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Everything was peachy for Bong Joon-ho’s critically acclaimed Parasite, as it latched on to the specialty box office this weekend, dominating with an estimated gross of $376,264 and a per-screen average $125,421. That makes it the highest for 2019. It has also earned the title of highest per-screen average for a…

As Jokers, Gemini men and charmingly eccentric spooky families hit the theaters this weekend, there is one movie that is looking to latch on to the box office and shake things up. Auteur Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite has already been released abroad and has been making its festival runs leading up to what Neon hopes to be a…

Warner Bros/Village Roadshow/Bron Studios’ Joker earned $13.9 million on Tuesday, easily making it the best Tuesday at the October box office and continuing to pummel Sony’s Venom records from a year ago. That movie owned the previous October Tuesday high of $8.2M. The domestic total for Todd Phillips’ R-rated movie…

The Hollywood-based genre festival Beyond Fest on Tuesday unveiled its 2019 lineup, which kicks off September 25 with the double feature Color Out of Space from Richard Stanley and Adam Egypt Mortimer’s Daniel Isn’t Real. It kicks off a slate of 39 features including three world premieres, two U.S. premieres and 17…

Bong Joon-ho’s multi-genre comedy-thriller Parasite is Korea’s submission for the International Feature Film prize at the 92nd Oscars.The Korean Film Council announced the selection today, giving Bong his second potential shot at a place in the final race after 2006’s Mother which was also submitted. Parasite, about a…

The second wave of programming for this year’s Fantastic Fest is rolling in and bringing a flood of impressive titles including the fest’s closing night film, Rian Johnson’s whodunnit Knives Out featuring the all-star cast of Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana De Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, Toni…

After opening to $25M in the wake of its historic Palme d’Or win at the Cannes Film Festival in May, Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite has crossed the $50M milestone in its home market. The multi-genre comedy-thriller is the first Korean film ever to scoop the top prize in Cannes and is now the No. 3 movie of the year in Korea…

While Godzilla: King Of The Monsters is expected to dominate the global and international box office this weekend, Bong Joon-ho's Cannes Palme d'Or winner Parasite is coming on strong in its home market. The Thursday Korea opening was a No. 1 $3.93M (including previews), according to local reporting service Kobiz…

NEON has just dated the stateside release for Bong Joon-ho’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner Parasite for October 11 in New York and Los Angeles. The distributor will give the pic a traditional art house theatrical release, positioning Parasite for awards season. It remains TBD if South Korea selects Parasite as their…

With superhero fever cooled down for about a week until Disney/Fox’s Dark Phoenix, the world is primed for a big spectacle, shifting interest to monsters, and Elton John. Legendary builds out of its Japanese-classic beasts inspired franchise with its third installment Godzilla: King of the Monsters in which the green…

Bong Joon-Ho’s multi-genre comedy-thriller Parasite takes aim at a number of themes occurring in our world, from class struggle to global warming. But criticizing North Korea isn’t one of the movie’s dominant motifs according to the director. Parasite follows a struggling family who worm themselves into the good…

The Feature Film Jury of the main competition for the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival has spoken, and in judging the 21 entries eligible for the Palme d’Or and other prizes, they have gone dark, very very dark.  But that isn’t atypical of past Cannes juries, who are notoriously unpredictable (which is why I…