Foreign Films Dominate South Korean Box Office, Led by ‘Mission: Impossible’
SEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) — Cinema attendance for foreign movies in South Korea hit a yearly high last month, driven by the latest Mission: Impossible installment, data showed Thursday.
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Foreign Film Performance Reaches Yearly High
Foreign films drew 8.53 million viewers in May, up nearly 57 percent from the previous month. Correspondingly, total revenue for these films surged 61.2 percent month-on-month to reach approximately 82.5 billion won (US$61 million), according to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC).
Top Performing Foreign Films
The robust performance of foreign films was primarily spearheaded by a few key titles:
- Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning: Attracted 2.33 million moviegoers in May.
- A Minecraft Movie: Followed with 930,000 viewers.
Domestic Films Lag Behind
Meanwhile, domestic films saw a weaker performance, attracting a total of 3.79 million moviegoers during the same period.
