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SOUL Brings Korean Box Office Back to Life
Business Climbs 300% Despite 9pm Closures in Greater Seoul After two consecutive all-time lows at the box office, business in Korea came roaring back thanks to the debut of Disney-Pixar’s latest animation. Business soared 300% to 363,000 admissions, the best ...
- Writer : by Pierce Conran
- Date : Jan 25, 2021
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WONDER WOMAN 1984 Holds on for 4th Weekend
Business in theaters remains stubbornly low as the Korean economy continues to experience the effects of the 2.5 social distancing level enforced in the greater Seoul region. The weekend box office remains flat, but was ever so slightly down, notching a new re...
- Writer : by Pierce Conran
- Date : Jan 18, 2021
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WONDER WOMAN Tops Quietest Ever Weekend at Korean Box Office
Continued COVID-19 fears depressed the box office once again resulting in the smallest ever number of sales at the Korean box office since official records began in 2004. 81,00 admissions were recorded over the weekend, about 20% lower than the previous record...
- Writer : by Pierce Conran
- Date : Jan 12, 2021
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WONDER WOMAN 1984 Repeats over New Year Weekend
With public health concerns still very high over the New Year holiday, business was cut in half following last week’s surge. 150,000 viewers bought tickets over the weekend, with 15% going to domestic products. Following its Christmas weekend launch, Wonder Wo...
- Writer : by Pierce Conran
- Date : Jan 04, 2021
- View : 88
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WONDER WOMAN 1984 Tops Christmas Weekend
Despite a new daily high of COVID-19 infections reached over the weekend, the local box office saw admissions increase almost 200% as the first Hollywood blockbuster since Tenet hit arrived in time for Christmas. After approaching rock bottom in recent weeks, ...
- Writer : by Pierce Conran
- Date : Dec 28, 2020
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JOSÉE Repeats Atop Quiet Weekend
With new COVID cases steady around 1,000 per day, audiences largely stayed away from theaters, and distributors followed suit, as they launched no major new content in multiplexes. Amid the COVID-19 spike, it was one of the quietest weekends on record, with 10...
- Writer : by Pierce Conran
- Date : Dec 21, 2020
- View : 151
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JOSÉE Tops Charts as Korea Enters COVID Crisis
Despite the entry of a major new local film, the exhibition market contracted yet again as Korea grapples with its most serious spike in COVID cases to date, as daily infections rose over 1,000 during the weekend. Weekend admissions were down to 147,000, with ...
- Writer : by Pierce Conran
- Date : Dec 14, 2020
- View : 168
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BEST FRIEND Hangs on as COVID-19 Drives Viewers Away
Attendance Craters as Infections Cases around the Capital Rise Theaters continue to empty out as Seoul and its surrounding areas experienced their worst rise in COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. After weeks of hefty drops, the Korean box off...
- Writer : by Pierce Conran
- Date : Dec 07, 2020
- View : 167
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BEST FRIEND Clinches 1st Place As COVID-19 Throttles Sales
It was a very quiet weekend at the box office as Korea edged up last Thursday into its second highest peak of daily new COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began. Business slowed 40% week-on-week with just 277,000 tickets sold over the Friday to Sunday period. M...
- Writer : by Pierce Conran
- Date : Dec 01, 2020
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COLLECTORS Unearths 3rd Weekend Win
Business Down as COVID Cases Rise Once More The Korean box office continues its seesaw trajectory in 2020 as rising numbers of COVID cases have once again dampened the fortunes of the exhibition sector. Business over the weekend slowed 25% with 442,000 ticket...
- Writer : by Pierce Conran
- Date : Nov 24, 2020
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