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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 $19.1 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.
Although the Mickey 17 cast were at first baffled by the unique way Parasite director Bong Joon Ho works, now they want it no other way
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.
The ‘Parasite’ Director Brings Class Warfare to Outer Space
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.
‘Mickey 17’ review: ‘Parasite’ director’s satirical follow-up is a letdown
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.
After ‘Parasite,’ Bong Joon Ho could have played it safe. Instead, he made ‘Mickey 17’
His Oscar wins for "Parasite" were historic. Now Bong Joon Ho is back with a strange, existential sci-fi story about a disposable worker who won't stay dead.
‘Mickey 17’ lands in first place at the box office with nearly $8M on opening day
“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.
The Parasite filmmaker is blasting off to outer space with Robert Pattinson in his new sci-fi satire.
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.
Sci-fi clone flick ‘Mickey 17’ tops box office
Parasite” filmmaker Bong Joon Ho’s original science fiction film “Mickey 17” opened in first place on the North American box office charts. According to studio
‘Mickey 17’ Review: An Amusing Robert Pattinson Gamely Tackles a Double Role in Bong Joon Ho’s Scattershot Sci-Fi Follow-Up to ‘Parasite’
The actor plays a repeatedly reconstituted “expendable” in this dark comedy set in a nascent ice planet colony, also starring Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Colette and Mark Ruffalo.
Box Office: Robert Pattinson’s ‘Mickey 17’ Makes $2.5 Million in Previews
The box office is welcoming back Robert Pattinson — a lot of him. Pattinson stars in “Mickey 17,” an R-rated sci-fi movie from “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho, where he plays multiple clones of the same person who dies repeatedly.