Kross Pictures

Kross Pictures, Inc. is a South Korean multinational film and television production company with offices in Seoul, Los Angeles, and Mumbai.[1] The company was co-founded and is currently led by Hyunwoo Thomas Kim.[2][3]

The company's core business areas include film production and distribution, web novel and webtoon production, book publishing, and webtoon platform services.[4]

History

Founded in 2003 in Los Angeles, Kross Pictures is a cross-border film and television production company. The company primarily focuses on identifying and acquiring established intellectual property to produce localized films and television series for various markets.

Its first Chinese-language production, The Devotion of Suspect X, opened at the top of the Chinese box office and achieved a total gross of approximately CN¥410 million.[5][6]

The company's second Indian feature film, Oh! Baby, was released on 5 July 2019, and reached the top position at the box office in the Telugu-speaking region.

On 7 December 2019, Kross Pictures launched Kross Komics, described as the first digital comics platform in India, through its subsidiary Kross Komics, Inc.

On 14 August 2020, KakaoPage (now Kakao Entertainment) announced the acquisition of 49 per cent of Kross Pictures' shares for ₩5.9 billion.[7]

Kross Pictures has won two copyright infringement cases,[1] including one against the producers of the 2017 Kannada film Pushpaka Vimana, which was deemed an unauthorised remake of the 2013 Korean film Miracle in Cell No. 7.[8][9] The company also won a case against the producers of the 2019 Tamil film Kolaigaran, an unauthorised adaptation of the Japanese novel The Devotion of Suspect X.[10]

In October 2021, Kakao Entertainment acquired the remaining 51 per cent of Kross Pictures' shares. In December 2021, it acquired 99 per cent of Kross Komics' shares through Kross Pictures, making both companies wholly owned subsidiaries.[11]

Filmography

External links

• Kross Pictures