In July of 2024, around 12 million movie tickets were sold in South Korea. Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak at the beginning of 2020, ticket sales in South Korea have been dropping. In January 2021, the number of sold tickets was at around 1.79 million, while around 16.84 million tickets were sold in the same period in the previous year. January 2022 saw some recovery compared to January 2021, but sales were still far below pre-pandemic levels. As of May 2022, ticket sales have drastically picked up again.
Monthly number of sold movie theater tickets in South Korea from January 2019 to July 2024
(in millions)
Characteristic
Number of visitors in million
Jul 2024
12.03
Jun 2024
11.33
May 2024
11.36
Apr 2024
9.33
Mar 2024
11.7
Feb 2024
11.46
Jan 2024
7.75
Dec 2023
16.7
Nov 2023
7.64
Oct 2023
6.9
Sep 2023
6.66
Aug 2023
14.56
Jul 2023
14.28
Jun 2023
14.52
May 2023
11.75
Apr 2023
6.97
Mar 2023
7.48
Feb 2023
6.42
Jan 2023
11.25
Dec 2022
14.17
Nov 2022
6.38
Oct 2022
6.2
Sep 2022
9.86
Aug 2022
14.96
Jul 2022
16.29
Jun 2022
15.47
May 2022
14.56
Apr 2022
3.12
Mar 2022
2.8
Feb 2022
3.28
Jan 2022
5.72
Dec 2021
8.5
Nov 2021
6.51
Oct 2021
5.19
Sep 2021
5.41
Aug 2021
7.91
Jul 2021
6.98
Jun 2021
4.93
May 2021
4.38
Apr 2021
2.56
Mar 2021
3.26
Feb 2021
3.11
Jan 2021
1.79
Dec 2020
1.44
Nov 2020
3.6
Oct 2020
4.63
Sep 2020
2.99
Aug 2020
8.83
Jul 2020
5.62
Jun 2020
3.86
May 2020
1.53
Apr 2020
0.97
Mar 2020
1.83
Feb 2020
7.37
Jan 2020
16.84
Dec 2019
22.46
Nov 2019
18.6
Oct 2019
14.86
Sep 2019
14.73
Aug 2019
24.79
Jul 2019
21.92
Jun 2019
22.85
May 2019
18.06
Apr 2019
13.34
Mar 2019
14.67
Feb 2019
22.28
Jan 2019
18.12
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KOFIC. (August 30, 2024). Monthly number of sold movie theater tickets in South Korea from January 2019 to July 2024 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106029/south-korea-number-of-cinema-visitors-monthly/
KOFIC. "Monthly number of sold movie theater tickets in South Korea from January 2019 to July 2024 (in millions)." Chart. August 30, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106029/south-korea-number-of-cinema-visitors-monthly/
KOFIC. (2024). Monthly number of sold movie theater tickets in South Korea from January 2019 to July 2024 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106029/south-korea-number-of-cinema-visitors-monthly/
KOFIC. "Monthly Number of Sold Movie Theater Tickets in South Korea from January 2019 to July 2024 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Aug 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106029/south-korea-number-of-cinema-visitors-monthly/
KOFIC, Monthly number of sold movie theater tickets in South Korea from January 2019 to July 2024 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106029/south-korea-number-of-cinema-visitors-monthly/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Monthly number of sold movie theater tickets in South Korea from January 2019 to July 2024 (in millions) [Graph], KOFIC, August 30, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106029/south-korea-number-of-cinema-visitors-monthly/
