A recent online survey found 64 percent of respondents approve of or accept a reduction in the current screen quota protecting domestic films, an increase from a similar poll last year.
The survey of 849 Internet users conducted last weekend by the Film 2.0 magazine (www.film2.co.kr) and the portal site Daum (www.daum.net) found 42.6 percent would accept a reduction in the quota, which legally requires local theaters to screen domestic films 40 percent of the time.
Another 10.9 percent answered that they wouldn't care if the quota number were reduced; while 10.2 percent said that the quota must be significantly reduced or completely abolished.
On the other hand, 36.2 percent of the respondents felt the quota must be maintained as it is.
The results are significantly different from those of a similar survey conducted last July by the film Web site Cinetizen (www.cinetizen.net). In that survey of 423 users, 35.4 percent of respondents were in favor of reducing or abolishing the current quota system. Around 51.3 percent said the quota system should be maintained or strengthened.
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