Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar-winning drama “Parasite” has broken records at the U.K. box office, becoming the country’s highest-grossing foreign-language film of all time. “Parasite” has overtaken Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ,” which had held the foreign-language film record since 2004. “Parasite” overtook “The Passion of the Christ’s” box office of £11.1 million ($14.5 million) over the weekend, according to a Twitter post by the film’s distributor Curzon Artificial Eye. “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 U.K.
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