Number of movie screens in South Korea 2024, by region

As of January 2024, there were 935 movie screens in Gyeonggi (Gyeonggi Province), South Korea. The city with the highest number of movie screens was Seoul, with 605 operational screens.Cinemas In the same period, 161 cinemas were operating in Gyeonggi, while 98 cinemas were operating in Seoul. Almost all cinemas in South Korea are multiplex theaters operated by one of three cinema chains. Around half of the South Korean box revenue are made in cinemas that are owned and operated by CGV, which is a subsidiary of the CJ Corporation, followed by Lotte Cinema and Megabox. Only around three percent of the box office revenue is made in cinemas are not owned by one of those three companies.Box office in South KoreaAfter the huge success of the box office with both domestic films and foreign films in the previous year, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) slowed ticket sales immensely in 2020. In 2023, box office revenue in South Korea was well on the way to recovery and approaching pre-pandemic levels, rising to around 1.3 trillion South Korean won. As of December 2023, "Extreme Job" was the highest-grossing domestic movie, overtaking "Avatar", the highest-grossing foreign movie in the country.

截至2024年1月，韩国京畿道（京畿省）共有935块电影银幕。其中，首尔市的电影银幕数量最多，达到605块。在同一时期，京畿道内有161家影院在运营，而首尔市则有98家影院在运营。韩国的几乎所有影院均为由三家电影院线之一经营的复合式影院。大约一半的韩国票房收入来自于由CJ集团子公司CGV拥有和经营的影院，其次是乐天影院和Megabox。仅有大约三成的票房收入来自于上述三家电影院线之外的影院。在上一年的国内外电影票房取得巨大成功之后，2020年新冠病毒（COVID-19）的爆发极大地减缓了票房销售。到2023年，韩国的票房收入正在稳步恢复，并逐渐接近疫情前的水平，达到了约1.3万亿韩元。截至2023年12月，国内票房最高的电影为《极智奇缘》，超越了该国票房最高的外国电影《阿凡达》。