Last month, Parasite made history at the Academy Awards by becoming the first foreign-language film to earn Best Picture while also taking home Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Foreign Language Film.
However, the Oscar-winning dark comedy-drama directed by Bong Joon Ho is continuing to break records as Parasite has now become the highest-grossing foreign-language film in UK box office history, surpassing The Passion Of The Christ.
The news comes from UK distributor Curzon Artificial Eye (via Deadline), which posted a celebratory tweet when Parasite broke the record on this past weekend.
This weekend we’re celebrating the fact that Bong Joon Ho’s universally acclaimed #Parasite has now become the highest grossing foreign language film in UK box office history! 🍾 pic.twitter.com/GkqUYUeVoO
— Curzon Film (@CurzonFilm) March 8, 2020
Parasite had already earned a record-breaking debut in the UK, opening with $1.8 million including previews from an initial 136 sites, a new milestone for a foreign-language movie. However, once the film expanded to 400 cinemas, the grosses for Parasite went beyond Mel Gibson’s The Passion Of The Christ which earned $14,998,931 (£11,458,707) back in 2004.
While Parasite has been an overwhelming success financially, critically and earning plenty of accolades along the way, it didn’t take long for HBO to announce a limited series spin-off based upon the feature film with Mark Ruffalo confirming talks to play the father.
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