Parasite made history at the Oscars last night with its Best Picture win and now it can claim more records as it has a record-breaking debut at the UK box office.
UK distributor Curzon and box office org Comscore both confirmed that the movie’s opening of $1,796,659 (£1,389,856) including previews is a record for a non-English language release. Across its opening weekend, the film grossed $1,395,025 (£1,079,102) with a screen average of $10,258 (£7,935). The previous record-holder was Apocalypto, which opened with $1,758,494 (£1,360,111) in January 2007 on its way to a total gross of $5,320,094 (£4,114,838).
Parasite’s opening in the UK is made even more impressive in comparison to Apocalypto because that film opened on 385 screens, compared to Parasite’s 135, meaning the Korean film has more than doubled the screen average of the Mel Gibson movie.
Parasite has grossed more than $35 million in the states and a staggering $72 million in Korea after being released in May. The film is likely to post more impressive box office numbers in the wake of its Oscar wins which also include Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Feature.
