List of 2008 box office number-one films in South Korea

This is a list of films which have been placed number-one at the South Korean box office during 2008, based on admissions.

Number-one films

†	This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. [1]

Weekend End Date	Film Title	Weekend Admissions	Ref.
6 January	Bee Movie	311,435	[2]
13 January	Forever the Moment	609,626	[3]
20 January		457,074	[4]
27 January		537,146	[5]
3 February	The Devil's Game	361,650	[6]
10 February	Once Upon a Time	478,543	[7]
17 February	Jumper	560,359	[8]
24 February	The Chaser	684,499	[9]
2 March		627,749	[10]
9 March		452,029	[11]
16 March	10,000 BC	468,965	[12]
23 March	Fate	356,776	[13]
30 March	Awake	211,968	[14]
6 April	The Guard Post	329,037	[15]
13 April	Taken	291,771	[16]
20 April		302,866	[17]
27 April	The Forbidden Kingdom	475,082	[18]
4 May	Iron Man	923,051	[19]
11 May		753,154	[20]
18 May	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	558,497	[21]
25 May	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	1,396,175	[22]
1 June		848,730	[23]
8 June	Kung Fu Panda	1,148,609	[24]
15 June		908,368	[25]
22 June	Public Enemy Returns	1,057,829	[26]
29 June	Wanted	824,925	[27]
6 July	Hancock	1,001,557	[28]
13 July	Red Cliff	657,297	[29]
20 July	The Good, the Bad, the Weird †	1,673,970	[30]
27 July		849,980	[31]
3 August	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	1,467,878	[32]
10 August	The Dark Knight	790,587	[33]
17 August		762,351	[34]
24 August		426,775	[35]
31 August		304,224	[36]
7 September	The Divine Weapon	630,257	[37]
14 September		646,920	[38]
21 September		425,298	[39]
28 September	Mamma Mia! The Movie	278,125	[40]
5 October	Modern Boy	329,956	[41]
12 October	Eagle Eye	560,679	[42]
19 October		437,935	[43]
26 October	My Wife Got Married	416,914	[44]
2 November		329,591	[45]
9 November	Quantum of Solace	667,761	[46]
16 November	Portrait of a Beauty	487,326	[47]
23 November		406,395	[48]
30 November	Hello, Schoolgirl	309,065	[49]
7 December	Scandal Makers	473,725	[50]
14 December		622,433	[51]
21 December		597,611	[52]
28 December		635,170	[53]

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2008 (by admissions) ^[1]

Rank	Title	Country	Admissions	Domestic gross
1.	The Good, the Bad, the Weird	South Korea	6,684,933	US$38.6 million
2.	The Chaser		5,046,096	US$30 million
3.	Kung Fu Panda	United States	4,653,929	US$26.4 million
4.	Mamma Mia!		4,552,475	US$26.1 million
5.	Scandal Makers	South Korea	4,361,509	US$25.1 million
6.	Public Enemy Returns		4,313,101	US$25.2 million
7.	Iron Man	United States	4,290,816	US$24.5 million
8.	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull		4,111,753	US$23.5 million
9.	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor		4,090,885	US$23.1 million
10.	The Dark Knight		4,060,490	US$23.7 million

Highest-grossing domestic films of 2008 (by admissions) ^[54]

Rank	Title	Admissions	Domestic gross
1.	The Good, the Bad, the Weird	6,684,933	US$38.6 million
2.	The Chaser	5,046,096	US$30 million
3.	Scandal Makers	4,361,509	US$25.1 million
4.	Public Enemy Returns	4,313,101	US$25.2 million
5.	Forever the Moment	4,018,059	US$23 million
6.	The Divine Weapon	3,728,430	US$21.4 million
7.	Portrait of a Beauty	2,341,521	US$13.8 million
8.	Eye for an Eye	2,058,616	US$11.8 million
9.	My Wife Got Married	1,799,447	US$10.6 million
10.	Sunny	1,706,037	US$9.9 million

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See also

• List of South Korean films of 2008