Revival of the Domestic Film Market
Last month’s admissions increased by 2.65 million in comparison to May last year to hit 16.86 million, and accrued approximately 133.6 million USD in total ticket sales. This result is due to the good mix of domestic (The Fatal Encounter, The Target, Obsessed) and international (X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Amazing Spider-Man 2) works that were received well throughout.
Korean films took 49.3% of the audience share, with 13 films that released, bringing in 65.1 million dollars in revenue. The Fatal Encounter and The Target brought in 6 million admissions together, and Obsessed alone brought in 1.3 million. On the other hand, there were a total of 76 international releases which took 50.8% of the audience share with X-Men: Days of the Future Past and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 taking the lead.
The cumulative admissions count was in comparison to last year, about the same between January to May, but the revenue rose slightly by 3.1%, to 18.2 million USD. Looking at the distributors, Lotte Entertainment hits first place with The Fatal Encounter in its line-up to receive 25.2% of the audience share, and closely behind is Twentieth Century Fox Korea with X-Men: Days of the Future Past, Rio 2, and The Grand Budapest Hotel receiving 21.5%, and CJ Entertainment is in third with 8 titles including The Target and Mr. Peabody & Sherman. Sony Pictures Releasing Korea comes in 4th with The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Maleficent, and NEW in 5th with 3 titles including Obsessed.
Diversity in Genre Lead to Popularity
It was possible to see that diverse genres were introduced in theatres throughout the month of May which took over the top ten chart. The Fatal Encounter is a period drama while The Target is a hard-core action film. Obsessed checks-off the melodrama genre, A Hard Day checks-off thriller, and A Girl at my Door drama.
Alternative Film: Her
Spike Jonze’s Her which won the Oscar for Original Screenplay, gathered 131,000 admissions and safely landed in the first place in the alternative film category. Only one domestic title was able to find a slot in the top ten list, which was the documentary, Sage Solutions.
Top Ten Box Office (May, 2014)
Rank |
Title |
Distributor |
Release |
Country |
Screens
(#) |
Revenue (100,000 USD) |
Admissions (10,000) |
1 |
The Fatal Encounter |
Lotte Entertainment |
2014-04-30 |
Korea |
1,055 |
278 |
354 |
2 |
X-Men: Days
of Future Past |
Twentieth Century
Fox Korea |
2014-05-22 |
USA |
1,056 |
227 |
279 |
3 |
The Target |
CJ Entertainment |
2014-04-30 |
Korea |
666 |
214 |
272 |
4 |
The Amazing
Spider-Man 2 |
Sony Pictures
Releasing Korea |
2014-04-23 |
USA |
1,312 |
179 |
217 |
5 |
Obsessed |
NEW |
2014-05-14 |
Korea |
682 |
106 |
135 |
6 |
Rio 2 |
Twentieth Century Fox Korea |
2014-05-01 |
USA |
598 |
56 |
75 |
7 |
Godzilla |
Warner Bros. Korea |
2014-05-15 |
USA |
610 |
60 |
71 |
8 |
Transcendence |
Lotte Entertainment |
2014-05-14 |
USA |
417 |
54 |
69 |
9 |
A Hard Day |
Showbox/Mediaplex Inc. |
2014-05-29 |
Korea |
645 |
34 |
44 |
10 |
Maleficent |
Sony Pictures
Releasing Korea |
2014-05-29 |
USA |
554 |
26 |
32 |
Top Ten Box Office Alternative Films (May, 2014)
Rank |
Title |
Distributor |
Release |
Country |
Screens
(#) |
Revenue (1,000 USD) |
Admissions (1,000) |
1 |
Her |
Universal Pcitures
International Korea |
2014-05-22 |
USA |
168 |
1,054 |
131 |
2 |
The Body |
Sidus Pictures |
2014-05-22 |
Spain |
161 |
489 |
65 |
|
Weekend in Paris |
PANCINEMA |
2014-05-01 |
UK |
31 |
234 |
29 |
|
Paganini: The
Devil’s Violinist |
Sidus Pictures |
2014-04-23 |
Germany |
100 |
103 |
14 |
|
Detachment |
Prain |
2014-05-08 |
USA |
41 |
88 |
11 |
|
Approved for Adoption |
Miru Pictures |
2014-05-08 |
Belgium |
48 |
34 |
5 |
|
Tom at the Farm |
AT9FILM |
2014-05-22 |
Canada |
26 |
32 |
4 |
|
Philomena |
Daou Tech Inc. |
2014-04-16 |
UK |
194 |
25 |
3 |
|
Sage Solutions |
Cinema DAL |
2014-05-15 |
Korea |
18 |
19 |
3 |
|
Ginger and Rosa |
Green Narae Media |
2014-05-15 |
UK |
17 |
19 |
3 |