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Merger Plans Fall Through for Korean Cinema Chains

Updated 2026-07-02 07:40 UTC 1 source Negative

Lotte Cinema and Megabox, South Korea’s second and third largest cinema chains, have canceled their proposed merger. The deal was intended to create a dominant market player but faced unspecified challenges.

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South Korea’s second and third largest cinema chains, Lotte Cinema and Megabox, have called off their proposed merger. Lotte Shopping revealed in a corporate filing on Wednesday that the memorandum of understanding signed with Megabox parent company Contentree JoongAng to merge the two chains was te
2026-07-02 07:26 UTC
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