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Corona 19 gets longer, there are many people who feel like watching movies in theaters.

So these days, more and more'home cinemas' enjoy movies at home, and in line with this trend, movie theaters are now starting to deliver popcorn.



This is Jeon Yeon-nam reporter.



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Turn off the lights and play the movie with the beam projector.



After the coronavirus outbreak, it became difficult to go to the cinema with children, so we made our house look like a cinema.




[Yoonhee Lee / Seodaemun-gu, Seoul: Because of the corona, it is difficult to go to the movie theater with the children, so I want to see it comfortably at home, safely and happily.

I see it once or twice a week.] They are



so-called'home cinemas'.



With the revitalization of OTT services such as Netflix, content to be enjoyed has been enriched, and various devices aimed at them have been released, and the trend is increasing recently.



Last year, sales of beam projectors and home theaters increased 392% and 59%, respectively, compared to a year ago.



Conversely, with a 70% drop in sales, movie theaters facing crisis started a business delivering popcorn to home cinemas.



As more people watch movies at home, the number of theaters delivering popcorn has increased to 73 nationwide, and the average daily popcorn sales have increased more than eight times from last year.



The interior is decorated like a movie theater, and there are also shops selling only popcorn.



[Lee Ji-



su

/Popcorn Specialty Store Manager: Many people are visiting on weekdays as the number of home cinemas watching movies at home is increasing.]

[Kim Seong-su/Culture critic: (Corona 19)) Alternative media shine.

(Movie theaters) have become in a situation where they cannot go back to the past unless they provide a special audience experience.] As the number of



recent major movies released through OTT rather than theaters is increasing, the room culture is expected to spread further.



(Video editing: Hongmyeong Lee, VJ: Mingu Jung)