KOFIC Announces Korean Film Industry Results for July

The admission figures are painting a difficult picture for Korean films. With a total of 3.34 million, local films recorded their worst July box office in terms of tickets sold since 2008, dipping at only 15.2% of all admissions, itself the lowest local market...

KOFIC Publishes 2018 Korean Film Industry Report

The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) published its Korean Film Industry report for 2018. This report analyses the general state of the Korean film market and the general trends over the last year sector by sector. According to the report, overall admissions in 2018...

October Local Box Office Sees 25% Increase in Audience

This year’s Chuseok Holiday lasted for an unusually long 10 days, resulting in an exponential growth of the domestic film market in October. According to the Korean Film Council’s (KOFIC) “October 2017 Korean Film Industry Report”, there were a total of 21.6 m...

KOFIC Releases July 2017 Film Industry Report

The number of attendees and the total sales in July 2017 tallied for a total of 21.36 million and USD 148.7 million, respectively. Attendance figures for July, which had been increasing since 2013, declined for the first time in four years, according to the Ju...

KOFIC Announces the First Half Report on 2017 Korean Film Industry

According to the first half report on the 2017 Korean film industry by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), the number of attendees and the total sales in the first half of 2017 were 97.29 million and USD 704.5 million, respectively. The total number of viewers in...

KOFIC Announces the May 2017 Film Industry Report

The number of audiences and the total sales in May, 2017 were 18.68 million and USD 132 million, respectively. According to the report on May 2017 Korean film industry by Korean Film Council (KOFIC), these are the largest among the May records ever. The total ...

Sluggish Fall Box Office in September

The number of viewers and the ticket sales both decreased in September 2016. According to the September 2016 report on Korean film industry by Korean Film Council (KOFIC), the total number of audiences and the total sales were 16.21 million and USD 141 million...

KOFIC supports Korean Companies at Hong Kong Filmart

Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has supported Korean companies at Hong Kong Filmart. At the 2016 Hong Kong Filmart held at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from March 14th (Mon) through 17th (Thu), KOFIC set up a Korean film promotion booth to help Korea...

February 2016 Monthly Report on Korean Film Industry

Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has announced the February monthly report on Korean film industry. Both the total number of viewers and ticket sales in February increased compared to the same period last year. The number of audiences was 21.12 million which is 26...

KOFIC Report on January 2016 Korean Film Industry

In January 2016, the total number of viewers and ticket sales have fallen year on year. According to the January monthly report on Korean film industry by Korean Film Council (KOFIC), the total number of viewers in January was 16.89 million, which decreased by...