Anchor:  In 2005, 100 million people went to see movies at South Korean cinemas. That figure eclipsed 200 million on Wednesday, doubling the number of moviegoers in just under a decade. Industry experts attribute much of the jump to more and better Korean films.
Our Kim Soyon has the details on Korea’s box office boom.
 
Report: The Korean Film Council said Wednesday over 200-million-561-thousand movie tickets had been sold this year. This is roughly four times the size of the country's population.
Sharp market growth has also spiked revenue. It said at the rate of current sales the South Korean box office will clear one-point-five trillion won this year. Ticket sales topped one trillion won for the first time in 2009 and pulled in well over one-point-four trillion won last year.

Three and a half million more people saw Korean movies in theater this year, and advances in the domestic film industry played a large role in that jump. 

Until Tuesday, Korean films sold a record 118 million tickets, up from last year’s 114 million. 

The market share for Korean films was higher than foreign films at 59 percent and 40-point-nine percent, respectively.
 
“Miracle in Cell No. 7” was the most watched Korean movie this year at 12-point-eight million viewers. "Snowpiercer" had nine-point-three million viewers and "The Face Reader" nine-point-one million. Eight Korean films attracted over five million viewers in 2013. 
 
Among the top ten blockbusters at Korean cinemas this year, eight were Korean films. "Iron Man 3" generated the fourth most ticket sales and "World War Z" came in at tenth.  
Kim Soyon, KBS World Radio News.