The Oscar-winning thriller beats record previously held by Mel Gibson’s 2004 biblical drama
Oscar-winning horror-thriller Parasite has become the highest-earning foreign language film at the
UK box office, overtaking the 2004 Mel Gibson-directed film The Passion of the Christ.
Curzon, the film’s UK distributors, reported that Parasite passed Passion’s cumulative total of £11,078,861 on Friday; Parasite’s closing total that day took it to £11,081,375. By the end of the weekend the film had added another £377,332 to reach £11,458,707.