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- 2. Korean Films Crossed 100 Million Admissions for First Time
- Dec 30, 2012
The overall number of cinema-goers for Korean films this year surpassed 100 million on November 20th. The Korean Film Council announced that the Korean film industry has broken the barrier of 100 million spectators for Korean films for the very first time.According to the Theater Admissions Overall Data System, the number of people who had seen Korean films reached 99,806,740 on November 19th with 190,000 watching Korean films during that day. At 3 o'clock on the 20th, the number went past the 99,900,000 mark. With more people watching Korean films in the evening of the same day, the figure rose to 100,010,154 by midnight, making it a record that no previous year has reached.The former record was 97,913,570, which was set in 2006. Ten years since 50,820,000 people watched Korean films and 54,310,000 audience members saw foreign films in 2002, the Korean film industry has broken the 100 million mark for Korean films.
To celebrate the achievement of Korean film drawing over 100 million viewers in 2012, the Korean Film Council held the event entitled ‘Korean Films Meet 100 Million Audiences in 2012’ as a token of gratitude to Korean film fans at Deahan Cinema in Chungmuro on December 6th.
The event started with the hand printing of audiences and cineasts, highlight footage of Korean films that honored the year of 2012 and so on. At the opening, the director IM Kwon-taek, the honorary director of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) KIM Dong-ho, the CEO of Myung Films Jaime SHIM, an invited audience of 200, and actors including AHN Sung-ki, CHO Min-soo, UHM Tae-woong and JO Jeong-seok, were in attendance.
After the opening, LEE Yong-Joo’s Architecture 101, which was selected as ‘The Film I Most Want to Watch Agiain from 2012’ at the poll conducted through the official twitter of KOFIC (@kofic_kr) in November, screened for free. There was a conversation session with the audience after screening.
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