The power of K-pop supergroup BTS is felt industry wide as band release films, books and comics
- The band’s second film release in two months, Love Yourself in Seoul, had South Korea’s second biggest opening weekend
- Stories of the band members’ lives can be seen in books, comics and a video game where players manage the band
By Park Jin-ha
Last Saturday, the CGV cinema in Seoul was turned into a something resembling a concert hall.
Fans waited in long queues to watch live concert footage of K-pop megastars BTS on the big screen. And just like at the real concert, fans chanted the names of the BTS members and passionately waved glow sticks.
Love Yourself in Seoul, a documentary released on Saturday that focused on BTS’ “Love Yourself” concert series in the city, attracted more than 180,000 people over two days, making it the country’s second-biggest ever opening weekend for a film.
It is BTS’ second film in just two and a half months. Its first, Burn the Stage: The Movie, garnered an audience of 2 million in some 70 countries and regions following its release in November 2018.
Their second documentary was released in 3,800 cinemas in 96 countries including the US and the UK on Saturday.