SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Overseas inquiries about South Korean movies have been on the rise thanks to the Oscar-winning Korean film “Parasite,” the national film archive said during a forum in Seoul. The Korean Film Archive (KFA) has produced DVDs of major Korean films, ranging from the early years of the 1950s to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of moviegoers in South Korea jumped 55 percent in October from a month earlier thanks to sleeper hits and eased virus fears, a report showed Friday. A total of 4.63 million went to theaters last month, up 1.64 million, or 55 percent, from 2.99 million tallied in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of film productions in South Korea decreased more than 20 percent in the first eight months of this year due to the protracted novel coronavirus pandemic, a report showed Thursday. A total of 18 films were shot from January through August, down 22 percent from 23 over [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — On the South Korean entertainment scene, webtoons, or web-based comics, have carved out a unique role as a source of fresh ideas for producers and screenwriters. TV series like “Itaewon Class” (2020) and “Mystic Pop-up Bar” (2020), dramatized adaptations of popular web cartoon series with the same titles, are [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent spike in new coronavirus cases has dealt another heavy blow to the South Korean film industry, pushing distributors to postpone the release of titles set to hit theaters next month. Distributor Merry Christmas said Thursday that it will put off the premier of the science-fiction adventure “Space [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Homegrown summer blockbusters like the zombie apocalypse film “Peninsula” helped South Korean movies see their combined admissions jump nearly 70 percent in July from a month earlier, data showed Thursday. The number of moviegoers who watched South Korean films reached 4.69 million last month, up 68.4 percent from 2.78 [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of attendees at the South Korean box office during the first half of the year plunged 70 percent on-year, reaching its lowest level since 2005, as cinemas were shunned by the public over concerns of COVID-19 infections, data showed Tuesday. According to the Korean Film Council’s biannual [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of moviegoers in South Korea rebounded from a month earlier in May on the back of an extended holiday and relaxed social distancing, data showed Wednesday. A total of 1.53 million movie tickets were sold in May, up from an all-time low of 970,000 tallied in the [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — “Peninsula” by South Korean filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho and “Heaven: To The Land of Happiness” by fellow Korean director Im Sang-soo were selected among the 73rd Cannes Film Festival lineup Wednesday (local time). The two Korean films made the list of the 2020 Official Selection, consisting of 56 movies, which [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — In the aftermath of a precipitous drop in customers due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, movie theaters are coming up with innovative ways to generate revenue. Some theaters are now allowing customers to rent the whole venue to overcome the fallout from the COVID-19 outbreak. CJ CGV, South Korea’s [...]