Parasite is rolling out to 2,000 more theaters

Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite made history at the Oscars on Sunday, becoming the first international film to win Best Picture (it also won Best International film, naturally, as well as Best Director and Best Original Screenplay). Unfortunately, seeing as how it is an international film and those don’t generally play well to us dumb Americans, its initial theatrical rollout wasn’t especially huge, meaning it was much harder for the average moviegoer to see than, say, Joker. That’s going to change now, though, because The Hollywood Reporter says Parasite is dramatically expanding its theatrical footprint in the wake of those Oscar wins this weekend. THR says that Parasite, at its highest, was available at 1,060 theaters across the U.S., and now that’s going to increase to “as many as 2,000 or more locations.”