SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) — The local fantasy blockbuster “Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds” has become the second-most-viewed film of all time in South Korea. According to the real-time box-office tally from the Korean Film Council, the megahit movie reached 14,259,394 in total attendance as of 6 p.m. Thursday, the 51st day of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The local fantasy blockbuster “Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds” surpassed 10 million in attendance Thursday, becoming the 16th Korean film ever to reach the milestone, its distributor said. Lotte Entertainment said the film had reached a cumulative audience of 10,000,198 as of 12 a.m. Thursday, on the [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korea-Chinese film co-production project starring Korean actor Ha Jung-woo has been canceled apparently in the fallout from China’s anger over the planned deployment of a U.S. missile defense system known as THAAD in South Korea, the actor’s talent agency said Wednesday. “Ha was scheduled to film the [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean film “The Tunnel” will get a screening at a non-competition section of this year’s Locarno International Film Festival, according to the festival’s official website on Thursday. The survival-drama movie, starring actors Ha Jung-woo and Oh Dal-su and actress Bae Doona, will be screened outdoors in the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Distributing rights for South Korean director Park Chan-wook’s upcoming movie “The Handmaiden” have been sold in 116 countries even before its completion, the film’s distributor said Wednesday. It’s the second time a South Korean movie has been sold to more than 100 countries prior to release, CJ Entertainment said, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – A domestic action film featuring colonial-era assassination attempts by Korean independence fighters topped 7 million in attendance, according to an early box-office report by its distributor on Tuesday. Since its release on July 22, “Assassination” had been watched by 7,064,429 viewers as of 7:30 a.m., Showbox said. Set in [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean historical action film “Assassination” drew nearly 950,000 viewers in one day, its distributor said Sunday, the second-largest number for any Korean movie. The film, which opened in theaters Wednesday, was seen by 949,135 people on Saturday, according to Showbox. That’s second only to “Roaring Currents,” which set [...]