Lotte Entertainment is a South Korean film producer and distributor and entertainment division under Lotte Cultureworks, which is a Republic of Korea company that also houses Lotte Cinema .[2]
History
In September 2003, Lotte Entertainment was created under Lotte Shopping to manage film production, distribution, investment, and international sales. In 2018, Lotte Corporation spun-off the entertainment branch from Lotte Shopping as Lotte Cultureworks which includes both Entertainment and Cinema divisions.[3]
The Lotte Entertainment division was created to focus its operations in the motion pictures industry, and is often included in Korea's "Big 4" of the major film industry distributors along with CJ ENM, Showbox, and NEW.[4]
In 2006, Lotte Entertainment established the Charlotte Theater in Songpa district in Seoul, which was Korea's first venue solely dedicated to musicals.[5]