Moviegoers heading back to theaters

More than 114,000 tickets were sold on Tuesday alone. / Yonhap

By Park Si-soo

Moviegoers are heading back to theaters as the coronavirus pandemic has noticeably subsided.

More than 114,000 tickets were sold on Tuesday alone ― the highest daily record in two months ― according to the Korea Film Council, with newly released animated movies such as “Trolls World Tour” and “Cats and Peachtopia” leading the sales. Tuesday was Children's Day, a national holiday.

The figure was nearly one tenth of that of last year's Children's Day, but still a substantial increase from 20,000 recorded at the height of the pandemic.

Industry insiders believe more people will visit theaters as the pandemic has lost its steam and the social distancing campaign has been eased.

South Korea reported only two new cases of coronavirus infection on Wednesday, both of which were imported, marking zero domestic infections for three consecutive days.