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'The Host' Boosts Market Share of Domestic Movies

The blockbuster film "The Host" significantly boosted the market share of domestic movies last month.

Theater chain CGV said Wednesday that domestic films accounted for 77 percent of the market last month, up 28 percent from 49 percent in July.

In addition, the total number of viewers during the first eight months this year surpassed the 100 million mark in the shortest time since 1990s.

CGV said that the country's new all-time box office champion contributed to the rise in viewers and market share of domestic movies.

The movie is about a family trying to save one of their own from a monster in the Han River.

Reported by KBS WORLD Radio

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