SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Pixar Animation Studios’ “Elemental” surpassed 6 million admissions Thursday, becoming the first animated film to achieve this milestone in South Korea since “Frozen 2″ in 2019, its local distributor, Walt Disney Company Korea, said. On Sunday, it set a new record as the most-viewed foreign film released in the [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Pixar Animation Studios’ “Elemental” has drawn over 5 million moviegoers in the local box office, becoming the most-viewed Pixar film ever released in South Korea. “Elemental,” the Disney-owned animation studio’s latest film, had garnered a cumulative audience of 5.03 million as of Monday, the 40th day of its release, [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Pixar’s new animated film, “Elemental,” is beloved in South Korea despite disappointing box office scores in North America. The animated film has attracted 2.32 million moviegoers in South Korea as of Monday, the 20th day after its release, generating revenue of some 23 billion won (US$17.6 million). In other [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Marvel Studios’ new film “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3″ has surpassed 3 million admissions at the fastest pace among this year’s releases in South Korea, its local distributor said Friday. The film reached the milestone at 1:35 p.m. on the 17th day of its release, according to Walt [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — “Suzume” has become the most-viewed Japanese film ever released in South Korea. Japanese director Makoto Shinkai’s latest animation broke the record set by the animation “The First Slam Dunk,” on Friday with 4.482 million admissions, according to data from the Korean Film Council. As of Sunday, “Suzume” gathered about [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Japanese animated film “Suzume” has garnered over 3 million admissions less than three weeks after its release in South Korea, box office data showed Monday. Japanese director Makoto Shinkai’s latest animation surpassed 3 million admissions at around 4:30 p.m. Monday, according to the data from Korea Box Office [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Three Japanese animations were among the top five films on the weekend box-office chart in South Korea, industry data showed Monday, proving their unwavering popularity among local audiences. The Japanese animation “Suzume” posted 712,473 admissions from Friday to Sunday to top the box office for the second consecutive week, [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Japanese animated film “Suzume” has drawn over 1 million admissions in the first six days of its release in South Korea, its local distributor said Monday. Japanese director Makoto Shinkai’s latest animation surpassed 1 million admissions at around 12:30 p.m., reaching the mark at the fastest pace among [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Retro fever is sweeping the Korean box office. Following the smash-hit Japanese animation “Slam Dunk,” the remastered version of the movie “Titanic” is also enjoying strong popularity. “The First Slam Dunk,” an animated Japanese film based on popular comics from the 1990s, had attracted close to 3 million viewers [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Theater admissions sharply recovered in the first 11 months of the year compared with the deep slump a year ago but remained below half of the pre-pandemic level, industry data showed Thursday. A total of 986.3 million tickets were sold in the January-November period, up 89.3 percent from a [...]