“Parasite” Sees 234% Increase in the Box Office After Winning the Oscar

Kang-ho Song, Hyae Jin Chang, Woo-sik Choi, and So-dam Park in "Gisaengchung" (Parasite)

Parasite has made history last week when it became the first foreign-language movie to nab the Best Picture Award at the Oscars alongside the awards for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film. Apart from the honor, winning is predictably doing good for its revenues.

Variety reports that the movie earned 5.5 million dollars on the weekend following the win. It marks an increase of 234% in the box office. It surpassed last year’s Green Book as the biggest post-Oscars increase of the decade. Overall the domestic box office of Parasite stands at 44 million dollars while worldwide it earned 175 million dollars.

Parasite, which deals with social inequalities in South Korea, is one of the most critically acclaimed movies of the year with 99% on Rotten Tomatoes. It is now also being developed into a limited series that will reportedly delve deeper into the movie’s themes. Mark Ruffalo is said to star in this series – although it was not confirmed.