SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – As the number of moviegoers remains below pre-COVID-19 levels, South Korea’s three major multiplex cinemas are exploring ways to survive through alternative content. They have been featuring live concerts by famous K-pop singers, broadcasting sports games, and embracing pure arts such as classical and fine arts. For example, CJ CGV [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — As movie theaters are seeing a return of customers with the end of social distancing, the aftermath of staff cuts during the pandemic era is being felt by customers. Three major multiplexes in the summer peak season have taken measures to run movie theaters with minimal staffing, introducing policies [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — As the pandemic drags on, South Korean multiplex operators are turning into alternative stages for K-pop artists. K-pop supergroup BTS’ “Permission To Dance On Stage – Seoul,” taking place in Seoul for the first time in more than two years, was released as a live broadcast at multiplex theaters [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The toughening of social distancing rules is expected to deal a blow to movie theaters in the Christmas season, dampen the bullish run by the superhero blockbuster “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and affect other upcoming films as well. Rolling back the “living with COVID-19″ scheme, the government announced a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean movie theaters saw their monthly attendance soar more than 80 percent in November from a year earlier amid eased virus controls, box office data showed Wednesday. A total of 6.51 million people went to theaters last month, up 81.1 percent from the same period last year, according [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean multiplex operators have braced for a long-awaited comeback of the audience to movie theaters as a gradual return to normalcy from the COVID-19 pandemic started Monday. The local health authorities earlier announced plans to go ahead with the “living with COVID-19″ scheme from the first day of [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean movie theaters are moving towards a rebound this summer, as blockbusters return to local theaters amid progress in vaccinations around the globe. Movie stocks recovered much of their losses from the pandemic on expectations that several Hollywood mega-projects by Disney, Sony and Warner Bros. would roll out [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — With movie theaters struggling with the ongoing pandemic, drive-in theaters are rising as a new alternative. South Korean cinema chain CJ CGV opened the CGV Drive-in Square One in Incheon’s Yeonsu District on Friday. The theater can accommodate up to 100 vehicles, and is connected to a walkway alongside [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major movie theaters are increasingly attempting to explore new types of content by leveraging their strengths in big screens and audio systems. Lotte Cinema, one of the three biggest multiplex chains in the country, unveiled ‘Pop-up Travel Live’ in collaboration with travel content maker Guide Live. The [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — More than a year after the novel coronavirus upended lives across the world, an increasing number of South Koreans are filling movie theaters, auditoriums and concert halls to shell out for experiences they have missed. In the midst of “revenge spending,” referring to a recent shopping spree in the [...]