South Korean film director Bong Joon-ho touched down to a hero’s welcome at Seoul’s Incheon Airport on Monday afternoon, after winning the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday with his black drama “Parasite’.
He also received the news that the film is off to a flying start at the Korean box office.According to ticket pre-sales data from the Kobis box office service of the Korean Film Council, “Parasite” should open as the top film next weekend.
That puts it ahead of currently in theaters “Aladdin” and Wednesday release “Godzilla: King of the Monsters.” Kobis shows over 207,000 tickets sold ahead of the film’s Thursday release through Cj Entertainment.The unanimous jury decision was the first Palme d’Or at Cannes for a Korean film and rectified a surprising omission, considering how many Korean films over the past 25 years have enjoyed global critical and commercial success.
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