South Korean Box Office For 2009
| Rank | Release | Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 412 | Dissolute Wife | $469 | 1 | $785 | Jun 13 | - |
| 292 | The Mission 2008 Re-release | $15,743 | 21 | $141,112 | Dec 24 | Warner Bros. |
| 282 | Antonia's Line | $20,166 | 4 | $21,046 | Jan 11 | - |
| 406 | Raining Stones 1999 Re-release | $579 | 2 | $607 | Jul 17 | - |
| 398 | The Taste of Others | $774 | 1 | $35,374 | Jul 14 | - |
| 417 | Mulholland Drive | $426 | 1 | $5,000 | Nov 30 | - |
| 397 | Double Agent | $798 | 54 | $843 | Jan 24 | - |
| 354 | The Polar Express | $2,434 | 113 | $3,164,304 | Dec 24 | Warner Bros. |
| 329 | Madagascar | $4,663 | 280 | $9,754,887 | Jul 14 | CJ Entertainment |
| 425 | Welcome to Dongmakgol | $313 | 396 | $31,508,733 | Aug 4 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 411 | Buena Vista Social Club 2005 Re-release | $472 | 53 | $139,017 | Oct 7 | - |
| 93 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | $1,545,138 | 234 | $5,301,013 | Apr 20 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 182 | Emergency | $187,614 | 27 | $187,614 | Dec 14 | - |
| 415 | Still Life | $435 | 3 | $77,100 | Jun 14 | - |
| 87 | Transformers | $1,726,846 | 851 | $36,079,196 | Jun 28 | CJ Entertainment |
| 420 | Two Days in Paris | $401 | 10 | $433 | Jul 19 | - |
| 421 | A History of Violence | $376 | 4 | $15,900 | Jul 26 | - |
| 294 | Once | $15,545 | 147 | $1,729,609 | Sep 20 | JinJin Pictures |
| 321 | Kamome Diner | $6,031 | 3 | $24,091 | Sep 21 | - |
| 416 | Hello, Stranger | $431 | 4 | $1,530 | Oct 18 | - |
| 382 | Megane | $1,035 | 6 | $48,360 | Nov 29 | - |
| 414 | Dirty Dancing 2007 Re-release | $444 | 2 | $7,183 | Nov 29 | - |
| 410 | No Country for Old Men | $498 | 27 | $570,944 | Feb 21 | CJ Entertainment |
| 407 | Ben-Hur 2008 Re-release | $547 | 1 | $5,016 | Apr 1 | - |
| 343 | Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street 2008 Re-release | $3,372 | 49 | $601,061 | May 1 | - |
| 212 | Around Space: Journey Through the Universe with the Hubble Space Telescope | $100,254 | 3 | $151,060 | Jul 3 | - |
| 422 | Sunny | $351 | 433 | $11,093,628 | Jul 24 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 430 | The Last Mistress | $171 | 5 | $52,000 | Jul 31 | - |
| 228 | The Dark Knight | $74,772 | 551 | $24,701,822 | Aug 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 427 | Action Boys | $218 | 13 | $49,052 | Aug 28 | - |
| 216 | Mamma Mia! | $95,443 | 523 | $24,181,130 | Sep 3 | United International Pictures |
| 381 | My Dear Enemy | $1,038 | 389 | $2,109,678 | Sep 25 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 434 | It's a Free World... | $42 | 2 | $3,762 | Sep 25 | - |
| 192 | Cherry Blossoms | $153,314 | 12 | $158,124 | Oct 22 | - |
| 366 | Tokyo! | $1,559 | 60 | $207,894 | Oct 23 | - |
| 272 | The Perfect World of Kai 2008 Re-release | $24,621 | 21 | $182,884 | Oct 30 | - |
| 286 | Departures | $17,056 | 206 | $659,714 | Oct 30 | KD Media |
| 424 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $346 | 191 | $908,112 | Oct 30 | Synergy |
| 433 | Control | $53 | 11 | $11,389 | Oct 30 | - |
| 326 | Café de los maestros | $5,046 | 3 | $52,550 | Nov 6 | - |
| 207 | Portrait of a Beauty | $107,750 | 546 | $11,833,931 | Nov 13 | CJ Entertainment |
| 240 | Let the Right One In | $60,208 | 58 | $552,415 | Nov 13 | - |
| 310 | Waltz with Bashir | $9,459 | 3 | $39,092 | Nov 20 | - |
| 340 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $3,847 | 7 | $27,592 | Nov 20 | - |
| 370 | Sleuth | $1,439 | 5 | $78,800 | Nov 20 | - |
| 431 | Boy Meets Boy | $129 | 7 | $9,102 | Nov 20 | - |
| 311 | Young@Heart | $9,367 | 5 | $55,145 | Nov 27 | - |
| 349 | My Friend & His Wife | $2,962 | 11 | $18,993 | Nov 27 | - |
| 432 | The ESP Couple | $124 | 7 | $18,326 | Nov 27 | - |
| 8 | Scandal Makers | $18,679,845 | 524 | $41,281,917 | Dec 4 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 241 | The Fall | $58,888 | 13 | $135,664 | Dec 4 | - |
| 328 | Lovers of the Arctic Circle 2008 Re-release | $4,931 | 8 | $40,127 | Dec 4 | - |
| 368 | Delays | $1,462 | 2 | $6,170 | Dec 4 | - |
| 429 | Lacombe, Lucien | $184 | 1 | $3,228 | Dec 4 | - |
| 435 | The Accidental Gangster and the Mistaken Courtesan | $10 | 401 | $1,417,267 | Dec 4 | Sidus |
| 285 | Eastern Promises | $17,447 | 18 | $116,490 | Dec 10 | - |
| 99 | Twilight | $1,349,164 | 441 | $7,918,638 | Dec 11 | Next Entertainment World (NEW) |
| 220 | Australia | $90,742 | 509 | $4,724,980 | Dec 11 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 373 | I Just Didn't Do It 2008 Re-release | $1,216 | 5 | $7,965 | Dec 11 | - |
| 101 | Ponyo | $1,307,886 | 504 | $6,941,531 | Dec 17 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 71 | Yes Man | $2,364,666 | 314 | $6,771,041 | Dec 18 | Warner Bros. |
| 105 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $1,128,920 | 438 | $6,784,224 | Dec 18 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 237 | Lost & Found | $63,096 | 460 | $2,306,800 | Dec 18 | CJ Entertainment |
| 384 | Ten Nights of Dreams 2008 Re-release | $1,002 | 2 | $2,968 | Dec 18 | - |
| 394 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $855 | 1 | $4,588 | Dec 18 | - |
| 256 | The Flight Before Christmas | $37,432 | 193 | $711,732 | Dec 24 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 279 | Romantic Island | $21,241 | 253 | $732,067 | Dec 24 | Silver Spoon |
| 300 | With Hour Toe Wool Country | $13,595 | 2 | $18,197 | Dec 24 | - |
| 318 | The Last Propose of NADA | $7,111 | 1 | $11,237 | Dec 24 | - |
| 134 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $603,153 | 554 | $7,467,940 | Dec 25 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 369 | Opal Dream 2008 Re-release | $1,444 | 1 | $4,298 | Dec 25 | - |
| 423 | Written | $347 | 2 | $1,236 | Dec 26 | - |
| 14 | A Frozen Flower | $14,647,612 | 590 | $18,476,503 | Dec 30 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 67 | Bolt | $2,665,717 | 343 | $3,600,363 | Dec 31 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 200 | Head in the Clouds 2008 Re-release | $131,043 | 41 | $154,253 | Dec 31 | - |
| 297 | Mianhada Dokdoya | $14,771 | 68 | $24,024 | Dec 31 | - |
| 400 | Deep Sea | $710 | 1 | $1,331 | Dec 31 | - |
| 43 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $5,427,400 | 456 | $5,427,400 | Jan 8 | CJ Entertainment |
| 50 | Transporter 3 | $4,140,406 | 320 | $4,454,269 | Jan 8 | Synergy |
| 109 | Defiance | $1,043,792 | 201 | $1,108,965 | Jan 8 | - |
| 177 | Be Kind Rewind | $201,875 | 109 | $216,970 | Jan 8 | Sidus |
| 201 | Mutant Chronicles | $129,621 | 118 | $143,687 | Jan 8 | Next Entertainment World (NEW) |
| 277 | Antonio Vivaldi, un prince à Venise 2009 Re-release | $21,604 | 15 | $23,369 | Jan 8 | - |
| 12 | Old Partner | $15,287,483 | 308 | $15,287,483 | Jan 15 | - |
| 184 | Beyblade: The Movie - Fierce Battle 2009 Re-release | $169,467 | 135 | $169,467 | Jan 15 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 202 | The Butterfly 2009 Re-release | $127,603 | 30 | $138,000 | Jan 15 | - |
| 227 | Whatever Lola Wants | $75,878 | 29 | $85,124 | Jan 15 | - |
| 395 | Teeth | $851 | 1 | $933 | Jan 15 | - |
| 16 | Red Cliff II | $14,155,135 | 507 | $14,191,605 | Jan 22 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 27 | Valkyrie | $8,497,793 | 465 | $8,501,030 | Jan 22 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 31 | City of Damnation | $7,541,086 | 493 | $7,545,744 | Jan 22 | CJ Entertainment |
| 69 | Changeling | $2,491,592 | 215 | $2,562,470 | Jan 22 | United International Pictures |
| 118 | Bedtime Stories | $904,849 | 259 | $949,389 | Jan 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 70 | Inkheart | $2,455,757 | 298 | $2,665,476 | Jan 29 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 150 | Alpha Dog | $488,100 | 208 | $488,100 | Jan 29 | Sidus |
| 162 | The Flock | $324,456 | 208 | $366,198 | Jan 29 | Prime Entertainment |
| 234 | Tokyo Marble Chocolate | $66,796 | 28 | $76,508 | Jan 29 | - |
| 314 | 24 City | $8,382 | 1 | $9,025 | Jan 29 | - |
| 351 | Reservation Road | $2,902 | 2 | $3,172 | Jan 29 | - |
| 51 | Marine Boy | $3,917,711 | 395 | $3,923,970 | Feb 5 | CJ Entertainment |
| 116 | Seven Pounds | $950,873 | 230 | $1,090,854 | Feb 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 144 | The Naked Kitchen | $522,241 | 228 | $624,620 | Feb 5 | Silver Spoon |
| 195 | Daytime Drinking | $140,617 | 15 | $140,617 | Feb 5 | - |
| 360 | Tideland | $1,853 | 1 | $2,065 | Feb 5 | - |
| 405 | King of the Hill | $582 | 1 | $679 | Feb 5 | - |
| 28 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $8,357,956 | 384 | $10,533,860 | Feb 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | The Scam | $7,157,788 | 485 | $7,486,498 | Feb 12 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 46 | He's Just Not That Into You | $4,729,096 | 451 | $4,731,638 | Feb 12 | Next Entertainment World (NEW) |
| 84 | The Tale of Despereaux | $1,829,093 | 225 | $1,869,901 | Feb 12 | United International Pictures |
| 236 | Doubt | $64,206 | 14 | $68,837 | Feb 12 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 65 | Handphone | $2,901,090 | 442 | $3,137,411 | Feb 19 | SK Telecom |
| 95 | The Secret of Moonacre | $1,469,386 | 314 | $1,587,362 | Feb 19 | Sungwon I Com |
| 117 | Marley & Me | $948,073 | 257 | $1,012,861 | Feb 19 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 154 | Garfield's Fun Fest | $412,031 | 109 | $431,096 | Feb 19 | KD Media |
| 168 | Revolutionary Road | $260,578 | 93 | $284,229 | Feb 19 | CJ Entertainment |
| 259 | Oishii Man | $35,687 | 16 | $40,336 | Feb 19 | - |
| 110 | The International | $1,025,329 | 242 | $1,152,151 | Feb 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 114 | The Unborn | $961,806 | 216 | $1,059,905 | Feb 26 | United International Pictures |
| 148 | Oh! My God 2 | $490,558 | 296 | $550,997 | Feb 26 | CJ Entertainment |
| 194 | Pandemic | $143,343 | 147 | $166,747 | Feb 26 | - |
| 268 | Rachel Getting Married | $26,037 | 7 | $27,535 | Feb 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 309 | My Heart Is Not Broken Yet | $9,939 | 10 | $10,553 | Feb 26 | - |
| 66 | Watchmen | $2,803,399 | 397 | $3,053,729 | Mar 5 | United International Pictures |
| 165 | The Wrestler | $295,619 | 175 | $296,753 | Mar 5 | Next Entertainment World (NEW) |
| 169 | In Bruges | $259,848 | 97 | $278,619 | Mar 5 | Synergy |
| 191 | Look for a Star | $157,036 | 173 | $175,047 | Mar 5 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 210 | Frost/Nixon | $102,301 | 88 | $109,527 | Mar 5 | United International Pictures |
| 359 | Your Friend | $1,912 | 2 | $2,098 | Mar 5 | - |
| 60 | More Than Blue | $3,216,745 | 443 | $3,463,423 | Mar 12 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 79 | Dragonball Evolution | $2,012,008 | 343 | $2,013,402 | Mar 12 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 103 | The Accidental Husband | $1,164,284 | 272 | $1,231,952 | Mar 12 | Sidus |
| 107 | Friday the 13th | $1,088,598 | 175 | $1,089,479 | Mar 12 | CJ Entertainment |
| 178 | Open Season 2 | $198,518 | 88 | $199,915 | Mar 12 | - |
| 225 | Shortbus | $78,923 | 58 | $90,352 | Mar 12 | Silver Spoon |
| 404 | The Day After | $627 | 1 | $2,468 | Mar 12 | - |
| 409 | The Story of Mr. Sorry | $517 | 1 | $985 | Mar 12 | - |
| 426 | The Room Nearby | $304 | 1 | $1,269 | Mar 12 | - |
| 37 | Slumdog Millionaire | $5,841,826 | 244 | $6,193,387 | Mar 19 | CJ Entertainment |
| 55 | Push | $3,526,889 | 314 | $3,528,520 | Mar 19 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 59 | Missing | $3,273,719 | 321 | $3,441,159 | Mar 19 | Synergy |
| 125 | Gran Torino | $720,438 | 133 | $720,438 | Mar 19 | Warner Bros. |
| 253 | Elegy | $39,287 | 11 | $43,567 | Mar 19 | - |
| 270 | Tokyo Sonata | $25,442 | 3 | $26,090 | Mar 19 | - |
| 324 | Grandmother's Flower | $5,444 | 11 | $6,104 | Mar 19 | - |
| 379 | Nothing But Ghosts | $1,117 | 1 | $2,227 | Mar 19 | - |
| 72 | The Reader | $2,321,019 | 285 | $2,321,258 | Mar 26 | SK Telecom |
| 94 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $1,506,002 | 213 | $1,517,220 | Mar 26 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 111 | Chaos | $1,012,777 | 210 | $1,012,777 | Mar 26 | Sidus |
| 130 | Echelon Conspiracy | $646,572 | 233 | $719,388 | Mar 26 | Sungwon I Com |
| 180 | Burn After Reading | $196,598 | 61 | $213,154 | Mar 26 | United International Pictures |
| 271 | Summer Hours | $24,823 | 7 | $25,951 | Mar 26 | - |
| 308 | Mosfilm Retrospective | $10,025 | 1 | $14,038 | Mar 31 | - |
| 25 | Private Eye | $9,707,309 | 441 | $10,096,836 | Apr 2 | CJ Entertainment |
| 57 | Fast & Furious | $3,467,968 | 334 | $3,616,904 | Apr 2 | United International Pictures |
| 146 | Calling | $502,858 | 28 | $503,804 | Apr 2 | - |
| 149 | Bride Wars | $488,185 | 258 | $488,185 | Apr 2 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 108 | Why Did You Come to My House? | $1,046,207 | 284 | $1,127,017 | Apr 9 | - |
| 152 | Suspect X | $461,351 | 184 | $497,358 | Apr 9 | Next Entertainment World (NEW) |
| 159 | New in Town | $350,197 | 168 | $392,361 | Apr 9 | Showbox Entertainment |
| 173 | The Uninvited | $212,749 | 116 | $235,646 | Apr 9 | CJ Entertainment |
| 181 | Forever Enthralled | $187,694 | 215 | $211,555 | Apr 9 | SK Telecom |
| 183 | Thomas & Friends: The Great Discovery - The Movie | $180,111 | 84 | $188,317 | Apr 9 | - |
| 41 | Knowing | $5,492,123 | 432 | $5,502,635 | Apr 16 | Next Entertainment World (NEW) |
| 68 | District 13: Ultimatum | $2,520,138 | 289 | $2,650,165 | Apr 16 | KD Media |
| 129 | Breathless | $667,901 | 84 | $668,323 | Apr 16 | - |
| 145 | Ip Man | $509,089 | 208 | $548,647 | Apr 16 | CJ Entertainment |
| 163 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $324,050 | 163 | $357,372 | Apr 16 | Prime Entertainment |
| 174 | Duplicity | $210,494 | 156 | $235,848 | Apr 16 | United International Pictures |
| 238 | Son of Rambow | $61,782 | 85 | $61,782 | Apr 16 | - |
| 355 | I Want to Live as a Fisherman | $2,392 | 6 | $2,783 | Apr 16 | - |
| 392 | The Fast and the Furious 2009 Re-release | $864 | 1 | $938 | Apr 16 | - |
| 7 | My Girlfriend Is an Agent | $20,448,981 | 555 | $20,452,287 | Apr 22 | Lotte Entertainment |
| 56 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $3,525,965 | 370 | $3,526,735 | Apr 23 | CJ Entertainment |
| 170 | Admiral | $234,039 | 94 | $234,039 | Apr 23 | - |
| 205 | Sisters on the Road | $110,716 | 20 | $116,200 | Apr 23 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 291 | Black Ice 2008 Re-release | $16,077 | 3 | $19,539 | Apr 23 | - |
| 317 | Master of the Epic: David Lean Retrospective | $7,214 | 1 | $8,115 | Apr 28 | - |
| 35 | Insadong Scandal | $6,165,928 | 408 | $6,177,474 | Apr 29 | SK Telecom |
| 36 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | $6,099,188 | 573 | $6,631,942 | Apr 29 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 20 | Thirst | $11,950,322 | 633 | $11,950,322 | Apr 30 | CJ Entertainment |
| 106 | Like a Dragon 2009 Re-release | $1,101,546 | 195 | $1,120,857 | Apr 30 | - |
| 123 | State of Play | $784,644 | 254 | $784,644 | Apr 30 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) |
| 139 | Mèche Blanche, les aventures du petit castor | $557,594 | 220 | $562,159 | Apr 30 | - |
| 172 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $218,346 | 63 | $218,346 | Apr 30 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 396 | Land of Scarecrows | $823 | 4 | $880 | Apr 30 | - |
| 175 | Like You Know It All | $208,867 | 36 | $208,867 | May 1 | - |
| 223 | Chocolate Underground | $85,691 | 46 | $85,691 | May 1 | - |
| 276 | Boy A | $22,330 | 1 | $23,923 | May 1 | - |
| 374 | Pororo the Little Penguin | $1,204 | 1 | $1,204 | May 1 | - |
| 376 | The Little Penguin Pororo Special Exhibition 2 | $1,139 | 1 | $1,139 | May 1 | - |
| 428 | Rediscovering Film History | $192 | 1 | $192 | May 1 | - |
| 408 | Traveling with Yoshitomo Nara 2009 Re-release | $531 | 1 | $1,405 | May 4 | - |
| 338 | Where Is the Friend's House? | $3,940 | 1 | $4,546 | May 5 | - |
| 419 | Bertrand beulrie Bert | $408 | 1 | $2,029 | May 5 | - |
| 42 | Star Trek | $5,442,372 | 502 | $5,686,001 | May 7 | United International Pictures |
| 251 | Paris | $39,909 | 17 | $42,066 | May 7 | - |
| 401 | The Little Penguin Pororo Special Exhibition 3 | $702 | 1 | $847 | May 12 | - |
| 26 | Angels & Demons | $9,398,105 | 618 | $9,887,278 | May 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 52 | Castaway on the Moon | $3,712,279 | 350 | $3,718,480 | May 14 | Cinema Service |
| 197 | Ong Bak 2 | $137,935 | 230 | $154,275 | May 14 | KD Media |
This chart only reflects 98 percent of total screens in South Korea.
