Parasite Sees Record Breaking Ticket Sales Increase Of 234 Percent After Oscars 2020 Win
Bong Joon Ho's Parasite bagged about $5.5 million at the box office this weekend, which brings the new collection to a hike of tickets sale of about 234 percent
Bong
Joon
Ho's
Oscars
2020
winning
film,
Parasite
has
become
one
of
the
biggest
releases
worldwide.
According
to
recent
reports,
the
film
has
seen
a
record-breaking
increase
in
ticket
sales
since
its
big
Academy
Awards
win.
The
critically
acclaimed
film
bagged
about
$5.5
million
this
weekend,
as
per
a
report
in
Variety.
The
new
collection
data
marks,
the
film
seeing
a
hike
of
tickets
sale
of
about
234
percent.
It
is
also
a
record-breaking
boost
post
Oscars
for
any
Best
Picture
winner
in
the
past
decade.
On
the
other
hand,
the
film
has
also
seen
a
big
sale
on
the
domestic
box
office.
It's
a
total
collection
including
this
week's
$8.8
million,
is
estimated
to
be
around
$44
million.
The
film
on
the
domestic
front
also
saw
a
20
percent
increase
in
ticketing
sales.
While
overseas,
Parasite's
total
collection
stands
at
$161
million.
Bong
Joon
Ho's
Parasite
went
down
in
history
as
the
first
Korean
and
a
non-english
release
to
claim
the
Best
Picture
award,
it
also
won
the
Academy
Award
for
Best
Original
Screenplay,
Best
Director,
as
well
as
the
Best
International
Feature
Film.
The
filmmaker
earlier
spoke
to
Indiewire
about
the
big
wins
and
said,
"Parasite,
which
is
a
purely
Korean
film,
has
garnered
more
enthusiasm
from
audiences
all
over
the
world.
That's
making
me
think
that
perhaps
the
deeper
I
delve
into
things
that
are
around
me
the
broader
a
story
can
become
and
the
more
appeal
it
can
have
to
an
international
audience."