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- KOFIC’s 2014 April Film Industry Report
- by June KIM / May 19, 2014
- Foreign Offerings Beat Domestic Films at Korean Box Office
2014 April admissions decreased by 18% compared to last year, down to 9.2 million with sales down by 14.4% to KRW 72.1 billion. Most films that saw successes at the box office were Hollywood superhero titles including Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which took the top spot and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in second, while only two Korean titles, Broken and The Fatal Encounter, broke into the top ten list. No domestic titles exceeded one million admissions.Concerning distributors, Sony Pictures Releasing Walt Disney Studios Korea had the highest audience share due to Captain America: The Winter Soldier, with 48.6%. CJ Entertainment, which represented Broken, placed in second.American films rule over April
The top ten films in April were 80% international and 20% domestic. The international titles were all from America, dominating the Korean film market.Alternative Film: Diminishing Diversity Films
Films that were invited to film festivals and received positive acclaim abroad were released domestically and it was expected that the alternative market would yield a positive result. However, looking at admissions and revenue, while the first quarter reached similar accomplishments (January: 350,000, February: 350,000, March: 320,000), the total in April fell to 130,000.Top Ten Box Office (April, 2014)RankTitleDistributorReleaseCountryScreens (#)Revenue (100,000 USD)Admissions (10,000)1Captain America: The Winter SoldierSony Pictures Releasing Walt Disney Studios (Korea) Inc.2014-03-26USA1,1061882332Amazing SpidermanSony Pictures Releasing Walt Disney Studios (Korea) Inc.2014-04-23USA1,3131691993BrokenCJ Entertainment2014-04-10Korea59478994DivergentLotteEntertainment2014-04-16USA51133425The Grand Budapest HotelTwentieth Century Fox Korea2014-03-20USA16331406Son Of GodPrain Global2014-04-10USA41823327Fatal EncounterLotte Entertainment2014-04-30Korea94720298NoahCJ Entertainment2014-03-20USA951192593 Days to KillLotte Entertainment2014-04-03USA388172310The Legend of HerculesNEW2014-04-10USA3901722* Source: http://www.kobis.or.kr/kobis/business/stat/offc/searchOfficDistTotList.do
* Number of screens are determined by taking the maximum number of screens activated during the first week of the film’s releaseTop Ten Box Office Diversity Films (April, 2014)RankTitleDistributorReleaseCountryScreens (#)Revenue (1,000 USD)Admissions (1,000)1PhilomenaDaou Tech Inc.2014-04-16UK194225312Paganini: The Devil’s ViolinistCinus Entertainment2014-04-23Germany100167233Grand PianoWide Release2014-04-17Spain95149214The Tibetan Dog9ers Entertainment2014-03-27Japan1922335A Touch of SinSYcomad2014-03-27China222636ManshinAtnine Film2014-03-06Korea881937My BoyTreefilm2014-04-10Korea341528WreckersINDIESTORY Inc.2014-04-03UK151529Short PieceDoki Entertainment2014-04-17Japan614210My Father’s E-mailsINDIESTORY Inc.2014-04-24Korea21122* Source: http://www.kobis.or.kr/kobis/business/stat/offc/searchOfficDistTotList.do
* Number of screens are determined by taking the maximum number of screens activated during the first week of the film’s release
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