Korean Box Office is #ALIVE

The box office showed its most convincing signs of life yet during the Covid-19 pandemic as a hot new title lured large crowds to multiplexes. Total sales for the weekend reached a shade under one million, which was double the previous weekend’s total and over...

THE CLOSET Shuts in BIRDS OF PREY During Quiet Weekend

Theatrical revenue remained low in the midst of fears over the new 2019-nCoV coronavirus. This week’s admissions were down only a marginal 6%, however that was with a pair of major new titles, versus last week’s crop of holdovers. 1.04 million viewers made the...

THE MAN STANDING NEXT Repeats During Slow Weekend

The post-Lunar New Year weekend suffered a far steeper crash than usual this year due to fears over the spread of the 2019-nCoV coronavirus, which has so far infected 15 people in South Korea. Admission were down 70% to 1.11 million and local holdovers largely...

THE MAN STANDING NEXT Edges Out HITMAN in Busy Lunar New Year Weekend

Business shot up 150% as the Lunar New Year celebrations got underway, with 3.72 million admissions counted over the three-day weekend, with business spilling over into Monday, which is also a holiday. With three major local releases launched for the festiviti...

SECRET ZOO Opening Confines BAD BOYS FOR LIFE

In the weekend before the Lunar New Year holiday, a pair of new titles launched that will hope to keep the turnstiles spinning throughout the holidays, even as new competition prepares to launch. Admissions were down slightly, with 1.49 million viewers recorde...