Leading at the box office from 'Sin City 2' to 'Owl'... Cumulative sales, 2.5 times last year.
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[The FactㅣReporter Lee Han-lim] For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual revenue of domestic cinemas has surpassed 1 trillion won.
According to the Korea Film Promotion Commission on the 15th, the cumulative revenue in the film industry from January to November this year reached 1.26 trillion won, an increase of more than 2.5 times compared to 415 billion won in the same period. period last year. This is the result of a recovery to 66.2% of cumulative sales in 2019, before the Corona 19 pandemic.
This year, Korean films recorded cumulative sales of 578 billion won, accounting for more than half of the total. 'Crime City 2' surpassed 10 million viewers (12.69 million) in May, 'Hansan: The Rise of the Dragon' raised 7.26 million, 'Hunt' scored 4.35 million, 'Collaboration 2: International' scored 6.98 million, was thanks to the release of hit films, including 'The Owl', which was released at the end of November and recorded a cumulative audience is 2.68 million.
Cumulative foreign currency sales, led by 'Top Gun: Maverick' with 8.17 million viewers and 'Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Great Chaos' with 5.88 million viewers, grossed 424.6 billion won.
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From January to November this year, the total cumulative audience was 98.63 million, an increase of 89.6% over the same period last year (46.61 million).
Meanwhile, the good atmosphere in the theater area is expected to continue into December. Korean movie 'The Owl', which celebrates its third week of the premiere, is alive and well and 'Avatar': Road of Water' ('Avatar 2'), which attracted worldwide audience expectations, got off to a good start by mobilizing 350,000 viewers on the 14th, the first day of its release. In the case of 'Avatar 2', it has a market share of almost 90% to this day.