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, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A domestic film depicting the life of a typical father from Korea’s older generation became this year’s first movie to surpass the 10 million viewer mark at the local box office, a market tracker said Wednesday. “Ode to My Father” hit the milestone at 10,001,709 viewers Tuesday, 27 days [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The main trailer of Korean film “Roaring Currents” was released. The film is a new work of “War of the Arrows” (2011) director Kim Han-min and famous actors like Choi Min-sik of “Old Boy,” Ryu Seung-ryong, Cho Jin-woong and Jin Goo were cast for the movie. Based on the Battle of Myeongryang, [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) – As Hollywood blockbusters, led by “Frozen” which gathered over 10 million moviegoers in Korea, successfully landed on the high-up of the box-office rankings one after another in the first half of this year, the admission number of Korean films consequently dropped to fall behind that of imports, for the [...]