| Best known as a Director based on credits in that role in 8 films, with $449,225,826 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #430) |
| Best-known technical roles: Parasite (기생충) (Director), Parasite (기생충) (Screenwriter), Parasite (기생충) (Producer), Snowpiercer (Director), Snowpiercer (Screenwriter) |
| Most productive collaborators: Song Kang-ho, Sun-Kyun Lee, Cho Yeo-jeong, Han Jin-won, Choi Woo-sik |
| Born: September 14, 1969 (55 years old) |
| Movies | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Technical Roles | Director | 8 | $60,700,337 | $388,525,489 | $449,225,826 |
| Screenwriter | 5 | $60,686,206 | $385,761,653 | $446,447,859 | |
| Producer | 3 | $53,369,745 | $201,947,936 | $255,317,681 | |
| Story Creator | 2 | $5,114,538 | $95,447,346 | $100,561,884 |
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February 10th, 2020
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The Oscars were handed out last night and unlike most years, I wasn’t able to live-blog the awards. This is a real shame, because it was one of the best Oscar nights I can remember and there were very few awards that made me legitimately angry, unlike many years in the past. There was even a surprise winner for the full night, as Parasite earned the most wins with four Oscars. It is incredibly rare for a foreign-language film to pull off that feat.
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February 8th, 2020
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Our annual Oscar Prediction contest closes at noon, Pacific Time, on Sunday, so now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. We are continuing our shortened schedule with Best Director. We have yet another close race with two films that are practically a coin-toss away from being the winner.
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February 6th, 2020
Our annual Oscar Prediction contest is underway so now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. We are continuing our shortened schedule with Best Original Screenplay. We have yet another close race with two films that are practically a coin-toss away from being the winner.
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January 30th, 2020
The big winter releases are starting to come out, but the overall quantity of releases is still rather soft. Terminator: Dark Fate is the biggest release of the week, but it isn’t the best. As for the best, it was a close two-way race between Fail Safe and Parasite, with the latter winning by the tiniest of margins.
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January 13th, 2020
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The Oscar nominations were announced on Monday, and the results were... well, there were some puzzling results. Joker led the way with eleven nominations. ... A film with 69% positive reviews earned the most nominations. It’s not the worst-reviewed movie to earn a Best Picture Nomination—after all, Bohemian Rhapsody was nominated just last year. However, this film is arguably the worst-reviewed movie to ever earn the most nominations in a single year.
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December 11th, 2019
The Golden Globes nominations are the second major Awards Season set to come out. It is still very early in the year and the predictive value of the Golden Globes is a little suspect, but there are still some things to learn here. (This is especially true on the TV end, as there’s talk about how strange the nominations are this year.) Marriage Story led the way with six nominations, just ahead of The Irishman and Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, both of which picked up five nods.
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September 24th, 2019
Thriller from director Bong Joon Ho opens October 11 ... Full Movie Details.
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June 30th, 2017
It is not a great week for limited releases, as there are none that are expected to earn any measure of mainstream success. Okja is earning the loudest buzz, but it is playing on Netflix, so its box office chances are close to zero. The Little Hours has the best cast and its reviews are over 80% positive, but black comedies rarely do well in theaters. Finally, The B-Side is earning some of the best reviews, but documentaries rarely escape the art house circuit.
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December 13th, 2014
The third installment of our annual Holiday Gift Guide involves limited releases, including foreign films and documentaries; classics hitting DVD or Blu-ray for the first time; and of course Canadian films. There were better choices for the limited releases than there were for big releases and TV on DVD releases, which is good news, because this Holiday Gift Guide feels that it ahs been lackluster so far. There have been many great limited releases to come out this year, including several foreign-language films to find some measure of mainstream success. On the downside, every year a lot of these movies hit theaters in the fall, so they won't hit the home market for months. That said, there are still some real highlights among the limited releases, classics, and Canadian films. In fact, we start off with the highest of the highlights for the entire year.
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| Release Date | Title | Role | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2025 | Mickey 17 | Screenwriter Director Producer |
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| Oct 11, 2019 | Parasite (기생충) | Director Screenwriter Producer |
$53,369,745 | $199,898,113 | $253,267,858 |
| Jun 29, 2017 | Okja | Director Producer |
$2,049,823 | $2,049,823 | |
| Jun 27, 2014 | Snowpiercer | Director Screenwriter Story Creator |
$4,563,029 | $78,262,927 | $82,825,956 |
| Mar 12, 2010 | Madeo | Director Screenwriter Story by |
$551,509 | $17,184,419 | $17,735,928 |
| Mar 9, 2007 | Gwoemul | Director Screenwriter |
$2,201,923 | $90,416,194 | $92,618,117 |
| Jul 15, 2005 | Salinsui Chooeok | Director | $14,131 | $712,330 | $726,461 |
| Dec 31, 1999 | Peullandaseueui Gae | Director | $1,683 | $1,683 | |
| Averages | $12,140,067 | $55,503,641 | $64,175,118 | ||
| Totals | 8 | $60,700,337 | $388,525,489 | $449,225,826 | |
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| Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2025 | Mickey 17 | |||||
| Oct 11, 2019 | Parasite (기생충) | $393,216 | 2,001 | $53,369,745 | $253,267,858 | 21.1% |
| Jun 29, 2017 | Okja | $2,049,823 | ||||
| Jun 27, 2014 | Snowpiercer | $171,187 | 356 | $4,563,029 | $82,825,956 | 5.5% |
| Mar 12, 2010 | Madeo | $35,858 | 38 | $551,509 | $17,735,928 | 3.1% |
| Mar 9, 2007 | Gwoemul | $314,488 | 116 | $2,201,923 | $92,618,117 | 2.4% |
| Jul 15, 2005 | Salinsui Chooeok | $4,487 | 1 | $14,131 | $726,461 | 1.9% |
| Dec 31, 1999 | Peullandaseueui Gae | $1,683 | ||||
| Averages | $183,847 | 502 | $12,140,067 | $64,175,118 | 6.8% | |
| Totals | 8 | $60,700,337 | $449,225,826 | |||
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| Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
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| Jan 31, 2025 | Mickey 17 | |||||
| Oct 11, 2019 | Parasite (기생충) | $393,216 | 2,001 | $53,369,745 | $253,267,858 | 21.1% |
| Jun 29, 2017 | Okja | $2,049,823 | ||||
| Averages | $393,216 | 2,001 | $53,369,745 | $127,658,841 | 21.1% | |
| Totals | 3 | $53,369,745 | $255,317,681 | |||
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| Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2025 | Mickey 17 | |||||
| Oct 11, 2019 | Parasite (기생충) | $393,216 | 2,001 | $53,369,745 | $253,267,858 | 21.1% |
| Jun 27, 2014 | Snowpiercer | $171,187 | 356 | $4,563,029 | $82,825,956 | 5.5% |
| Mar 12, 2010 | Madeo | $35,858 | 38 | $551,509 | $17,735,928 | 3.1% |
| Mar 9, 2007 | Gwoemul | $314,488 | 116 | $2,201,923 | $92,618,117 | 2.4% |
| Averages | $228,687 | 628 | $15,171,552 | $111,611,965 | 8.0% | |
| Totals | 5 | $60,686,206 | $446,447,859 | |||
