This is a list of films which placed number-one at the South Korean box office during 2011, based on admissions.
Weekend End Date | Film Title | Weekend Admissions | Ref. |
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2 January | The Last Godfather | 946,992 | [1] |
9 January | The Last Godfather | 406,440 | [2] |
16 January | Megamind | 313,336 | [3] |
23 January | Glove | 473,225 | [4] |
30 January | Detective K | 641,760 | [5] |
6 February | Detective K | 1,107,805 | [6] |
13 February | Detective K | 508,051 | [7] |
20 February | Children | 524,129 | [8] |
27 February | Children | 337,170 | [9] |
6 March | Black Swan | 289,797 | [10] |
13 March | Battle: Los Angeles | 454,027 | [11] |
20 March | Battle: Los Angeles | 254,624 | [12] |
27 March | The King's Speech | 173,235 | [13] |
3 April | Meet the In-Laws | 485,098 | [14] |
10 April | Meet the In-Laws | 453,294 | [15] |
17 April | Suicide Forecast | 282,536 | [16] |
24 April | Fast Five | 398,424 | [17] |
1 May | Thor | 548,147 | [18] |
8 May | Sunny | 338,254 | [19] |
15 May | Sunny | 618,265 | [20] |
22 May | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | 1,244,684 | [21] |
29 May | Kung Fu Panda 2 | 1,538,551 | [22] |
5 June | Kung Fu Panda 2 | 902,164 | [23] |
12 June | Kung Fu Panda 2 | 535,184 | [24] |
19 June | Kung Fu Panda 2 | 279,168 | [25] |
26 June | Sunny | 332,055 | [26] |
3 July | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | 2,366,170 | [27] |
10 July | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | 1,676,957 | [28] |
17 July | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | 1,301,301 | [29] |
24 July | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | 719,401 | [30] |
31 July | The Front Line | 478,545 | [31] |
7 August | Sector 7 | 1,160,483 | [32] |
14 August | War of the Arrows | 1,022,852 | [33] |
21 August | War of the Arrows | 894,594 | [34] |
28 August | War of the Arrows | 712,812 | [35] |
4 September | War of the Arrows | 420,768 | [36] |
11 September | Marrying the Mafia IV | 600,647 | [37] |
18 September | War of the Arrows | 328,569 | [38] |
25 September | The Crucible | 766,892 | [39] |
2 October | The Crucible | 1,023,850 | [40] |
9 October | The Crucible | 499,886 | [41] |
16 October | Real Steel | 600,416 | [42] |
23 October | Punch | 516,321 | [43] |
30 October | Punch | 667,496 | [44] |
6 November | Punch | 699,514 | [45] |
13 November | Punch | 576,476 | [46] |
20 November | Punch | 451,225 | [47] |
27 November | S.I.U. | 360,047 | [48] |
4 December | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 | 482,401 | [49] |
11 December | Spellbound | 605,899 | [50] |
18 December | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | 1,467,158 | [51] |
25 December | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | 1,245,965 | [52] |
Rank | Title | Country | Admissions | Domestic gross |
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1. | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | United States | 7,784,743 | US$65.6 million |
2. | War of the Arrows | South Korea | 7,470,633 | US$48.9 million |
3. | Sunny | 7,362,657 | US$47.3 million | |
4. | Punch | 5,309,928 | US$33.8 million | |
5. | Kung Fu Panda 2 | United States | 5,062,720 | US$38.8 million |
6. | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | 4,975,161 | US$33.1 million | |
7. | Detective K: Secret of the Virtuous Widow | South Korea | 4,786,259 | US$31.4 million |
8. | The Crucible | 4,662,822 | US$31.2 million | |
9. | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | United Kingdom United States | 4,400,270 | US$30.2 million |
10. | Real Steel | United States | 3,579,666 | US$23.3 million |
Rank | Title | Admissions | Domestic gross |
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1. | War of the Arrows | 7,470,633 | US$48.9 million |
2. | Sunny | 7,362,657 | US$47.3 million |
3. | Punch | 5,309,928 | US$33.8 million |
4. | Detective K: Secret of the Virtuous Widow | 4,786,259 | US$31.4 million |
5. | The Crucible | 4,662,822 | US$31.2 million |
6. | Quick | 3,125,069 | US$20.1 million |
7. | The Front Line | 2,945,137 | US$19.2 million |
8. | Spellbound | 2,777,998 | US$17.8 million |
9. | Meet the In-Laws | 2,595,625 | US$16.8 million |
10. | The Client | 2,393,086 | US$15.6 million |
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