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(Clockwise from top left) ‘The Man Standing Next,’ ‘Deliver Us From Evil,’ ‘Peninsula,’ ‘Hitman: Agent Jun,’ ‘Ashfall’ and ‘#ALIVE’ (KOFIC, Redpeter, Lotte, Hive Media, Zip Cinema, Perspective Pictures, CJ)
2020 emerged as the worst year for the Korean cinema industry as it experienced the lowest total attendance in 17 years due to the effects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), total cinema attendance in 2020 reached 59.52 million, down by 73.7 percent compared to 226.67 million tickets sold in 2019, or a difference of 167.15 million tickets.
The 2020 total is the worst year since 2004 when the computerized cinema tracking started. In 2004, cinema attendance totaled 69.25 million.