Korean films attracted a record 25 million viewers to local theaters in August thanks to the popularity of two historical dramas, "Roaring Currents" and "The Pirates," a market tracker said on Monday.
The number of cinema tickets sold for Korean films came to 25.06 million last month, equivalent to a ticket each for half of the country's population of about 50 million people, the Korean Film Council said in a monthly report on box-office data.