Lotte Entertainment () is a South Korean film producer and distributor and entertainment division under '' Lotte Cultureworks'' (), which is a

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company that also houses '' Lotte Cinema'' ().

History

In September 2003, ''Lotte Entertainment'' was created under ''Lotte Shopping'' to manage film production, distribution, investment, and international sales. In 2018, Lotte Corporation spun-off the entertainment branch from Lotte Shopping as ''Lotte Cultureworks'' which includes both Entertainment and Cinema divisions. The Lotte Entertainment division was created to focus its operations in the motion pictures industry, and is often included in Korea's "Big 4" of the major film industry distributors along with CJ ENM, Showbox, and NEW. In 2006, Lotte Entertainment established the Charlotte Theater in Songpa district in Seoul, which was Korea's first venue solely dedicated to musicals.

International distribution

In early 2015, the company signed a theatrical distribution deal with

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which allowed Lotte to distribute all of Paramount's films in South Korea, after Paramount ended its theatrical distribution deal with CJ Entertainment that year. In 2016, Lotte Entertainment joined the Globalgate consortium which is led by

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. As part of the agreement, Lotte represents the Korean and Vietnamese film markets.

Production Studio

In 2019, Lotte Entertainment launched its own TV series production studio. Its first series premiered on

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in February 2022 called "

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" (). The series was later distributed though TVING and

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streaming services.

Releases

Films

"Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds" (released in 2017) and "Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days" (released in 2018) are considered the most successful film series in Korea. The first film still ranks as the third most watched Korean film of all time. The franchise is based on a popular Korean web comic of the same title. The zombie apocalypse thriller "#Alive" (released in 2020) was the first Korean film to be ranked No. 1 in the U.S. and Europe on

streaming platform. The film also reached No. 1 on movie charts across 35 countries. "Escape from Mogadishu" (released in 2021) was the highest grossing Korean film in 2021 and a Korean Oscar Contender for 2022.

Television series

References

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