About Korean Movie Stage Greeting Schedule ★☆★
As summer vacation begins, Korean movies are being released one after another and along with that, many stage greetings are being held where you can meet the actors in person!
In Korea, stage greetings usually take place on the movie release day, the weekend of the release week, and the following weekend.
However, a recent trend (maybe because it’s summer vacation) is that stage greetings are also increasingly being held before the movie release date in major regional cities like Busan and Daegu!!
Now then, this time we’ll be explaining something essential for enjoying stage greetings!
Here’s a quick guide on how to read the schedule table! (We’ve received quite a few inquiries from our customers who said they didn’t know how to read it)
Depending on the movie, it varies, but generally, the stage greeting schedule is announced about a week before the actual event!
(Before the schedule is announced, there's no way to confirm whether a stage greeting will be held
or which actors will appear. We often get questions weeks in advance, but we really don’t know!)
＜Example of the Stage Greeting Schedule 1＞
Borrowed from the movie Concrete Utopia, released on August 9, 2023
＜How to Read the Table＞
Korean
날짜
극장 /
영화관
상영관
상영시간
무대인사
참석자
English
Date
Theater
Screen
Screen Time
Stage Greeting
Guests
Explanation
The date stage greeting is held
The name of the theater hosting the stage greeting
The specific auditorium where it takes place
The movie start time
Whether it's before or after the movie screening
The actors appearing in that session
Example
8/12(Sat)
CGV Yongsan (I’Park Mall)
IMAX
11:00
After Screening
Guest 1
Guest 2
Guest 3
Theater 4
11:10
After Screening
IMAX
13:40
Before Screening
Megabox Seongsu
MX
12:30
After Screening
Theater 4
12:40
After Screening
※종영시 = After Screening /시영시 = Before Screening
This is how the table looks!
For example, let’s say the movie is 120 minutes (2 hours) long.
If it says "11:00 / After Screening", that doesn’t mean the stage greeting will begin at 11:00AM.
Since the movie runs for 2 hours, the stage greeting would actually happen around 1:00 PM.
We often get requests like:
“Please give me tickets with enough time to move between venues,” or “I can’t move between these times since they overlap.”
But please note that unless stated otherwise, the listed guests (actors) will appear at all times listed for that theater. Which means,
= The guests move between theaters
= Viewers can also move between them.
Of course, if you plan to watch the full movie, you may not be able to move between locations depending on the timing.
However, this schedule is focused only on the stage greeting, not the movie itself.
Please keep this in mind to avoid confusion.
For those unfamiliar with how it works, you might not manage your time well and end up realizing that“The next stage greeting already started while I was still moving..”
So even if you're eager to see as many as possible, we recommend starting with just a few sessions at first.
Otherwise, even if you’ve secured tickets for a stage greeting, you might end up only seeing the movie (or not even that)!
Also, the schedule table we borrowed here is an introductory level version
＜Example of the Stage Greeting Schedule 2＞
Borrowed from the movie The Childe, released on June 21, 2023
In the above schedule table, stage greetings take place in the order indicated by the number in red.
To check the order of the theaters visited for stage greetings, look at the "Stage Greeting" column under each theater and pay attention to the ‘Before Screening (시영시)’ times.
Doing so will help you naturally figure out the order of appearance. (Yes, it’s a bit of a hassle)
We hope this helps you understand about the stage greetings in Korea♡
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