As the world applauded the Oscar success of Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite,” the film’s producers had further reason to celebrate following a record-breaking theatrical release in the U.K. over the weekend, pushing its worldwide cume to new heights.
The tragicomedy about social inequality in modern Korea scored £1.4 million ($1.81 million) for its opening weekend, including previews, in the U.K. and Ireland, according to Comscore, breaking the record for a foreign-language film’s opening weekend. Philip Knatchbull, CEO of the film’s distributor Curzon, tweeted that he had so many request from theaters to play the film that he is looking to expand its release to 275 cinemas from Friday, having opened in 137 locations. The pic, which contains scenes of bloody violence, is rated 15 in the U.K.
The film has received rave reviews from U.K. critics as elsewhere. Mark Kermode at the Observer said: “‘Parasite’ really is...
The tragicomedy about social inequality in modern Korea scored £1.4 million ($1.81 million) for its opening weekend, including previews, in the U.K. and Ireland, according to Comscore, breaking the record for a foreign-language film’s opening weekend. Philip Knatchbull, CEO of the film’s distributor Curzon, tweeted that he had so many request from theaters to play the film that he is looking to expand its release to 275 cinemas from Friday, having opened in 137 locations. The pic, which contains scenes of bloody violence, is rated 15 in the U.K.
The film has received rave reviews from U.K. critics as elsewhere. Mark Kermode at the Observer said: “‘Parasite’ really is...
- 2/10/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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