Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” is now scoring big box office rewards following its winning the Best Picture Oscar last week. The darkly comedic South Korean thriller collected $5.5 million over the weekend, an exceptional 234% increase in ticket sales and the biggest post-Oscar boost for a best picture winner in the past decade.
In the week since the awards, the film has brought in $8.8 million – pushing its domestic total to $44 million in the United States which is a massive result for a foreign language film. The film took in a further $12.7 million overseas which has pushed the movie past the $200 million mark worldwide.
Meanwhile Paramount’s “Sonic the Hedgehog” continues to surpass expectations, the film racing to a $58 million three-day and a likely $70 million four-day haul for the holiday weekend in the U.S. alone. That makes it the best opening weekend ever for a video game adaptation.
Combined with a better-than-expected start overseas, the film earned $100 million globally by Sunday and has garnered both good reviews and a very good CinemaScore of ‘A’ from audiences. With a cost-effective $87 million budget, it’s on its way to being a needed hit for Paramount.
The disappointing opening of “Birds Of Prey” last weekend has been softened in its second time out. The good critical and audience reviews are paying off, the film dropping a decent 46% with a global haul of $142.9 million so far. While it won’t be a hit for Warners like “Suicide Squad” was, it will still do alright for them.
The box-office is also proving strong for quality movies. Greta Gerwig’s $40 million “Little Women” adaptation is now closing in on the $200 million global haul mark, Sam Mendes’ “1917” is powering to $322 million worldwide,
One film not going so well? Blumhouse’s “Fantasy Island” reinvention which garnered $21.6 million worldwide for the three-day which is below expectations. Costing just $7 million to make, it’ll still clear a nice profit – but it’s not a potential franchise for the producer. Reviews for that film have been scathing with just an 8% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Source: Box-Office Mojo
