▲ This file photo shows the poster of "The Roundup." (Yonhap)

 

 

SEOUL, June 16 (Yonhap) -- Sales in the film industry nearly quadrupled in a month last month thanks to the success of S. Korean action-comedy film "The Roundup." The ticket sales of Korean films overtook that of foreign films for the first time in eight months.

According to the "Korean Film Industry Report on Final Accounts for May,” released by the Korea Film Council on June 16, total sales of last month amounted to 150.8 billion won, which increased by 395.6%(120.3 billion won) from April. The total number of viewers increased by 366.7%(11.44 million) to 14.55 million.

Last month's sales were 2.5%(3.8 billion won) lower than that of May, 2019, which was before the COVID-19 outbreak.

"The Roundup" and “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness(Doctor Strange 2)” have led the revival of theaters. “The Roundup” recorded sales of 72.5 billion won and “Doctor Strange 2” recorded 61.8 billion won, respectively. Taken together, the two reached 90 percent of the total sales.

“The Roundup,” which exceeded 10 million cumulative audiences on June 11, attracted 7.73 million viewers in May alone. Thanks to the success of "The Roundup," the ticket sales of Korean films recorded 53.1%, surpassing foreign films for the first time in eight months since September, 2021.
 

▲ This photo, provided by MINDMARK, shows the movie “I Want to Know Your Parents." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
South Korean films among the top 10 films in May include “The Roundup,” “I Want to Know Your Parents,” “The Red Herring,” and “Urban Myths.”

Among the independent and art films, director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” topped the sales figures. It was followed by the family-themed drama “Piggy Back,” the animation film “A Monster in Paris,” and the documentary “Walk with Me.”

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Kim Sun Min.)

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