SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of weekend moviegoers in South Korea more than doubled from a week earlier thanks to a government-led discount event, raising hopes for a turnaround for the film industry hit hard by the novel coronavirus pandemic, data showed Tuesday. The number of moviegoers from Saturday to Sunday reached [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of moviegoers fell to a record low last month as the coronavirus scare has kept people from going to cinemas, data showed Saturday. A total of 970,000 movie tickets were sold in April, plunging 92.7 percent from 13.3 million tallied a year ago, according to data from [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of moviegoers in South Korea dropped to an all-time low in April, data showed Saturday, as people refrained from visiting crowded places amid the new coronavirus pandemic. A total of 972,447 people went to the cinema last month, marking the first time for the figure to hover [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — As the monthslong coronavirus pandemic has emptied South Korean theaters, the number of moviegoers in the country dropped to an all-time low in March, data showed Monday. A total of 1.83 million people went to the cinema last month, plunging 87.5 percent from 14.7 million tallied a year ago, [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of moviegoers dropped to a record low over the weekend as lingering fears of the novel coronavirus keep people staying at home, data showed Monday. A total of 80,180 people went to cinemas on Saturday and Sunday, down sharply from a combined 86,274 tallied a week earlier, [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Hollywood musical film “La La Land” returned to the big screen for the first time since its release four years ago, reclaiming the top billing at the South Korean box office. The feat comes as the coronavirus outbreak continues to block new films from screening at theaters. The Korean [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean movie theaters saw the lowest number of visitors for January since 2013, data has shown, as growing fears over the contagious disease led people to stay at home. According to a report by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) released on Thursday, a total of 16.84 million people [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The sensational Walt Disney animation “Frozen 2″ has topped the milestone of 4 million ticket sales less than four days after its release in South Korea, data showed Sunday. “Frozen 2″ sold 1,661,967 tickets on Saturday alone after it was released in South Korea last Thursday to top the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Cannes-winning Korean film “Parasite” has garnered more than US$11 million in revenue in North America, becoming the most commercially successful foreign language title of this year so far, industry data showed Monday. The film’s revenue from the one-month period since its North American release on Oct. 11 till [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s box office is expected to receive the worst score for the summer peak season in six years, as no film will probably post more than 10 million admissions. Since 2014, at least one flick has reached the 10 million milestone in ticket sales in South Korea every [...]