SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean historical drama “Harbin” has garnered over 550,000 advance ticket reservations, signaling strong potential for box-office success. Approximately 554,000 tickets have been booked for the film as of 8:50 a.m. Tuesday, the release day, accounting for 56.2 percent of all advance ticket sales for movies currently showing in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Director Kwak Kyung-taek’s latest film, “Firefighters,” remained the top choice at the local box office. According to the Korean Film Council’s computerized box-office tally Monday, the disaster film topped the weekend box office for the second consecutive week, attracting an audience of 510,000 from Friday to Sunday. The movie, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The crime action film “I, the Executioner” dominated the local box office for the fourth consecutive week, reaching a cumulative audience of 7 million, data showed Monday. The movie, the sequel to the 2015 hit “Veteran,” drew over 226,000 viewers from Friday to Sunday, accounting for 29.2 percent of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Director Ryoo Seung-wan’s crime action movie “I, the Executioner” continued its dominance at the local box office, drawing more than 900,000 viewers over the weekend, data showed Monday. The movie attracted 914,000 viewers from Friday to Sunday, pushing its total audience to over 5.6 million, according to the Korean [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The live performance film of trot singer Lim Young-woong topped the local box office in revenue on Wednesday, according to data released Thursday. The film, titled “Lim Young-woong: I Am Hero — The Stadium,” which features his live performance at the World Cup Stadium in western Seoul in May, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean comedy film “Pilot,” starring Cho Jung-seok, continued to dominate the weekend box office, reaching a cumulative audience of 3.02 million viewers as of Monday, data showed Monday. Released July 31, the film attracted over 720,000 viewers during the weekend, capturing 46.7 percent of local box-office revenue from [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean comedy film “Pilot,” starring Cho Jung-seok, has debuted at the top of the weekend box office, attracting nearly 1.1 million viewers, data showed Monday. Released Wednesday, “Pilot” drew more than 1.09 million moviegoers during its debut weekend, capturing 54 percent of local box-office revenue from Friday to [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean film industry faced a challenging month in June as the animated blockbuster “Inside Out 2″ from Disney and Pixar continued its impressive run at the box office, according to data released by the Korean Film Council on July 10. Total cinema attendance for June reached 11.33 million, marking [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Mostly smaller-budget Korean movies are set to compete for the local box office during the peak summer season, marking a stark contrast to last year when a handful of tent-pole films raced against each other. Among the films set for release from mid-July to mid-August, only three films exceed [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean crime-action film “The Roundup: Punishment” is edging closer to achieving the 10 million admission milestone as the movie continues to reign on the local box-office chart, data showed Monday. According to data from the Korean Film Council, the fourth installment of the “The Roundup” crime-action film franchise, [...]