Korean Movies that were Released Earlier this Month have Failed to Receive Much Attention

Drawing back the trend of recent years, Korean movies happen to be significantly less popular than Hollywood movies at the domestic box office so far this year.

"No Tears for the Dead" and "Man on High Heels" are Korean films which were launched previously this month which starred well-established actors like Jang Dong-gun and Cha Seung-won. However they have failed to obtain much attention.

According for the Korean Film Council on Tuesday, they have up to now captivated 570,000 and 310,000 viewers respectively, which pales in contrast on the Hollywood action movie "Edge of Tomorrow", which was launched early this month and has gotten three million viewers.

In 2012, ticket revenue for domestic movies exceeded the 100 million mark to the very first time, and for two successive years, Korean movies have been far more popular than individuals from Hollywood.

Hollywood films had obtained the better of Korean movies by 5.6 percentage points in the 1st half of 2014.

Experts commented that Korean films are struggling from the deficiency of a major hit. "Miss Granny", introduced in January, is just the only one that drew more than 4 million viewers.

There were four of those tremendous hits last year. With the year almost half over, you'll find issues the domestic film market might not surpass the 100 million mark once more.