Showbox
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This article is about the South Korean film production and distribution company. For other meanings of Showbox, see Showbox (disambiguation).
Showbox Co., Ltd. (Korean: 쇼박스) is a South Korean film distribution and production company. It is one of the largest film distribution companies in South Korea, founded in 1999.[1] Showbox is the film investment, production and distribution branch of Mediaplex, Inc., entertainment arm of Orion Group. Its main competitors for domestic box office are CJ Entertainment, Lotte Entertainment and Next Entertainment World. Despite having very short history in the industry, they managed to have top 6 of 10 blockbusters in Korean box office history, number 1 being 2012's The Thieves.
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Korean name | |
Hangul | 쇼박스 |
Revised Romanization | Syobakseu |
McCune–Reischauer | Syobaksŭ |
Formerly | Showbox Mediaplex Co., Inc. (쇼박스㈜미디어플렉스) |
Company type | Joint-stock |
KRX: 086980 (July 7, 2006) | |
Industry | Entertainment, media |
Predecessor | Media Flex Co., Ltd. |
Founded | June 10, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-06-10) in Seoul, South Korea |
Founder | Yoo Jung-hoon |
Successor | Showbox Co., Ltd. |
Headquarters | Nambusunhwan, Gangnam, Seoul , South Korea |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Yoo Jung-hoon (CEO & founder) |
Services | Film distribution |
Revenue | 12,327,000,000 won (2014) |
2,086,000,000 won | |
20000,000 won | |
Total equity | 105,272,000,000 won (2014) |
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Website | www |
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