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, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The movie industry logged a strong showing last month, with audience numbers and revenues soaring thanks to blockbuster titles and Chuseok holidays, data showed Friday. The Korean Film Council said the number of moviegoers totaled 5.41 million in September, up 81.1 percent from the same month of 2020. Sales [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The iconic Seoul Cinema, a hot place for moviegoers during the 1980s through 1990s in downtowon Seoul, is closing down on August 31 due to the ongoing pandemic. The theater has been operated for about half a century, with its first screening showcased on September 17, in 1978. Wednesday marked [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of people who went to theaters in the first six months of the year dropped to a record low due to the protracted novel coronavirus pandemic, box-office data showed Friday. A total of 20 million moviegoers were recorded in the first half of 2021, down 38.2 percent [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of moviegoers plunged to a record low for February amid the prolonged novel coronavirus pandemic, box office data showed Thursday. A total of 3.1 million people went to theaters last month, down 57.8 percent from a year earlier, according to the data from the Korean Film Council [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of moviegoers in January dropped sharply to a record low for the month due to fallout from the protracted novel coronavirus pandemic, a report showed Friday. A total of 1.79 million people went to cinemas last month, down 89.4 percent from a year ago, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Pixar’s latest animated film “Soul” has been jazzing up South Korean movie theaters, which have been nearly empty for months due to the resurgence of the novel coronavirus, data showed Monday. Released last Wednesday, “Soul” attracted 303,000 people over the Friday-Sunday period, raising its total admissions to 400,000, according [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of daily moviegoers plunged to a fresh record low this week, as new releases have been affected by the latest coronavirus resurgence in winter, data showed Friday. According to the data from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), 14,000-16,000 people went to theaters daily this week, down from [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean moviegoers nose-dived more than 80 percent on-year in November as the third wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic hit the country, data showed Thursday. A total of 3.59 million people went to theaters last month, down 80.7 percent from 18.6 million tallied a year [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — No longer basking in the glow of a flourishing film industry, South Korea is expected to log the lowest number of moviegoers in over a decade this year due to the impact of the new coronavirus pandemic. As of Wednesday, the total number of moviegoers for this year was [...]