Number of foreign movie releases in South Korea 2004-2024

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 7, 2025

In 2024, the number of foreign films released in South Korea fell to 805 movies. This represents a decrease from the previous year and continues a trend of decline that began after hitting a peak in 2017. Despite this, the number of foreign films released in South Korea yearly is still far higher than it was at the beginning of the millennium, when only a few hundred movies would be released for Korean audiences per year.

Number of foreign movie releases in South Korea from 2004 to 2024

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January 2025

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Worldwide, South Korea

Survey time period

2004 to 2024

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