SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — “12.12: The Day,” a historical saga depicting South Korea’s military coup in 1979, topped 12 million admissions Monday, the film’s local distributor said. Since its release on Nov. 22, the film has gained rapid popularity, earning rave reviews and claiming the title of the most-viewed film among those released in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The runaway hit drama “12.12: The Day” surpassed US$1 million ticket sales in North American theaters, its local distributer Plus M Entertainment said Wednesday. With the feat, it became the highest-grossing South Korean film to open there this year, beating “The Roundup: No Way Out” with $910,000. The 2022 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — “12.12: The Day,” a historical saga about South Korea’s military coup in 1979, continues to dominate the local box office, data showed Monday. The cumulative ticket sales of the title topped 7 million earlier in the day, data from the Korean Film Council showed. Since its release on Nov. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – In an unexpected turn of events, director Kim Sung-su’s film ’12.12: The Day,’ centered around the December 12, 1979 military coup in South Korea, is on the verge of surpassing the 5 million cumulative viewers mark. Released in the traditionally slow month of November and diverging from recent audience trends [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Riding a wave of immense popularity in South Korea, the film “12.12: The Day” has unexpectedly sparked a trend dubbed the ‘smartwatch challenge’. After watching the movie, viewers find their anger escalating, leading them to graph it using their smartwatches, measuring metrics such as heart rate and stress index. This [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean historical film about a military coup in 1979 is rapidly gaining popularity, data showed Monday, revitalizing the local film industry that has been sluggish for some time. According to computerized data from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), “12.12: The Day” topped the weekend box-office chart, drawing 1.49 [...]