Unless otherwise noted, all box office statistics cited in the text are taken from the annual Korean Cinema Yearbook [Hanguk-yeonghwa-yeon-gam] published by the Korean Film Council and its predecessor, the Korean Motion Picture Promotion Corporation.
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