KOFIC Has Announced the Report on February 2017 Korean Film Industry

The number of viewers and the ticket sales of Korean box office in February 2017 have decreased. According to the report on the 2017 Korean film industry by Korean Film council (KOFIC), the total number of viewers and the total sales were 15.18 million and USD...

Sales of Korean Movies in January 2017 Grew by 72.6%

The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has announced the Report on January 2017 Korean Film Industry. According to the report, 23.25 million moviegoers went to theaters in January 2017. It is a number that grew by 6.34 million, up 37.5% from the same time last year. ...

KOFIC Has Announced the First Half Report on 2016 Korean Film Industry

Both the Number of Viewers and Sales Decreased by 0.5% KOFIC has announced the first half report on 2016 Korean film industry. Both the number of viewers and sales decreased by 0.5%, not too much different from last year. The audience share for domestic films...

Sales and Number of Audience both Increased in 2015 Korean Film Industry

Korean film industry in 2015 has made USD　1.7 billion sales in two years in a row. According to the Final Report on 2015 Korean Film Industry by　Korean Film Council (KOFIC), the domestic film sales has reached USD 1.76 billion, including ticket sales and deriv...

KAFA to Host 2015 KAFA+ Masterclass: Planning Heart-winning Films with LIM Sang-jin

The Korean Film Council’s Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) will host a pre-production masterclass entitled “Planning Heart-winning Films” at CGV’s Cine Library in Myungdong, Seoul, on 30 September. Guest speaker is Story & Story CEO LIM Sang-jin, who is ...

Total February Admissions Count Hits 16.67 M, Ticket Sales at USD 131.5 M

Total monthly admissions to February this year recorded 16.67 million with total ticket sales revenue of USD 131.5 million. This is a 1.89 million in ticket sales (10.2%) and USD 73 million (5.4%) decrease from last year. Although this year’s Lunar New Year ho...

KOFIC’s 2014 April Film Industry Report

Foreign Offerings Beat Domestic Films at Korean Box Office 2014 April admissions decreased by 18% compared to last year, down to 9.2 million with sales down by 14.4% to KRW 72.1 billion. Most films that saw successes at the box office were Hollywood superher...

KOFIC’s 2014 February Film Industry Report

Total monthly theatre attendance for February was 18.54 million which was a 15% decrease from last year’s figures. Revenue also went down 12.2% to USD 138.7 million. Most of the films that did well in the box office in February were January releases. Of those ...

KOFIC at Hong Kong FILMART

Special Effects, Sales and Production Companies Head to HK The Korean Film Council (Chairman: KIM Eui-suk, KOFIC) participates regularly at the Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART), one of the biggest Asian film markets. This year, FILMART ...

The Korean Film Council attends ScreenSingapore

The Korean Film Council(KOFIC, Chairman: KIM Eui-suk) will attend ScreenSingapore 2013. The event which will be held in Singapore from Dec. 3- 6 is accompanied by the TV contents market Asia TV Market & Forum during the same period. For this first attendan...