SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean romantic comedy “Love Reset” has remained atop the local box office for three weeks in a row since its opening, data showed Monday. The movie also attracted around 246,000 moviegoers from Friday to Sunday, accounting for 40.3 percent of total ticket sales, according to data from the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have accused film distributors of manipulating ticket sales and obstructing official duties, while the movie industry is deeming the allegations excessive. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency on Wednesday announced the result after investigating three major movie theater chains CGV, Lotte Cinema and Megabox, 98 film distributors and 462 [...]
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 [...]