On February 20th during a rally in Colorado, Trump asked his supporters: “How bad were the Academy Awards this year?
Its overall earnings of $45 million land Parasite in the top five highest grossing foreign films at the domestic box office.
Needless to say, Trump’s comment isn’t stopping Parasite from continuing to rake in box office numbers — the movie grossed $6.8 million over Oscar weekend alone.
Parasite’s sweeping of the 92nd Academy Awards was an unexpected but welcome turn of events.