Movie People's Solidarity welcomes the theater ticket price reduction event "Thank you Minsik Choi..."I hope you can't have a one-shot look..."
Aug 27, 2024
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On the 27th, the Busan Cinema Association, the Korea Film Industry Workers' Union, the Korea Film Network, the Women's Film Producers' Union (PGK), the Korea Independent Film Association, the Korea Association of Independent Animation, the Korea Film Media Education Association, the Korea Film Directors' Association (DGK), the Korean Film Actors' Association, the Korean Film Scenario Writers' Association (SGK), and the Korean Filmmaker Association (CGK) expanded the 'Culture Day' that CGV can see for 7,000 won on the last Wednesday afternoon of every month, which is half of the price of the theater ticket, to ' CGV welcomed the position in that it said, `The first attempt to achieve a breakthrough in consultation with production companies and distributors to revitalize the film industry.'
In the case of major countries that have shown synergy due to active government support measures and industrial growth, the theater market growth rate is more than 90% recovered compared to 2019 before the outbreak of COVID-19. On the other hand, as of August 25, 2024, the total number of theaters was 85.4 million, staying at 56% compared to 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. This is also lower than the previous year of 2023." The Korean Film Industry Association pointed out that the big increase in ticket prices in theaters over a short period of two years since the pandemic is one of the reasons for the downturn in the film industry and the decrease in the number of moviegoers", he explained.
Above all, the movie People's Solidarity, which refers to Choi Min-sik, who raised the price of increased theater tickets to the surface, also expressed concern about the sharp rise in theater ticket prices on MBC 'Son Seok-hee's Questions' on the 17th. We would like to express our gratitude to Choi Min-sik, who spoke out, insisting on the need to cut movie ticket prices for the Korean film industry and ecosystem."
In addition, on July 4, the Film People's Solidarity stated in a statement that the three theaters were reducing the share of small and medium-sized distributors, producers, and creators through profit compression that abused their market-dominant positions such as pushing affiliates and screen monopoly, and reported the three theaters to the Fair Trade Commission regarding unfair and opaque 'blind settlement'. Unfair distribution is an act that destroys the growth engine of Korean movies centered on creation and production.
Finally "We hope that there was no undue infringement of the rights of the production company and distributor in connection with CGV 'Culture Week". In addition, CGV knows better than anyone that these events are one-off and cannot continue without fundamental agreement with the film industry. We hope that this event will be an opportunity for the three theater companies, including CGV, to start prospective discussions to reduce ticket prices, solve unfair settlement issues, and solve increasingly serious screen monopoly," he said.
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