SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean film attendance numbers nearly shot back up to the pre-pandemic level in May, data showed Wednesday, with a couple of big hits leading the charge. According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), movies screened in the country amassed a combined 14.55 million admissions in May, the highest [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The action comedy “The Roundup” has become the most-watched Korean film in the pandemic era, box-office data showed Thursday. The sequel to the 2017 hit comedy “The Outlaws” garnered 342,000 people Wednesday, bringing its combined total to 4.51 million, according to the Korean Film Council. It surpassed the attendance [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The homegrown action comedy “The Roundup” is on course to become a box office hit, luring more than 2 million people on its first weekend, data showed Monday. The sequel to the 2017 hit comedy “The Outlaws” attracted 2.53 million people from Friday-Sunday, bringing its cumulative total to 3.55 [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The action comedy “The Roundup” has set the best opening-day record among Korean films released during the COVID-19 pandemic, box-office data showed Thursday. The sequel to the 2017 hit comedy “The Outlaws” garnered about 467,000 viewers upon its debut Wednesday, accounting for 89 percent of the tickets sold on [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Hollywood blockbuster “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” surpassed 5 million admissions Tuesday, data showed. The latest Marvel Studios’ flick hit the milestone at 7:20 a.m., on the 13th day of its theatrical release in South Korea, according to the official box-office data from the Korean Film Council [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Hollywood blockbuster “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” has topped a cumulative 3 million admissions at the fastest pace in the pandemic era, box-office data showed Monday. The latest Marvel Studios’ flick attracted 1.7 million people from Friday to Sunday, bringing its combined total to 3.5 million, according [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Hollywood blockbuster “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” garnered a 2 1/2-year high of over 1 million moviegoers on Children’s Day, data showed Friday. Marvel Studios’ latest superhero movie drew 1.06 million viewers on Thursday alone, accounting for 82.5 percent of the day’s total ticket sales at local [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS’ three live concerts in Seoul have attracted 2.46 million fans both on and offline, the group’s agency said Monday. The “BTS Permission To Dance On Stage – Seoul” shows were held at Seoul Olympic Stadium on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday nights, with the first and third-night [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — “Spider-Man: No Way Home” topped the annual South Korean box office last year to become the first foreign film to achieve the feat in 10 years, data showed Wednesday. The latest Marvel Studios superhero film garnered a combined 5.56 million people for 17 days since its official release on [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — “Spider-Man: No Way Home” has surpassed a cumulative 6 million admissions for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began in South Korea, box office data said Monday. The latest Marvel superhero film attracted 705,000 people from Friday-Sunday, bringing its combined total to 6.07 million, according to the data [...]