'Hope' opens to nearly $5m in North America in widest Korean release since 'Parasite'

Na Hong-jin's part go-for-broke blockbuster, part screwball farce alien epic "Hope" pulled in nearly $5 million in its first week at North American theaters, the film's Korean distributor Plus M Entertainment said Tuesday, in what amounts to a respectable start for a Korean-language release on a limited run in the region. The 156-minute creature feature debuted Sept. 9 to a $1.1 million opening day and went on to collect another $3.3 million over the weekend, cracking the box office top 10 along