"Parasite" has become the highest-grossing Korean film in Japan and the U.K. Courtesy of CJENM



By Lee Gyu-lee



Oscar-winning film "Parasite" has made box office history in Japan and the U.K. by becoming the highest-grossing Korean film in both countries.



Distributor CJ ENM announced Monday that the black comedy grossed more than 4 billion yen ($38.9 million) in Japan, and has topped the box office there for four weeks in a row.



This surpasses the previous record set by the Korean film "A Moment to Remember" (2004), making director Bong Joon-ho's "Parasite" the highest-grossing of all Korean movies.





A poster for the black and white version of "Parasite"/ Courtesy of CJENM