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

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

## Highest-grossing films

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