Over 100 Million Korean Film Viewers for 5th Year
As of December 6th this year, the number of Korean moviegoers crossed the 200 million mark. The total attendance is 200,149,367 as of the day. So, local and foreign films have attracted over 200 million admissions for the fourth consecutive year since 2013. In terms of local films, more than 100 million audiences have gone to cinema for the fifth straight year since 2012.
In fact, its prospects were not bright at the beginning of the year. The total number of spectators in the first quarter was about 49 million, which had fallen to less than 50 million for the first time since 2013 compared to the same period. However, zombie blockbuster
TRAIN TO BUSAN surpassing 10 million viewers led box office success of the summer season, followed by
Operation Chromite,
The Last Princess and
Tunnel.
The Age of Shadows and
LUCK-KEY came next in autumn. In addition, foreign movies like
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and
Doctor Strange contributed to the ticket sales.
Korean film industry has increased the number of audiences from 200,001,506 in 2014 to 200,001,729 in 2015, since it had reached over 200 million with 200,001,335 viewers for the first time in 2013. Moreover, domestic film
Master and foreign movie
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story are expected to increase the total number of attendance in December.