Aug 20 | Prime Entertainment |
| 332 | Silent Wedding | $4,412 | 3 | $5,101 | Aug 20 | - |
| 385 | The Pot | $955 | 4 | $1,201 | Aug 20 | - |
| 334 | Cinema Digital Seoul 2009 | $4,403 | 5 | $5,421 | Aug 19 | - |
| 98 | Possessed | $1,361,570 | 291 | $1,361,570 | Aug 13 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 247 | This Is England | $45,713 | 4 | $47,864 | Aug 13 | - |
| 337 | Promise Me This | $4,067 | 2 | $4,452 | Aug 13 | - |
| 48 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $4,589,718 | 461 | $5,166,601 | Aug 12 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 74 | Public Enemies | $2,264,440 | 375 | $2,752,181 | Aug 12 | United International Pictures |
| 126 | Summer Wars | $707,963 | 118 | $783,850 | Aug 12 | CJ Entertainment |
| 167 | 4th Period Mystery | $275,903 | 217 | $360,944 | Aug 12 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 390 | Meet the Author | $881 | 1 | $881 | Aug 8 | - |
| 15 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $14,569,142 | 526 | $15,940,289 | Aug 6 | CJ Entertainment |
| 77 | A Million | $2,042,540 | 309 | $2,456,417 | Aug 6 | Sidus |
| 233 | The Meerkats | $67,591 | 71 | $77,034 | Aug 6 | - |
| 248 | Rumba | $45,083 | 13 | $49,208 | Aug 6 | - |
| 302 | Martyrs | $13,291 | 4 | $17,431 | Aug 6 | - |
| 341 | Yasukuni | $3,694 | 7 | $3,923 | Aug 6 | - |
| 365 | Un homme perdu 2009 Re-release | $1,565 | 1 | $1,863 | Aug 6 | - |
| 315 | 2009 Cine-Vacances Seoul | $7,398 | 1 | $9,033 | Aug 4 | - |
| 58 | Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser | $3,276,361 | 285 | $3,624,571 | Jul 30 | - |
| 196 | We Will Rock You: Queen Live in Concert | $138,957 | 13 | $157,310 | Jul 30 | - |
| 284 | Plastic City | $19,290 | 7 | $20,430 | Jul 30 | - |
| 304 | Fish Story | $11,800 | 8 | $12,640 | Jul 30 | - |
| 2 | Take Off | $52,093,152 | 747 | $52,109,102 | Jul 29 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 21 | Agile | $11,367,947 | 441 | $11,813,617 | Jul 29 | Synergy |
| 40 | Up | $5,604,093 | 484 | $6,855,685 | Jul 29 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 158 | The Haunting in Connecticut | $350,497 | 203 | $432,568 | Jul 29 | CJ Entertainment |
| 1 | Tidal Wave | $67,967,787 | 893 | $67,988,064 | Jul 23 | CJ Entertainment |
| 115 | My Bloody Valentine | $958,882 | 289 | $962,057 | Jul 23 | Next Entertainment World (NEW) |
| 264 | My Friends, My Love 2009 Re-release | $31,568 | 2 | $33,436 | Jul 23 | - |
| 281 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $20,383 | 2 | $21,205 | Jul 23 | - |
| 403 | Suburban Girl 2009 Re-release | $630 | 2 | $791 | Jul 23 | - |
| 203 | Happy Flight | $124,626 | 16 | $130,357 | Jul 16 | - |
| 214 | Abuji | $97,973 | 45 | $102,685 | Jul 16 | - |
| 378 | 2009 Korea Movie Easter | $1,128 | 1 | $1,346 | Jul 16 | - |
| 22 | Chaw | $10,500,441 | 516 | $10,521,795 | Jul 15 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 102 | Doraemon the Movie: The New Records of Nobita's Spaceblazer | $1,216,285 | 190 | $1,242,671 | Jul 15 | - |
| 413 | Daruma Sena party, a special exhibition of Raza | $466 | 1 | $811 | Jul 14 | - |
| 76 | Five Senses of Eros | $2,200,711 | 403 | $2,484,095 | Jul 9 | Synergy |
| 91 | Ju-on: White Ghost | $1,656,012 | 208 | $1,656,012 | Jul 9 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 135 | Arthur and the Invisibles 2009 Re-release | $596,253 | 285 | $638,084 | Jul 9 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 218 | The Lane | $93,383 | 17 | $96,642 | Jul 9 | - |
| 235 | Savage Grace | $65,140 | 9 | $70,364 | Jul 9 | - |
| 399 | Manji | $765 | 1 | $1,432 | Jul 3 | - |
| 189 | The Unknown Woman | $159,800 | 21 | $180,958 | Jul 2 | - |
| 33 | Lifting King Kong | $7,134,258 | 521 | $7,192,813 | Jul 1 | Next Entertainment World (NEW) |
| 232 | Yoshino's Barber Shop | $69,305 | 11 | $71,983 | Jun 25 | - |
| 258 | Bandhobi | $37,221 | 23 | $39,319 | Jun 25 | - |
| 287 | The Pope's Toilet | $17,005 | 2 | $17,523 | Jun 25 | - |
| 3 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | $39,044,875 | 1,214 | $43,392,124 | Jun 24 | CJ Entertainment |
| 133 | The Missing Lynx | $607,211 | 220 | $628,517 | Jun 24 | - |
| 61 | A Blood Pledge: Broken Promise | $3,177,298 | 425 | $3,392,086 | Jun 18 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 160 | The Brothers Bloom | $343,450 | 184 | $387,924 | Jun 18 | Synergy |
| 179 | Shinjuku Incident | $197,765 | 135 | $222,306 | Jun 18 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 204 | Shall We Kiss? | $122,852 | 48 | $128,533 | Jun 18 | - |
| 219 | Asterix at the Olympic Games | $90,868 | 146 | $104,111 | Jun 18 | Next Entertainment World (NEW) |
| 222 | Still Walking | $89,099 | 21 | $220,889 | Jun 18 | - |
| 344 | Man About Town | $3,359 | 1 | $3,701 | Jun 18 | - |
| 345 | The Pit and the Pendulum | $3,359 | 4 | $3,679 | Jun 18 | - |
| 9 | Running Turtle | $16,517,145 | 510 | $16,859,018 | Jun 11 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 89 | The Taking of Pelham 123 | $1,689,186 | 337 | $1,840,625 | Jun 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
This chart only reflects 98 percent of total screens in South Korea.
