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 [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Many films worldwide continue to express womanhood in a stereotypical manner, a recent study has showed. A research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Monday that 40 movies from Hollywood and South Korea screened between 2017 and 2018 depicted women to be [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is seeking to put a ceiling on the number of movie screens allotted for a single film in a bid to prevent a screen monopoly by big-budget blockbusters, the culture ministry said Monday. “The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will seek a revision of the ‘Promotion [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s box office is expected to receive the worst score for the summer peak season in six years, as no film will probably post more than 10 million admissions. Since 2014, at least one flick has reached the 10 million milestone in ticket sales in South Korea every [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — With the year 2019 having just passed the halfway point, the South Korean film industry is eying the possibility of four movies posting more than 10 million admissions, considered a huge box-office success in a country with a population of about 52 million. Comedy film “Extreme Job” opened in [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The generation who grew up watching Disney animations in the 1990s, those in their late 40s and middle-aged, are once again falling in love with Disney magic. They are charmed by Disney as they can recall old memories and share those precious memories with their children. Disney content is [...]