By Tom Grater International Film Reporter Another milestone for Parasite. The Oscar-winning Korean sensation has now become the highest-grossing foreign-language film in UK box office history, surpassing The Passion Of The Christ.
The film already posted a record-breaking debut in the UK, opening with $1.8M including previews from an initial 136 sites, a new milestone for a foreign-language movie.
After that start, it expanded to some 400 cinemas, and grosses have snowballed to beyond the $14.6M (£11.08M) Mel Gibson’s Passion took back in 2004.
UK releaser Curzon posted the following celebratory tweet when the film hit the mark yesterday (March 8). This weekend we’re celebrating the fact that Bong Joon Ho’s universally acclaimed #Parasite
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