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Megabox COEX Celebrates 10th Anniversary

The COEX branch of cinema chain Megabox marks its 10th anniversary on Thursday. It opened in May 2000 as the largest multiplex cinema in Asia. While it still has 16 screens, seating capacity has shrunk slightly from 4,336 at the time of opening to 4,218 after facility repairs.

The cinema reached the milestone of 50 million total viewers in January, and set a world record of 32,617 moviegoers in one day on July 31, 2004. For the past decade it has been the leading local cinema in terms of viewer numbers.

To mark the anniversary it will screen from Friday seven Korean films that have been or will be featured at the Cannes Film Festival, including "The Housemaid - 2010", "Poetry", "Oldboy", and "The Host".

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