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News‘Moana 2’ makes impressive debut at Korea box office as 'Wicked' trails
The strong performance appears to have revitalised a sluggish Korean box office that had seen weekend earnings dip below $10m for 10 consecutive weeks.
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News‘Wicked’ casts spell over Korea box office with 45% share
Local feature ‘Hidden Face’ ranked second.
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NewsWarner Bros, CJ ENM partnering on English- and Korean-language remakes
No detail yet on first titles, number of titles expected.
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News‘Gladiator II’ leads Korea box office with 40% of weekend takings
Further titles in the top 10 include ‘Hear Me: Our Summer’ and ‘Devils Stay’.
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NewsHong Sangsoo’s Locarno title ‘By The Stream’ acquired for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
The film centres around a scandalous incident involving a lecturer and her uncle.
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News‘Venom: The Last Dance’ maintains its lead at the Korean box office
Total October box office was down 9% year on year.
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NewsSouth Korea testing “snack films” with lower ticket prices to shake up box office
Horror-thriller ‘4:44 : Time Of Fear’ set for release on November 1.
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News‘Venom: The Last Dance’ tops Korea box office with 60% of takings
Further titles in the top 10 included ‘A Normal Family’ and ‘Love In The Big City’.
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News‘The Land Of Morning Calm’, ‘MA – Cry Of Silence’ win top awards at Busan, 2025 date shift confirmed
Rima Das’s ‘Village Rockstars 2’ and Tom Lin’s ‘Yen And Ai-Lee’ win Jiseok competition.
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NewsKorean drama ‘The Final Semester’ wins three at Busan Vision Awards
Coming-of-age features ‘Fragment’ and ‘Waterdrop’ also take two apiece.
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News‘Kingdom Of The Insomniacs’ wins top Busan Award at Asian Project Market
Philippines-US co-production ‘Hum’ picked up two prizes.
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NewsAsia’s buyers back in force at ACFM as Busan considers earlier date in 2025 (exclusive)
The market looks to report its biggest numbers in five years, even in the face of major budget cuts.
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NewsProducers Guild of Korea launches ‘hotline’ to aid international co-productions
The initiative is aimed at international producers seeking Korean co-production.
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NewsWong Kar-wai’s ‘Blossoms Shanghai’ wins two at Asia Contents Awards
Further big winners include Netflix’s ‘Cigarette Girl’ and ‘Mask Girl’ as well as Taiwan’s ‘Imperfect Us’.
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Reviews‘Waterdrop’: Busan Review
A bereaved teenager goes to extreme lengths to find a new family in this uneven Korean debut
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Reviews‘The Land Of Morning Calm’: Busan Review
The disappearance of a local fisherman sends ripples through his South Korean coastal community
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NewsShowbox launches ‘Us And Them’ remake and ‘The Verdict’ at Busan ACFM (exclusive)
The Chinese version of ‘Us And Them’ proved a box office hit when released in 2018.
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FeaturesBusan 2024: The buzz titles from South Korea
Supernatural thrillers, romantic dramas and the latest from Train To Busan director Yeon Sang-ho are among the titles being showcased by Korean sellers at BIFF and the ACFM.
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NewsNetflix unveils 2025 Korea film slate including first Korean-language animated feature
Directors of seven upcoming titles spoke at an event during Busan International Film Festival.
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NewsK-Movie expands non-Korean slate with Thai animation ‘Synchronize’ (exclusive)
Marks the second Thai feature boarded by the sales and production outfit.