Robert Pattinson and Bong Joon Ho’s 'Mickey 17' dominates Korea’s box office with $6.6 million debut, surpassing 'Captain America: Brave New World.'

Oscar winner Bong Joon-ho's latest film Mickey 17 has gotten a flying start in his home country as the sci-fi dark comedy broke records after its release. Produced by Warner Bros Pictures, the film stars The Batman star Robert Pattinson as several disposable clones.

Director Bong recalled, "The day of the meeting was fun. When he walked into the cafe, he really looked like Mickey. He seemed somewhat wronged," to which Pattinson quipped, "You didn’t think, 'He really looks stupid' or something like that?" which drew laughter.

Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho found it a relatively easy choice to cast Robert Pattinson as the titular character in his latest film "Mickey 17."

Following the release of his Oscar-winning hit Parasite, all eyes were on what director Bong Joon Ho would do next. Finally five years later his next project is arriving on our screens and according to our own five star Mickey 17 review,

Ho’s Parasite won an Oscar for the Best Foreign Language Film, the excitement of his next film touched its peak. In January 2022, it was known that he would direct Mickey 17, a sci-fi black comedy starring Robert Pattinson in the lead.

Oscar-winning film director Bong Joon-ho’s new sci-fi movie “Mickey 17” surpassed 1 million admissions at the Korean box office within just four days of its release, according to the Korean Film Council on Monday.

Director Bong Joon-Ho says audiences will “get a huge mixture of different emotions” out of Mickey 17’s dark comedy.