Showbox

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Showbox Entertainment

Showbox logo
Native name
Korean name
Hangul	쇼박스
Revised Romanization	Syobakseu
McCune–Reischauer	Syobaksŭ
Formerly	Showbox Mediaplex Co., Inc. (쇼박스㈜미디어플렉스)
Company type	Joint-stock
Traded as	KRX: 086980 (July 7, 2006)
Industry	Entertainment, media
Predecessor	Media Flex Co., Ltd.
Founded	June 10, 1999; 24 years ago (1999-06-10) in Seoul, South Korea
Founder	Yoo Jung-hoon
Successor	Showbox Co., Ltd.
Headquarters	Nambusunhwan, Gangnam, Seoul , South Korea
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Yoo Jung-hoon (CEO & founder)
Services	Film distribution
Revenue	12,327,000,000 won (2014)
Operating income	2,086,000,000 won
Net income	20000,000 won
Total equity	105,272,000,000 won (2014)
Owner	Orion Holdings: 57.50% Lee Hwa-kyung: 0.3% China Media Capital: 25.00%
Website	www.showbox.co.kr

Showbox Co., Ltd. (Korean: 쇼박스) is a South Korean film distribution and production company. It is one of the largest film distribution companies in South Korea, founded in 1999.^[1] Showbox is the film investment, production and distribution branch of Mediaplex, Inc., entertainment arm of Orion Group. Its main competitors for domestic box office are CJ Entertainment, Lotte Entertainment and Next Entertainment World. Despite having very short history in the industry, they managed to have top 6 of 10 blockbusters in Korean box office history, number 1 being 2012's The Thieves.