Dansungsa

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Dansungsa
The building c. 1937
General information
Location	Donhwamunro26 Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea
Coordinates	37°34′15.36″N 126°59′32.66″E / 37.5709333°N 126.9924056°E / 37.5709333; 126.9924056
Opened	1907 (1907)
Closed	2010 (2010)
Korean name
Hangul	단성사
Hanja	團成社
Revised Romanization	Danseongsa
McCune–Reischauer	Tansŏngsa

Dansungsa (Korean: 단성사) was one of Korea's earliest and most historic movie theaters. It was first established in 1907, during the Korean Empire period, in what is now Jongno 3-ga, Seoul. It was once widely believed to be the oldest movie theater in Korea, but in recent years, that title is now thought to belong to Ae Kwan Theater, which was founded in Incheon in 1895.^[1]

The theater held a position of prominence in Korean society for many decades. However, by the 1980s, it saw declining popularity and increasing competition. After the rise of multiplex movie theaters in the 1990s, the theater made an attempt to convert into one itself. It reopened in 2008 as a multiplex, but failed to recoup on its investments and went bankrupt soon afterwards. In 2010, the building was converted into a regular office building that now sells jewelry. In 2019, a museum dedicated to the theater was opened in the building.