Discussing whether a movie is a box office success is typically rather cut and dry.
The context makesMickey 17’s box office look really bad, but there’s also another perspective.
The positive spin forMickey 17’s box office is that it made history in a few different ways.
This includesMickey 17having thebiggest opening weekend of Bong Joon-ho’s careerat the domestic box office.
This was an easy record to break honestly.
His previous movies were smaller releases that had expanding release models instead of releasing wide at the start.
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Even financial hits likeParasiteandSnowpiercerdid not open to over $1 million domestically.
It’s his strongest start commercially, and there’s a path for greater results if interest is sustained.
It is already playing in many international countries and has had strong performances in several locations.
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All signs point toMickey 17finishing as the director’s second-biggest hit at the box office, falling only behindParasite.
It would need to make well over $200 million to achieve that goal.
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