It wasn't amazing…Hidden Face firefighter Harbin's December film record for the highest number of years
Jan 16, 2025
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On the 16th, the Korean Film Industry's announcement of the settlement of accounts for the Korean film industry in December 2024 was made public by the Korea Film Council. According to the data, the total sales in December last year were 124.5 billion won, and the total number of audiences was 13 million, the highest of the year. However, the total sales in December 2023 decreased by 24.2% (39.8 billion won) compared to the same month last year due to the success of 「Seoul's Spring」 (director Kim Sung-soo), and the total number of audiences decreased by 22.1% (3.7 million). The total cumulative sales from January to December were KRW 1.46 trillion, down 5.3% (66.8 billion won) from the same period last year, and the cumulative number of audiences was 123.12 million, down 1.6% (3.1 million).
If you look closely, both the total sales (KRW 124.5 billion) and the number of audiences (13 million) in December were recorded as the Hollywood blockbuster 'Moana 2' (directed by Dave Derrick Jr.) released in November, along with the release of the blockbuster 'Harbin' (directed by Woo Min-ho).
In December, Korean movies recorded sales of 71.8 billion won and 7.5 million viewers, with 'Firefighter''Harbin' ranking first and second in the box office. However, sales of Korean films in December fell 46.7% (63 billion won) and the number of audiences fell 45.3% (6.2 million) compared to the same month last year.
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The result of 'Hidden Face', which is based on the Colombian film of the same name, is also significant. It ranked seventh in the overall movie box office ranking, recording sales of 3.5 billion won in December. By December, the cumulative number of audiences had reached 1.01 million, adding to the meaning of the Korean movie, which was released in 2019 and surpassed 1 million viewers in five years since 'Tazza: One Eyed Jack' (directed by Kwon Oh-kwang).
In December, foreign currency sales amounted to 52.7 billion won and the number of audiences was 5.51 million. The popularity of `Moana 2' and 'Wicked' from November to December and the release of the Disney live-action film 'Mupasa: The Lion King' (directed by Barry Jenkins) in December increased sales of foreign films by 78.2% (23.1 billion won) and the number of viewers by 83.6% (2.51 million) compared to the same month last year.
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