SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) made a public apology on Wednesday for its involvement in past administrations’ scheme to blacklist left-leaning artists and deny them state support. “Under the two past governments, the KOFIC made the big mistake of creating a blacklist of cultural-art figures on instructions from relevant [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — One out of nine women working in the film industry have been on the receiving end of undesired sexual overtures, and one out of five have either been touched without their consent or coerced into touching another. Documents from the office of politician Yoo Seong-yeop on February 7 revealed [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Domestic crime film “The Swindlers” topped the box office for the third straight weekend, data showed on Monday. The film starring Hyunbin and Yoo Ji-tae led all films, selling 417,534 tickets from Friday to Sunday, according to estimates from the Korean Film Council. It has been on top of [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The government will consider introducing a system for mandating movie theaters to fill part of their screening time with domestic arthouse films, a government film agency said Thursday. The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) unveiled the idea as part of its three-year plan starting this year to promote local films. The [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean film “Inside Men” extended its historic run at the box office on Monday and was on pace to become the fastest November film to surpass 5 million in attendance. According to figures by Korean Film Council, the thriller had garnered just over 4.95 million viewers through Sunday, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean period drama about a Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) king who starved his own son to death was the top performer at the local box office over the weekend, data showed Monday. “The Throne” drew 1.32 million viewers during the Sept. 18-20 weekend, bringing the film’s total attendance to 1.8 [...]
SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Just a week after its release, the Hollywood blockbuster Avengers – Age of Ultron has already attracted 4 million viewers in Korea. According to Walt Disney Company and the box office of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), the film had attracted 4.1 million viewers by April 29. Some 620,000 fans watched [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The much-anticipated Hollywood blockbuster “The Avengers: Age of Ultron” has drawn a large attendance of 620,000 on the day of release in South Korea, a market tracker said Friday. A total of 622,210 viewers saw the film on 1,731 screens around the country Thursday, a number which accounts for [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — “My Love, Don’t Cross That River,” the documentary film directed by Jin Mo-young, has attracted 2 million viewers in 24 days since its opening in Korea. According to box office figures compiled by the Korean Film Council, the popular movie had attracted 2,002,490 viewers as of December 20. The [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Interstellar, the sci-fi film directed by Christopher Nolan, has attracted 8 million viewers and is projected to exceed the 10 million level in no time. According to the box office figures compiled by the Korean Film Council, its cumulative moviegoer number hit 7,965,644 as of November 29 by admitting [...]