Weekend box office hits new low
SEOUL, April 13 (Yonhap) -- The number of weekend moviegoers continued its downside trend to hit a new low this week as the novel coronavirus scare has battered the South Korean film industry, data showed Monday.
A total of 79,711 people went to cinemas on Saturday and Sunday, down from the previous record low of 80,180 tallied a week earlier, according to the data by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC).
It is the first time that a weekend figure dropped below 80,000 since KOFIC started to compile local box office data in 2004.
The Oscar-winning war film "1917" topped the box office over the two-day period with a combined 14,390 admissions, while Chinese martial arts film "Ip Man 4: The Finale" and Russian horror movie "Stray" were among the top 10 films.
Due to lingering fears of COVID-19, the weekday admissions have also been on a steady decline in previous weeks, hitting an all-time low of 15,000 on April 6.
Major multiplex chains including industry leader CGV have shut down some of their theaters, while distributors have rescheduled their release plans.
brk@yna.co.kr
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