SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The movie industry logged a strong showing last month, with audience numbers and revenues soaring thanks to blockbuster titles and Chuseok holidays, data showed Friday. The Korean Film Council said the number of moviegoers totaled 5.41 million in September, up 81.1 percent from the same month of 2020. Sales [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean films led the box office in August, with the action flick “Escape from Mogadishu” placing first, according to recent data. A total of 7.91 million people went to the movies last month, leading to 76.4 billion won (US$64.9 million) in ticket sales, the Korean Film Council said Friday. [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of people who went to theaters in the first six months of the year dropped to a record low due to the protracted novel coronavirus pandemic, box-office data showed Friday. A total of 20 million moviegoers were recorded in the first half of 2021, down 38.2 percent [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of moviegoers plunged to a record low for February amid the prolonged novel coronavirus pandemic, box office data showed Thursday. A total of 3.1 million people went to theaters last month, down 57.8 percent from a year earlier, according to the data from the Korean Film Council [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of moviegoers in January dropped sharply to a record low for the month due to fallout from the protracted novel coronavirus pandemic, a report showed Friday. A total of 1.79 million people went to cinemas last month, down 89.4 percent from a year ago, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Lingering concerns over COVID-19 kept South Korean people from going to cinemas during the Lunar New Year holiday, but recently eased social distancing is expected to brighten prospects for the virus-hit film industry, box office data showed Monday. The number of moviegoers reached a total of 707,000 during the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Pixar’s latest animated film “Soul” has been jazzing up South Korean movie theaters, which have been nearly empty for months due to the resurgence of the novel coronavirus, data showed Monday. Released last Wednesday, “Soul” attracted 303,000 people over the Friday-Sunday period, raising its total admissions to 400,000, according [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of daily moviegoers plunged to a fresh record low this week, as new releases have been affected by the latest coronavirus resurgence in winter, data showed Friday. According to the data from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), 14,000-16,000 people went to theaters daily this week, down from [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean moviegoers nose-dived more than 80 percent on-year in November as the third wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic hit the country, data showed Thursday. A total of 3.59 million people went to theaters last month, down 80.7 percent from 18.6 million tallied a year [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — No longer basking in the glow of a flourishing film industry, South Korea is expected to log the lowest number of moviegoers in over a decade this year due to the impact of the new coronavirus pandemic. As of Wednesday, the total number of moviegoers for this year was [...]