'Parasite' On Track for $50M-Plus Gross at U.S. Box Office | THR News - video Dailymotion

Bong Joon Ho's 'Parasite' continued to make headlines following its historic Oscar best picture victory.

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00:00The success of Bong Joon-ho's Parasite is not slowing down anytime soon.

00:11Following its historic best picture victory at the 2020 Oscars, the South Korean dark

00:15comedy thriller made its biggest push yet in the U.S., expanding from 1,060 locations

00:20to 2,001 over the President's Day holiday weekend. The move proved to be a good one

00:25since Parasite raced up the chart to No. 7 with $6.8 million, making this the film's

00:30top weekend gross to date. Globally, the film has been a massive success.

00:34Parasite celebrated its Academy Award victory by zooming past the $200 million mark for

00:39CJ Entertainment despite the fact that it opened in many key markets, including South Korea,

00:44months ago. This past weekend it earned another $12.8 million for a foreign tally of

00:49$161.1 million. Its worldwide gross of $205 million includes

00:55$44.49 million in ticket sales in the U.S., where it now ranks No. 4 on the list

01:00of the top grossing foreign language films of all time. Box office analysts put

01:04Parasite's final U.S. gross at $50 million or more, with some saying the film could

01:09even approach $60 million. Parasite is the first non-English language film to ever win

01:13the Academy Award for Best Picture. It also won for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay,

01:17and Best International Picture. For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:22For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.