That’s how many cinema visits South Korea recorded in 2025 through November — a historic low.
🎟️ Big screens, small numbers: Attendance is down about 16% year on year. For the first time since the pandemic, not a single Korean film crossed the symbolic 10-million-ticket mark.
📺 Streaming beats the theater: While multiplexes struggle, Korean content is breaking records on Netflix and other platforms worldwide. Series, animation and music films reach millions — just from the couch instead of the back row.
The big question for 2026: What does a film need to offer to make people go out again instead of pressing play?
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