SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean film about a pro-democracy uprising in the country has surpassed 6.5 million in attendance as of the 11th day of its run, the film’s distributor said Saturday. “A Taxi Driver” hit the threshold Friday, becoming the fastest film to reach the milestone this year, according to Showbox. [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Tom Cruise wielded unrivaled influence on the South Korean box office over the weekend. His new action blockbuster “The Mummy” topped the weekend box office, drawing 1.128 million cinemagoers to 1,254 screens around the country, according to figures from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC).’ The movie’s accumulated ticket sales [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” retained its South Korean weekend box-office crown, crossing 4 million in the number of tickets sold, data showed Monday. According to the Korean Film Council, the smash hit drew 651,889 moviegoers in its third weekend of release from March 31-April 2. It is a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, another Star Wars franchise film, has, like its predecessors, failed to impress at the South Korean box office. According to Korean Film Council data, Rogue One was ranked eighth on the local movie charts last weekend, and as of Monday, the film has [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – “Train to Busan,” one of the nation’s most attention-getting films this summer, has set a new one-day attendance record of all movies ever screened in the country, data showed Sunday. The apocalyptic zombie thriller drew an audience of 1,280,944 on Saturday alone, according to the computerized box-office figures from [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – “The Jungle Book,” an American film, topped the South Korean box office for the second straight weekend, data showed Monday. Disney’s adventure drama amassed 619,178 viewers on June 17-19, bringing its domestic total to 1.7 million, according to computerized box office figures from the Korean Film Council.’ Based on [...]
SEOUL, Feb.29 (Korea Bizwire) – A Korean movie depicting the horrific suffering of Korean ‘comfort women’ sexually enslaved for Japanese soldiers during World War II has reached the break-even point only four days after its release. The results are encouraging given the 14-year struggle to produce and distribute the film. According to the Korean Film [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A film about South Korean mountaineers has set a new Christmas Day record with more than 700,000 viewers, data showed Monday. A total of 746,413 people watched the movie directed by Lee Seok-hoon, breaking the previous record of 640,624 set by “The Attorney” in 2013, data by the Korean [...]
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean action film made a solid dent in North American box offices in its opening week boosted by its long-lasting popularity in South Korea and favorable reviews from American critics, according to the film’s local distributor. “Veteran” made about US$360,620 over its first four days after being [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – After suffering a crushing defeat against Hollywood blockbusters in the first half of the year, Korean films reclaimed local box office backed by successes of two Korean action flicks — “Assassination” and “Veteran” — this month. Released on July 22, “Assassination” by veteran director Choi Dong-hoon has already passed [...]