Police in Korea on Tuesday raided three major multiplex chains and the offices of three film distributors on suspicion of box office manipulation, according to multiple local media reports. News ag…
. Per SBS News, police sent investigators to the cinemas to secure data such as ticketing details related to the alleged manipulation. The distribution companies, SBS News said, are Showbox, Lotte Entertainment and Kidari Studio.Named by SBS News, among the films suspected of having their box office falsely inflated are last year’s drama, which released in March. A further two films are also under suspicion, the outlet said.
A translated version of the SBS report reads that police suspect tickets were purchased in bulk with so-called “ghost screenings” held in an empty theater. ranked No. 50, according to KOFIC’s box office service KOBIZ. KOFIC manages box office data, including the audience numbers and sales for each movie, through the Korean Box Office Information System, to which multiplexes and film distributors report box office numbers.
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