SHOWBOX CORP., a part of the Orion Group, is a leading financing and distribution company in the Korean film industry known for its outstanding performance in the local Box Office and its active participation in the international marketplace along with global partnerships. Established in 2002, Showbox has built itself to encompass the entire production, financing, and distribution sectors, providing the filmmakers a solid production ground to create entertaining contents for the audience, with ‘entertainment’ and ‘quality’ as its foremost principles. As a result, it has achieved extraordinary Box Office records of more than 10 million admissions for films such as TAEGUKGI(2004), THE HOST(2005), THE THIEVES(2012), and ASSASSINATION(2015). Not to mention, a large number of successful films including THE CHASER(2008), TAKE OFF(2009), I SAW THE DEVIL(2010), NAMELESS GANGSTER: RULES OF THE TIME(2012), THE FACE READER(2013), A HARD DAY(2014), THE THRONE(2015), INSIDE MEN(2015), ASSASSINATION(2015), TUNNEL(2016), LUCK-KEY(2016) and A VIOLENT PROSECUTOR(2016) from renowned Korean filmmakers. In 2017, A TAXI DRIVER by Showbox has been the year’s biggest local box office with more than 12 mil. Admissions. And in 2015, Showbox entered into an exclusive partnership with one of the biggest Chinese entertainment company Huayi Brothers expanding its way to China and a co-production partnership with the Hollywood genre movie studio Blumhouse, firming its foothold to be a global motion picture studio.
