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, 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 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The combined revenue for South Korean movie theaters declined by over 70 percent as the new coronavirus pandemic has continued for months, according to a lawmaker Monday. Cinemas across the country posted revenue of 415.1 billion won (US$356.9 million) in the first nine months of this year, more than [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean moviegoers feel less concerned about possible coronavirus infections at cinemas due to tightened social distancing rules, a survey showed Thursday. Three major multiplex chains, CGV, Lotte Cinema and Megabox, conducted a joint poll on 1,746 people who went to cinemas from Sept. 12-13, asking whether they feel [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Could the living dead bring withering South Korean movie theaters back to life? Two recently released zombie thrillers, “#Alive” and “Peninsula,” are attracting South Korean film buffs to movie theaters, which have been empty for months due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. According to box-office data by the Korean [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of moviegoers edged down this summer from a year ago, but Korean cinemas earned much more thanks to higher admission prices and the growing popularity of more expensive formats, data showed Monday. Korean cinemas sold a total of 34.43 million tickets during the peak summer season from [...]