After top 10Korean movies article, this is time to list up top 10 foreign hits in South Korea from
2004 to 2014. I'm afraid that movies are all made in Hollywood. <Kingsman: The Secret Service> being more and more popular, who knows it could be a next top 10. As you can see, Koreans blindly go after Hollywood blockbusters.
10th. The Dark
Knight Rises (2012):
Total audience of 6.4 million
Though the previous series <The DarkKnight> wasn't big of success with 4.1 million, ironically, it went
viral afterwards and everyone looked forward to seeing its sequel coming. Finally, when the film was premiered,
people had to wait weeks to get a ticket. Christopher Nolan's fame lead to
<Interstellar>.
9th. The avengers
(2012): 7.1 million
This film and
Korea seem to have a deep connection. Some scenes of the second series were actually filmed in Korea
and one of the starring actors, Chris Evans, appeared in Korean film
<Snowpiercer, 2013>.
8th. Transfomers 2 (2009): 7.3 million
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I can't believe all of
Transformers series are ranked in Top 10 foreign films. One example of Korean's unconditional and irrational craving for Hollywood blockbusters. But Megan Fox was drop-dead gorgeous, all Koreans would agree with that.
7th. Transformers
(2007): 7.4 million
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Actually, it wasn't that bad. Better than the second one.
6th. Mission
Impossible 4 (2011): 7.5 million
No need to explain further. Tom Cruise!
5th. Transformers 3 (2011): 7.8 million
This series is
one of the most successful film series of all time. Why do so many people love these films? One
thing for certain: loyal fandom.
4th. Iron Man 3
(2013): 9.0 million
Most Korean do
not know Robert Downey Jr, but everyone knows Tony Stark! Korean women are crazy about this guy.
3rd. Interstellar
(2014): 10.2 million
Christopher Nolan was always Koreans' favorite movie director, and it was no surprise to see the great success of <Interstellar>. In addition, while <Gravity> only attracted 3.2 million,
<Interstellar> knocked its rival down big time in Korea.
2nd. Frozen (2013): 10.3 million
It goes without
saying that <Frozen> is a great film. It was pure agony to hear all these OST from the Disney hit all year round. I saw even 40-year-old my boring boss singing in a Karaoke. This is how much we like Frozen.
1st. Avatar (2009): 13.3 million
No Korean people would have thought any Korean movie would be able to break the unbeliveble record of this movie with blue aliens. But 5 years
later, in 2014, a Korean film <ROARING CURRENTS> broke the
record with 17.6 million audience!
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Written by Karly
She graduated in a university in Korea double majoring in social studies and political science. After graduation, she worked for a while at the Nation of Assembly of Republic of Korea, but now she is working as a reporter. Having a life goal of being a Asia-specialized travel reporter, she travels around the world in her spare time.
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