According to CJ CGV data cited by Money Today Broadcasting, as of Oct. 11, IMAX screenings of *The Odyssey* in South Korea had drawn about 1.73 million admissions, or 14.2% of the total, and generated about KRW 31.3 billion in cumulative revenue, or 22.6%. Revenue’s larger share shows that admissions and box office revenue are different measures of a film’s performance. When reading the figures, it is important to check both the comparison scope and the date they represent.
Domestic Box Office Revenue Records and Admissions Rankings Differed
Reports published on Oct. 11–12 said that, as of Oct. 10, *The Odyssey* had surpassed *Avatar: The Way of Water*’s approximately KRW 137.9 billion in cumulative revenue among foreign films released in South Korea. This record refers to a comparison of cumulative revenue for foreign films released domestically. Reading a revenue record as if it were an admissions ranking changes the basis of comparison.
The Korea Economic Daily reported that cumulative admissions at the same point stood at about 12.15 million, placing the film fifth among foreign releases in South Korea by admissions. So reports that it led by revenue and ranked fifth by admissions can both be accurate: each ranking uses a different measure.
IMAX Revenue Share Was 8.4 Percentage Points Higher Than Its Admissions Share
Through Oct. 11, IMAX accounted for 14.2% of admissions and 22.6% of revenue, a difference of 8.4 percentage points. This gap supports the interpretation that average revenue per IMAX moviegoer was higher than the overall average. The difference alone, however, does not show that premium-format screenings were the sole reason for the film’s overall record.
Money Today Broadcasting reported that, as of Oct. 12, *The Odyssey* had average ticket revenue of about KRW 11,391 per moviegoer, compared with about KRW 8,787 for *Avengers: Endgame*—around 30% higher. This is a comparison of average ticket revenue per moviegoer for each film as a whole, a separate measure from IMAX’s share. Together, these figures help explain why admissions alone do not tell the whole story of revenue, but they do not break down how much each factor contributed to the record.
Read KOBIS Figures Displayed on Oct. 18 Alongside Their Reference Date
The KOBIS daily page for Oct. 18, 2026, listed *The Odyssey*’s cumulative revenue as KRW 140,005,504,260, cumulative admissions as 12,267,666, and its daily rank as fourth. The daily ranking and cumulative revenue record use different scopes and measures, so the fourth-place figure should not be taken as the film’s cumulative revenue ranking among foreign releases.
The accurate way to cite these numbers is as “figures displayed on the KOBIS daily page for Oct. 18.” To check cumulative totals for later dates, compare them against the daily page for the relevant date. When comparing revenue records with admissions rankings, checking the foreign-film scope, measure, and reporting date together helps make sense of figures that might otherwise appear to conflict.