List of 2016 box office number-one films in South Korea

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The following is a list of 2016 box office number-one films in South Korea . When the number-one film in gross is not the same as the number-one film in admissions, both are listed.

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#DateFilmGrossNotes
1January 3, 2016 The Himalayas US$8.55 million [1]
2January 10, 2016 The Good Dinosaur US$3.34 million [2]
3January 17, 2016 The Revenant US$4.7 million [3]
4January 24, 2016US$2.81 million [4]
5January 31, 2016 Kung Fu Panda 3 US$9.11 million [5]
6February 7, 2016 A Violent Prosecutor US$15.73 million [6]
7February 14, 2016US$9.02 million [7]
8February 21, 2016 Deadpool US$7.42 million [8]
9February 28, 2016 Spirits’ Homecoming US$6.4 million [9]
10March 6, 2016US$4.01 million [10]
11March 13, 2016 Zootopia US$2.3 million [11]
12March 20, 2016US$2.5 million [12]
13March 27, 2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice US$8.4 million [13]
14April 3, 2016US$2.5 million [14]
15April 10, 2016 Insane US$2.3 million [15]
16April 17, 2016 Time Renegades US$2.5 million [16]
17April 24, 2016US$1.7 million [17]
18May 1, 2016 Captain America: Civil War US$21 million [18]
19May 8, 2016US$11.7 million [19]
20May 15, 2016 The Wailing US$13.1 million [20]
21May 22, 2016US$9.5 million [21]
22May 29, 2016 X-Men: Apocalypse US$8.5 million [22]
23June 5, 2016 The Handmaiden US$9.1 million [23]
24June 12, 2016 The Jungle Book US$5.7 million [24]
25June 19, 2016US$4.6 million [25]
26June 26, 2016 Independence Day: Resurgence US$5.2 million [26]
27July 3, 2016FamilyhoodUS$4.8 million [27]
28July 10, 2016 Finding Dory US$6.2 million [28]
29July 17, 2016 Now You See Me 2 US$8.0 million [29]
30July 24, 2016 Train to Busan US$24.0 million [30]
31July 31, 2016 Operation Chromite US$13.5 million [31]
32August 7, 2016 The Last Princess US$8.8 million [32]
33August 14, 2016 The Tunnel US$13.8 million [33]
34August 21, 2016US$8.5 million [34]
35August 28, 2016US$5 million [35]
36September 4, 2016US$2.6 million [36]
37September 11, 2016 The Age of Shadows US$12 million [37]
38September 18, 2016US$15.4 million [38]
39September 25, 2016US$3.5 million [39]
40October 2, 2016 Asura: The City of Madness US$8.3 million [40]
41October 9, 2016 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children US$5.6 million [41]
42October 16, 2016 Luck Key US$12.1 million [42]
43October 23, 2016US$10.9 million [43]
44October 30, 2016 Doctor Strange US$18 million [44]
45November 6, 2016US$8.2 million [45]
46November 13, 2016US$4.4 million [46]
47November 20, 2016 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them US$10.6 million [47]
48November 27, 2016US$6.7 million [48]
49December 4, 2016 My Annoying Brother US$20.6 million [49]
50December 11, 2016 Pandora US$7.9 million [50]
51December 18, 2016US$6.9 million [51]
52December 25, 2016 Master US$15.8 million [52]
53January 1, 2017US$9.7 million [53]

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2016 (by admissions) [54]
RankTitleCountryAdmissionsDomestic gross
1. Train to Busan South Korea11,565,479US$81.6 million
2. A Violent Prosecutor 9,707,581US$67.7 million
3. Captain America: Civil War United States8,677,249US$63.7 million
4. The Age of Shadows South Korea7,500,420US$53.7 million
5. The Tunnel 7,120,508US$50.4 million
6. Operation Chromite 7,049,643US$48.3 million
7. Luck Key 6,975,291US$49.4 million
8. The Wailing 6,879,908US$48.9 million
9. The Last Princess 5,599,229US$38.9 million
10. Doctor Strange United States5,446,241US$41.6 million
Highest-grossing domestic films of 2016 (by admissions) [55]
RankTitleAdmissionsDomestic gross
1. Train to Busan 11,565,479US$81.6 million
2. A Violent Prosecutor 9,707,581US$67.7 million
3. The Age of Shadows 7,500,420US$53.7 million
4. The Tunnel 7,120,508US$50.4 million
5. Operation Chromite 7,049,643US$48.3 million
6. Luck Key 6,975,291US$49.4 million
7. The Wailing 6,879,908US$48.9 million
8. The Last Princess 5,599,229US$38.9 million
9. Master 4,935,297US$34.9 million
10. Pandora 4,313,566US$29.7 million

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