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Mickey 17 and the Auteur Comeback: How Bong Joon Ho’s Return Could Rewire Blockbusters, Awards and the Global Box Office

Five years after Parasite upended conventional wisdom about global hits and awards ceilings, Bong Joon Ho returned to studio-scale filmmaking with Mickey 17. Backed by Warner Bros. and Plan B, scored by Jae‑il Jung, and led by Robert Pattinson alongside Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo, the film arrived as a prestige‑minded sci‑fi play with commercial ambitions. Mickey 17 released on February 28, 2025 with a 137‑minute runtime and a reported $118 million budget, and has grossed about $131.8 million worldwide to date. That level of performance, paired with Bong’s brand of genre-with-ideas, makes the film a live test of whether event auteurs can widen today’s franchise-heavy playbook, reshape awards calculus for genre, and ride new cross‑border tailwinds powered by the Korean Wave and smarter localization.

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From Seoul to Screens Everywhere: How Korean Dramas Took Over Global Streaming

A decade ago, Korean dramas were a niche export with fervent regional fandoms and the occasional crossover hit. Today, their DNA is woven into global streaming habits: cliffhanger‑laced serials that reward bingeing, lush production values that travel well, and themes—from class satire to second‑chance romance—that resonate across cultures. An unmistakable inflection point shows up in a run of recent milestones. Netflix says KPop Demon Hunters, an animated K‑culture musical released in June and produced by Sony Pictures Animation, has become the service’s most‑viewed movie ever with more than 236 million views, surpassing Red Notice. Its momentum—boosted by viral songs that topped Spotify’s global charts and Golden reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100—illustrates how Korean stories and aesthetics now cut through algorithmic noise to become appointment viewing worldwide. Meanwhile, streamers are tightening pricing and retooling slates to curb churn, a business reality that makes sticky international hits like K‑content more strategically valuable than ever.

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