Ticket revenue in the domestic movie market fell by 5.3 percent to 131.5 billion won (US$11.84 million) last month while attendance in theaters dropped by 10.2 percent to 16.67 million people, the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) said in a monthly box-office report.
Hollywood movies like "King's Man: Secret Agent" and "The Imitation Game" continued to top South Korea's box office Since mid-February.
To make matters worse, highly anticipated new Korean movies failed at the box office recently.
However, Korean movies which released on 12th, March are showing signs of recovery from domestic film's recent sluggish ticket sales.
"The Deal"(2015) grabbed the top spot at this week's box office with over 80,000 tickets sold on opening day, beating King's Man: Secret Agent
"The Deal" is the film that focused on painful experiences of victims who lost his family to a serial killer unlike the typical crime thriller.
Starring well-known character actors such as Kim Sang-kyung, Kim Sung-Kyun and Park Sung-woong.
Movie "Socialphobia" made a meaningful start as well.
According to Korea Film Council on March 13th, "Socialphobia" brought 22,056 viewers to the theater on the first day. The figure surpasses the first day record of 'Han Gong-ju', which had been drawing attention thanks to the awards and invitations from several film festivals before its release.
Movie "Socialphobia" is a SNS chase film, in which the protagonists dig up the truth about the death of one person, caused by online bullying, as to whether it was a suicide or a murder.
Also, several Korean films due for release this spring such as "Twenty", "Salute D'Amour" and "Chinatown" are raising expectations among Korean movie fans.
Starring hot young actors such as Kim Woo-bin, Junho, Kang Haneul, movie "Twenty" comes from writer-director Lee Byung-heon (not the actor) who has co-writing credit on Sunny and Speed Scandal.
"Twenty" promises to be a cheerful, realistic story about the “shining, immature” loves and friendships of three boys as they turn twenty together.
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