"Middle Park" movie that disappeared... A glass that was written one after another after "10 Million Doubles."

[Anchor]
This year, there were two "jackpot" films in the Korean film industry that exceeded 10 million viewers following last year.

However, as the so-called "jungbak" work almost disappeared, it was a year of deep concern for the film industry and the theater industry.

Reporter Kim Seung-hwan looked back at the movie industry in 2024.

[Reporter]
Keyword for movie settlement in 2024 ① Birth of 'Twenty Ten Million'

In the first half of this year, the first occult genre film to be considered non-mainstream has surpassed the 10 million mark.

[Jang Jae-hyun / Director of the movie "Pillage" : How many times in my life will this happen?] Let's take it easy and thank the audience for every day.]

{The Tomb of ∀} won four awards at the Blue Dragon Film Awards, including Best Director and Best Actress, and received good results from critics as well.

The Crime City series left behind a feat of "Triple Ten Million" that exceeded 10 million viewers for three consecutive episodes from the second to the fourth, but there was also a controversy over screen monopoly.

[Ma Dongseok / Starring in "The Outlaws 4" : I'm so thankful that we got over 10 million hearts even though the movie market or theater is not active]

Keyword for 2024 movie settlement ② "Big or small"
The toast of
'10 million pairs' was also briefly mentioned in the Korean film industry, with the self-help saying, 'It's a big deal or a piece of cake.'

{Veteran 2' exceeded 7 million, but the audience was less than expected.

'Firefighter' was a surprise box office hit, but there are only three Korean movies between 2 and 5 million viewers, and this trend has continued in recent years.

[Kwak Kyung-taek / Director of the movie 'Firefighter' : I don't think there was a full-fledged story about the lives of firefighters. So this is worth a try...]

2024 movie settlement keyword ③ "Fandom movie heyday"
Investment in new films is plummeting as fewer films exceed the
break-even point.

The theater district started to find a way out with works that lean on 'fandom' like the live concert and the story of Fubao.

Singer Lim Young-woong's concert film made such a solid profit that sales were not much different from those of films that exceeded 1 million viewers thanks to the screening of special theaters.

[Lim Young-woong / Singer/Movie 'I'm Hero the Stadium' Starring: I hope those who couldn't come to the concert will also feel the emotion of the concert...]

Keyword for 2024 movie settlement ④ "Name value without communication"

It is painful that this year's star actors' names did not work.

As "Wonderland," "The Ordinary Family" and "One Win" in which famous actors appeared were turned away from the audience one after another, the Korean movie crisis theory arose again.

[Song Kang-ho / Starring in the movie 'One Win' : This is not the only difficult time for Korean movies. Because I've experienced this many times, I think I'll be able to self-sustain myself at some point.]

The movie industry is nervously watching what kind of report card Hyun Bin's "Harbin" and Song Joong-ki's "Bogota: The Land of Last Chance" will celebrate the New Year.

I'm YTN's Kim Seung Hwan.


Video editing Joo Hye-min

Design Ji-yoon