chasmmi Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 I can go to the cinema here for about 8000 won ($8.5?) and for about 11-12k for 3D ($12-13). Koreans do love the cinema and it helps to have a local industry they are immensly proud of and a few actors and (especially) directors of world renown. With regards to piracy, Hollywood combats this by releasing the biggest, most likely to be big blockbusters in Korea before almost anywhere else (or at worst in line with the first wave of releases). To see this effect compare the performances of IM3 and WWZ compared to DM2 and such although this is not always the main factor. Piracy in Korea kills video sales not cinema. Whereas a Hollywood film can make up to 50% or more of its gross from DVD sales etc, in Korea it is closer to 20%. Cable networks here have insane VOD services to try and combat this (WWZ is already available as is Jobs and probably more.) I saw Expendables 2 last year about 3 weeks after it left cinemas. However you spin things Korean cinema and cinema-going is insanely hot right now, the problem is if a film doesn't succeed on its cinematic release, it will not ever rebound through home video sales like US films can. The only exception to this will be if a film gets cult status internationally (I think for example that Oldboy may well have sold more DVDs in the UK than in Korea but don't quote me on that it could be total rubbish staticising). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Yeah, the South Korean box office this year has just exploded, average attendance could go as high as 4.4 per person, last year it was 3.9. Surely there's no way that's gonna be kept up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peludo Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Yeah, the South Korean box office this year has just exploded, average attendance could go as high as 4.4 per person, last year it was 3.9. Surely there's no way that's gonna be kept up. congrats for your 10,000 posts!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juni78ukr Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 According to official numbers the average tickets price is around 6.5-7 USD. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Korea has one of the fastest, if not the fastest, Internet connections in the world. Downloading a movie just takes seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efialtes76 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 (edited) Thursday: TFR:110,692/7,403,910 TC:61,7127/1,110,138 SPY:36,127/3,009,795 RUNNER RUNNERr:22,836/25,770 BLUE JASMINE:7,198/18,500 Edited September 26, 2013 by efialtes76 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 What is the biggest Hollywood horror film in Korea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Korea has one of the fastest, if not the fastest, Internet connections in the world. Downloading a movie just takes seconds.that's an exaggeration. It took me almost 12 minutes to download a4gb starship troopers trilogy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 What is the biggest Hollywood horror film in Korea?depending on how you categorize a horror I would guess maybe either prometheus, resident evil afterlife or I am legend. The latter made 17 million dollars which would be around the 3 million admission Mark I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Wow, PROMETHEUS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Wow, PROMETHEUS? Going back the past 6 years or so: I am Legend $17m RE: Afterlife: $12m Prometheus: $7m This is far from being an official list though. I can't think of any huge horror I could be missing though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Wait, Prometheus is a horror movie? I had no idea, I thought it was a comedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efialtes76 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Wait, Prometheus is a horror movie? I had no idea, I thought it was a comedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Weekend 10.11~13 Hwayi: A Monster Boy 718,970 new 1,213,440 Hope: 444,487 -8.1% 1,719,668 Tough as Iron 133,200 (-67.3%) 1,119,439 The Face Reader 120,110 (-58.7%) 9,018,141 Conjuring 71,225 (-66.7%) 2,222,447 DM2 940,842 MU 860,157 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efialtes76 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Gravity:112,907 admissions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Gravity:112,907 admissions.That's pretty good for Gravity. So did it open on Wed, or that's just previews? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efialtes76 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 That's pretty good for Gravity. So did it open on Wed, or that's just previews? Only 2600 admissions are from previews. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Gravity SCREEN COUNT SHOWTIMES Gross in KW Admissions 2D 470 2,593 469,082,000(44.6%) 69,812(61.4%) 4D 20 161 105,026,000(10.0%) 8,561(7.5%) 3D 238 737 231,782,000(22.0%) 19,367(17.0%) IMAX 3D 11 103 246,125,000(23.4%) 15,911(14.0%) 합계 739 3,594 1,052,015,000(100%) 113,651(100%) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 None-2D shows account for nearly 40%, way higher than other 3D movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druv10 Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Olive, any early tracking for Thor 2 in HK, SK and other Asian markets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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