SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Movie attendance plummeted by more than 30 percent on-year in the first half of the year, a midyear report from the Korean Film Council showed Thursday. According to the report, total attendance from January to June was 42.5 million, generating 407.9 billion won (US$293 million) in ticket sales. The [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — In a striking turn of events at the 2025 Korean box office, Yadang: The Snitch has overtaken Bong Joon-ho’s Hollywood sci-fi epic Mickey 17 to become the year’s top-grossing film—thanks to a slow-burning surge powered by viewer recommendations and strategic release timing. Mickey 17, one of the most anticipated theatrical [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The upcoming action thriller “The Old Woman With the Knife” perhaps misses a key opportunity in translation; its Korean title, “Pagwa,” meaning bruised fruit, offers a far more lyrical and symbolically resonant portrayal of the protagonist’s journey. Throughout its 122-minute runtime, the Korean film invites viewers to reflect on [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Eleven years have passed since a ferry slipped beneath the waves off South Korea’s southwestern coast, claiming 304 lives — mostly high school students bound for Jeju Island on a field trip that was never meant to end in sorrow. On an otherwise unremarkable Wednesday morning, the slow descent [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Set on the picturesque island of Wando off South Korea’s southwestern coast, the upcoming romance film “Sunny Day” weaves a gentle tale that illuminates the simple nature of happiness. The film follows the story of celebrity Oh Sun-hee, played by Jung Hye-in, who returns to her hometown of Wando [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A considerable number of teenagers typically go to movie theaters to watch films more than twice a month, a survey showed Thursday. The Korea Film Council conducted a survey of 412 teen members of multiplex cinema chain CGV, and 29.6 percent of whom said they visit movie theaters twice [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — With many South Koreans opting to stay at home to watch movies rather than going to movie theaters, consumer patterns in movie consumption are also changing. The Korea Film Council reported that movie theaters only accounted for 30.4 percent of revenue in the entire film industry last year, which [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean movie and a TV series have been officially released in Chinese theaters and via a local streaming platform for the first time in about six years, raising cautious hopes that the yearslong cultural freeze between the neighboring countries is thawing. The comedy film “Oh! My Gran” [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will release a special movie for global fans this summer to mark its fifth debut anniversary, its management agency said Wednesday. “BLACKPINK the Movie” will hit theaters in around 100 countries, YG Entertainment said, without elaborating on the exact release dates in different regions. In [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A black-and-white version of Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” will be presented in South Korea next month, the film’s production house said Wednesday. The new version will premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Netherlands, which begins Wednesday (local time), and hits South Korean screens in late February, according to [...]