I thought I would add a quick note about the Korean box office for 2011. Numbers are still preliminary, but they certainly look very good. According to KOFIC:
- It was the biggest year every for overall box office in Korea, with 1.24 trillion won ($1.07 billion) in revenues and 160 million admissions.
- With 51.9% of the box office going to Korean movies, it was the best year for domestic cinema since 2006 — or 82.9 million admissions. And according to Kofic, 612 billion won would make it the best year ever for revenues (although I suspect the numbers for 2006 might have been incomplete).
- With 622 billion won for non-Korean movies, it was the second-best year for international cinema in Korea.
So big congratulations to everyone who helped make the year so good. And I hope 2012 will continue to be so strong.
