Black comedy from award-winning 'Parasite' director tops N.America box office "Mickey 17," a black comedy from Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho, topped the North American box office this weekend with an estimated take of $19.

Six years after the release of his Oscar-winning masterpiece Parasite, director Bong Joon Ho is back on our screens with his latest feature Mickey 17, which tells the story of an 'expendable' (played by Robert Pattinson) whose body is reprinted every time he dies whilst taking on dangerous missions for the space colony he calls home.

Bong Joon Ho has turned his funny-sad excavations of life under capitalism into unlikely blockbusters. With “Mickey 17,” he’s bending a whole new genre.

And Pattinson’s leagues better than Mark Ruffalo, who ridiculously plays a power-lusting politician who wants to establish “a planet of purity,” and Toni Collette as his aloof wife Ylfa, who’s stupidly obsessed with dinner sauces. The viewers’ sighs get louder with every entrance.

“Mickey 17” landed in first place on its Friday debut with ticket sales of $7.7 million, according to The Numbers. The black comedy sci-fi flick, which The Post called “a letdown,” stars Robert Pattinson in the title role, alongside Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo.

a desperate man on the run from debt collectors who signs up for a mission to colonise the planet Nilfheim along with his friend Timo (played by Steven Yeun). Willing to do anything to escape his ...

Parasite director Bong Joon-Ho is heading to outer space with Robert Pattinson in Mickey 17, and he's bringing some horrific sci-fi humor along for the ride.