Is there anything in Korean entertainment that isn't rigged at this point??? Box office sajaeji

I was really surprised how well The Roundup is doing in Korea. Because movies like Suzume and Slam Dunk were huge hits everyone talked about, both ending up around 5 million admissions. Meanwhile this movie passed that in just one weekend. Seems like it was fucking rigged and they were reporting. And like tickets actually cost money unloke Unique Listeners. Why would you fucking do that? Korea is a crazy country. Illusion of success is more important than actual success.

Some update on this:

'박스오피스 관객수 조작' 의혹, 경찰 "영화 460여편 관여"

영화 관람객 수를 부풀렸다는 의혹을 받는 멀티플렉스·배급사에 대해 수사중인 경찰이 영화 462편이 조작에 관여된 것으로 보고있다. 17일 서울경찰청 관계자는 기자간담회에서 "2019년부터 2023년까지 관객수가 조작

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Again no names dropped but as much as 400 hundred films' box office was manipulates, which is a lot, considering movie output in Korea ain't as big as Hollywood machine.

Korean Police Raid Multiplex Operators, Film Distributors

Seoul Metropolitan Police on Tuesday raided the offices of Korea’s three leading multiplex cinema operators and three film distributors. “The six entities are…

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Seoul Metropolitan Police on Tuesday raided the offices of Korea’s three leading multiplex cinema operators and three film distributors

“The six entities are accused of obstructing the business of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) by falsely counting the audience numbers for Korean films,” a spokesman for the police is reported to have told Korean media, according to the semi-official Yonhap news agency. The raids were conducted by the force’s anti-corruption and public crime investigation team.

Local media named the companies visited by the police on Tuesday as cinema chains CJ CGV, Megabox and Lotte Cinema, and distributors Showbox, Lotte Entertainment and Kidari.

Distributors and cinema operators electronically transmit ticket sales and revenue numbers to KOFIC’s Korean Box Office Information System (Kobis). Kobis aggregates, analyses and publishes the data online. KOFIC also uses the data to calculate a 3% ticket tax which feeds a “film development fund.”

Korea’s box office was badly hit by the national government’s anti-COVID measures which restricted cinema capacity and concession sales until the end of April 2022. The three exhibitors each posted multi-million-dollar losses in 2020 and 2021, with those at CJ CGV reaching $180 million in 2020. Losses were reduced in 2021 through cost-cutting measures and ticket price increases. But several venues may have closed permanently and some theaters have been converted for other use such as gyms and climbing walls.

To encourage spectators to return to theaters, rather than watch movies online, KOFIC introduced ticket subsidy coupons. In 2020 it said that it would offer 1.3 million coupons with a face value of KRW6,000 ($4.71) each.

Box office this year has staged a partial recovery. According to Kobis data, gross revenues in the first five months of 2023 stand at KRW463 billion ($363 million). That is a 57% improvement compared with 2022. But the figure lags 40% behind the KRW775 billion achieved between January and May 2019.

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Fake it till you make it is how it goes my guy

YG's life motto

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So, are they underreporting to pay less taxes or are they overreporting to get more subsidies?

Overreporting to make Korean made movies appear more successful

In another article it was mentioned that they were basically marking late night showings as sold out.....it is....always....at night

‘박스오피스 순위 조작’ 멀티플렉스 3사 압수수색

경찰이 박스오피스 순위 조작 의혹을 받는 멀티플렉스 3사와 영화 배급사 등 총 6곳을 압수수색하고 있다. 서울경찰청 반부패공공범죄수사대는 13일 오전부터 멀티플렉스 3사(CGV·메가박스·롯데시네마)의 영화관 각 1곳

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Rough translation:

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Anti-Corruption Public Crimes Investigation Unit announced that it was raiding the headquarters of three distributors including Showbox and one each of the three multiplex companies ( CGV , Megabox, and Lotte Cinema) from the morning of the 13th . They are accused of interfering with the work of the Korean Film Council, such as manipulating box office rankings by falsely counting the number of viewers. The movies suspected of fabrication include the movie “Emergency Declaration,” which was released last year. At the time, the emergency declaration was embroiled in controversy over manipulation of reservation rates as all seats were sold out during late-night hours in some theaters of Megabox

Mofos couldn't take the L from Japanese anime, had to rig.

Just like how they rig Yoasobi song from not even appearing on Melon to being constantly in top3 Youtube Korea even since release

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And people said companies couldn’t fake sales and charting

My favorite one is that big companies don't cheat. Like "Why would SM/YG/JYP cheat, they are already on top and have so much to lose?"

Because first of all, as big companies, they have more to lose if their groups fail. Aside from millions invested, their company brand is getting damaged. Besides bigger the company - easier to hide the fact that they are cheating.