Lists of South Korean films by year |
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Korean Animation |
The following is a list of South Korean films scheduled to be released in 2023.
The highest-grossing South Korean films released in 2023, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows: [1]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross |
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1 | 12.12: The Day | Megabox Plus M | $96,160,148 |
2 | The Roundup: No Way Out | ABO Entertainment | $79,459,384 |
3 | Smugglers | Next Entertainment World | $37,711,582 |
4 | Noryang: Deadly Sea | Lotte Entertainment | $33,868,493 |
5 | Concrete Utopia | Lotte Entertainment | $28,396,814 |
6 | Love Reset | Mindmark | $16,134,255 |
7 | Dr. Cheon and Lost Talisman | CJ Entertainment | $14,352,608 |
8 | The Point Men | Megabox Plus M | $13,550,750 |
9 | Sleep | Lotte Entertainment | $10,663,284 |
10 | Honey Sweet | Mindmark | $10,318,577 |
‡ Denotes a film that was publicly screened before its theatrical release, be it through film festivals, premieres or releases in other countries
Opening | English title | Native title | Director(s) | Cast | Ref. | |
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A P R I L | 5 | Swallow‡ | 제비 | Lee-Song Hee-il | Yoon Park, Jang Hee-ryung, Yoo In-soo, Woo Ji-hyun, Park So-jin | [20] |
Rebound | 리바운드 | Jang Hang-jun | Ahn Jae-hong, Lee Shin-young, Jeong Jin-woon, Jung Gun-joo, Ahn Ji-ho, Kim Taek, Kim Min | [21] | ||
12 | In Water ‡ | 물안에서 | Hong Sang-soo | Shin Seok-ho, Ha Seong-guk, Kim Seung-yun | [22] | |
Archaeology of Love‡ | 사랑의 고고학 | Lee Wan-min | Ok Ja-yeon, Kiyoon | [23] | ||
14 | Killing Romance | 킬링 로맨스 | Lee Won-suk | Lee Hanee, Lee Sun-kyun, Gong Myung | [24] | |
19 | Shape of Tulip | 튤립 모양 | Yang Yun-mo | Yoo Da-in, Kim Da-hyun | [25] | |
Always I am | 보이지 않아 | Cheon Se-hwan | Han seung-yun, Lee Noa, Jung Hye-in, Park Ho-san, Shin Ae-ra | [26] | ||
Punch-Drunk Love | 낭만적 공장 | Jo Eun-seong | Shim Hee-seop, Jeon Hye-jin | [27] | ||
The Ghost Station | 옥수역 귀신 | Jung Yong-ki | Kim Bo-ra, Kim Jae-hyun | [28] | ||
26 | Dream | 드림 | Lee Byeong-heon | Park Seo-joon, Lee Ji-eun | [29] | |
M A Y | 10 | Long D | 롱디 | Lim Jae-wan | Jang Dong-yoon, Park Yoo-na | [30] |
18 | Colossus: Child of the Wind | 거신: 바람의 아이 | Shin Chang-sub | Shim Gyu-hyeok, Min-a, Kwon Sung-hyuk, Hwang Chang-yung, Si Yeong-jun, Kim Bo-yeong | [31] | |
31 | The Roundup: No Way Out | 범죄도시3 | Lee Sang-yong | Ma Dong-seok, Lee Joon-hyuk, Munetaka Aoki | [32] | |
J U N E | 21 | The Childe | 귀공자 | Park Hoon-jung | Kim Seon-ho, Kang Tae-joo, Kim Kang-woo, Go Ara | [33] |
In Dream | 인 드림 | Shin Jai-ho | Seo Hyo-rim, Oh Ji-ho, Kim Seung-soo | [34] | ||
28 | Labang | 라방 | Choi Ju-yon | Park Sung-woong, Park Sun-ho, Kim Hee-jung | [35] |
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