21st century pop icons BTS continue their reign at the event cinema box office. Having broken the record for the highest grossing worldwide event cinema release last month with a $40m gross, the group’s latest theatrical release "BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas", which began limited screenings on Feb. 1, has now passed a $53m gross globally.
Presented by HYBE, CJ 4DPlex, and Trafalgar Releasing for a limited run, "BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas" boasted a footprint of more than 5,817 cinemas across 128 countries/territories, including a total of 629 coming from CJ 4DPlex’s 4DX and ScreenX locations. CJ 4DPlex’s ScreenX, 4DX & 4DX Screen premium formats accounted for 25% of the overall box office from approx. 10% of the total screens.
Audiences who experienced the film in ScreenX or 4DX raved about the immersive experience, with comments such as "In ScreenX, you can see all of BTS members all around you," "ScreenX is absolutely amazing. It feels like you are really in the concert stadium at Busan, not in the theater," and "When you watch it in 4DX and ScreenX, you can be both part of the audience and BTS because you can see the full vision of being with them with fans who are actually there onsite. Also, the 4DX motion chair dances along the whole shows, and that made me feel like I became the 8th BTS member."
Overall, top performing countries/territories for "BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas" including Japan, USA and Mexico. Across the opening weekend the concert film scored multiple top five positions for the weekend in territories including Japan, Korea, Italy, and Spain, plus the top ten in UK, Germany, Peru, and Australia. The project also reached number one in Mexico, Colombia, and the Philippines, plus the number one international release in India.
CJ 4D PLEX
"BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas" in ScreenX delivers a truly immersive experience that puts audiences in the front row. With a 270-degree field of view and exclusive imagery, audiences will feel like they are watching BTS live in concert. In multi-sensory 4DX, audiences are surrounded by unique motion and environmental effects that reproduce the atmosphere of a live concert. Complete with synchronized seats timed to BTS’ hit songs, 4DX transcends the "BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas" experience.
We are deeply gratified by the fact that one-fourth of our worldwide box office sales can be attributed to the special formats with ScreenX and 4DX, that we offered for the BTS concerts. This figure is a testament to the strong relationships and collaborative efforts between CJ, HYBE, and Trafalgar. We take great pride in this achievement and extend our sincere gratitude to viewers worldwide for their unwavering support.
JongRyul Kim, CEO of CJ 4D PLEX
We are delighted to see "BTS: Yet To Come In Cinemas" exceed an incredible $50m milestone at the box office. This figure is testament to the group, the ongoing dedication of the audiences and a credit to the international partnerships that made this landmark cinema event possible.
Marc Allenby, CEO of Trafalgar Releasing
"BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas" features a special cinematic cut of “BTS in BUSAN” re-edited and remixed for the big screen, with new close-up angles and a whole new view of the entire concert. Recorded in front of a massive sold-out crowd in Busan, South Korea, in October 2022, cinema audiences watched the group’s RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, JiMin, V, and Jung Kook perform career-spanning hits. In addition to the standard screenings beginning on Feb. 1, showings on Feb. 4 were dedicated to “Light Stick Screenings,” where audiences celebrated using the band's signature light sticks.
The event was HYBE and Trafalgar Releasing’s fifth global title with the pop icons, including 2018’s "BURN THE STAGE: THE MOVIE", 2019’s "BRING THE SOUL: THE MOVIE", 2020’s "BREAK THE SILENCE: THE MOVIE", and 2022’s "BTS PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE - SEOUL: LIVE VIEWING".
*"BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas" is distributed worldwide by Trafalgar Releasing except in South Korea and Japan where it is exclusively distributed by CJ 4DPLEX.
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About Trafalgar Releasing
Trafalgar Releasing, the global leader in event cinema distribution, harnesses the power of cinema to bring fans together in more than 13,000 locations in 132 countries worldwide. A subsidiary of Trafalgar Entertainment, Trafalgar Releasing’s worldwide operations include production, acquisition, marketing, and distribution of live or pre-recorded content to cinemas led by an international team of specialists. Featuring live concerts, music documentaries, world-class opera, award-winning theatre, and more from the leading names in entertainment such as BTS, Metallica, Oasis, Coldplay, Billy Joel, George Michael, Twenty One Pilots, the Royal Opera House and more. More information about Trafalgar Releasing can be found at www.trafalgar-releasing.com.
About CJ 4DPlex
CJ 4DPLEX is a leading, next-generation cinema technology company, headquartered in Seoul with international offices in Los Angeles and Beijing. The company has created innovative film technologies for theaters worldwide that include ‘ScreenX’, ‘4DX’, and ‘4DX Screen’ for consumers to experience films in ways that were never before possible.
CJ 4DPLEX is a part of the CJ Group conglomerate that also includes entertainment powerhouses CJ CGV, the fifth largest theater chain in the world, and CJ ENM (CJ Entertainment & Media), who produced the Academy Award®, Golden Globe® and SAG Awards winning film, “Parasite”. CJ 4DPLEX was named Most Innovative Company of 2017 and 2019 in Live Events by Fast Company, and the technology has been recognized with Silver at the Edison Awards in the Media and Visual Communications-Entertainment category in 2015 and 2018.
CJ 4D PLEX
ScreenX is the world’s first multi-projection cinema with an immersive 270 degree field of view. By expanding the image beyond the frame and onto the walls of the theatre, ScreenX draws you into the story on the main screen and immerses you in a virtual reality like setting with cinema quality resolution. To date, there are over 354 ScreenX auditoriums around the world in 38 countries.
4DX provides moviegoers with a multi-sensory cinema-going experience, allowing audiences to connect with movies through motion, vibration, water, wind, snow, lightning, scents, and other special effects that enhance the visuals on-screen. Each 4DX auditorium incorporates motion-based seating synchronized with more than 21 different effects and optimized by a team of skilled editors. To date, there are over 787 4DX auditoriums around the world, spanning over 69 countries.
4DXScreen is a powerful combination of our super premium immersive theatre technologies of ScreenX and 4DX in one auditorium, creating a never-before-seen experience for cinemagoers. To date, there are 46 4DXScreens installed around the globe.
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