Parasite's loot and other Palme d'Or winner returns

Let's marvel again at the success of Parasite in US release, but this time in the context of Palme d'Or winners. Parasite is just one notch away from being the 10 highest grossing Cannes winner of all time (at least as far as contemporary box office reporting goes). It's already the most successful Palme d'Or winner of all time among the non-English language winners. 

Box office figures aren't readily available before the 1970s so we started in 1970 -- there are a few winners since then with no US box office results which means they either weren't ever released in the US or were somehow not reported. It's also worth noting that these numbers are not adjusted for inflation so we're assuming that either MASH or Apocalypse Now which bookended the 1970s would actually top the list as the highest grossing Palme d'Or winner ever. Figures are only domestic (USA) totals.

TOP GROSSING PALME D'OR WINNERS IN THE U.S.
figures as of January 26th, 2020

1. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) $119.1
2. Pulp Fiction (1994) $107.9
3. Apocalypse Now (1979) $83.4
4. MASH (1970) $81.6...
   
   
5. The Piano (1993) $40.1
6. All That Jazz (1979) $37.8
7. The Pianist (2002) $32.5
8. 🔺 Parasite (2019) $30.9
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10. Taxi Driver (1976) $28.2
11. sex, lies, and videotape (1989) $24.7
12. The Mission (1986) $17.2
    
    
    
    
13. Wild at Heart (1990) $14.5
14. Missing (1982) $14
15. Secrets & Lies (1996) $13.4
    
    
    
    
16. The Tree of Life (2011) $13.3
17. Amour (2012) $6.7
18. Barton Fink (1991) $6.1
19. Farewell My Concubine (1993) $5.2
20. The Conversation (1974) $4.4
    
    
    
    
21. Dancer in the Dark (2000) $4.1
22. Kagemusha (1980) $4.0
23. The Class (2008) $3.7
24. Shoplifters (2018) $3.3
25. The White Ribbon (2009) $2.2
26. Blue is the Warmest Colour (2013) $2.1
    
    
    
    
27. Paris, Texas (1984) $2.1
28. Pelle the Conqueror (1987) $2.0
29. The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) $1.8
30. The Square (2017) $1.5
31. Elephant (2003) $1.2
32. The Best Intentions (1992) $1.2
33. 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) $1.1
34. The Son's Room (2001) $1.0
35. The Child (2005) $651k
36. Man of Iron (1981) $492k
37. The Eel (1997) $418k
38. Rosetta (1999) $266k
39. Dheepan (2015) $261k
40. I Daniel Blake (2016) $260k
    
    
    
    
41. Uncle Boonmee (2010) $184k
42. Underground (1995) $171k
43. Eternity and a Day (1998) $107k
44. Under the Sun of Satan (1987) $68k
45. When Father Was Away on Business (1985) $16k

Interesting list right? It's wild to be reminded that foreign language "hits" are usually like $1-$3 million... Parasite is aiming for $35 or so... Just incredible.

Comments

[beyaccount]

Palme d’Or>>> Oscars Best Picture

[Peggy Sue]

What the F*** happened to Box Office Mojo? I can't find anything anymore.

[thevoid99]

@beyaccount-AGREED!!!!!!

[Brevity]

Indeed

[James]

Palme d’Or>>> Oscars Best Picture

1955 Marty = Marty
1956 The Silent World >>> Around the World in 80 Days
1957 Friendly Persuasion <<< The Bridge on the River Kwai
1958 The Cranes are Flying >>> Gigi
1959 Black Orpheus >>> Ben-Hur
1960 The Sweet Life <<< The Apartment
1961 The Long Absence and Viridiana >>> West Side Story
1962 Keeper of Promises <<< Lawrence of Arabia
1963 The Leopard >>> Tom Jones
1964 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg >>> My Fair Lady
1965 The Knack … and How to Get It <<< The Sound of Music
1966 A Man and a Woman and The Birds, The Bees and The Italians >>> A Man for All Seasons
1967 Blowup <<< In the Heat of the Night
1968 no Palme d'Or
1969 If … <<< Midnight Cowboy
1970 M*A*S*H* <<< Patton
1971 The Go-Between <<< The French Connection
1972 The Working Class Go to Heavan and The Mattei Affair <<< The Godfather
1973 The Hireling and Scarecrow >>> The Sting
1974 The Conversation <<< The Godfather Part II
1975 Chronicle of the Years of Fire <<< One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
1976 Taxi Driver >>> Rocky
1977 Padre Padrone <<< Annie Hall
1978 The Tree of the Wooden Clogs >>> The Deer Hunter
1979 Apocalypse Now and The Tin Drum >>> Kramer vs. Kramer
1980 All That Jazz and Kagemusha <<< Ordinary People
1981 Man of Iron >>> Chariots of Fire
1982 Missing and The Way <<< Gandhi
1983 The Ballad of Narayama <<< Terms of Endearment
1984 Paris, Texas >>> Amadeus
1985 When Father was Away on Business <<< Out of Africa
1986 The Mission >>> Platoon
1987 Under the Sun of Satan <<< The Last Emporer
1988 Pelle the Conqueror >>> Rain Man
1989 sex, lies and videotape >>> Driving Miss Daisy
1990 Wild at Heart >>> Dances with Wolves
1991 Barton Fink <<< The Silence of the Lams
1992 The Best Intentions <<< Unforgiven
1993 Farewell MY Concubine and The Piano <<< Schindler’s List
1994 Pulp Fiction >>> Forrest Gump
1995 Underground >>> Braveheart
1996 Secrets & Lies >>> The English Patient
1997 A Taste of Cherry and The Eel >>> Titanic
1998 Eternity and a Day <<< Shakespeare in Love
1999 Rosetta >>> American Beauty
2000 Dander in the Dark >>> Gladiator
2001 The Son’s Room >>> A Beautiful Mind
2002 The Pianist >>> Chicago
2003 Elephant <<< The Lord of the Rings Return of the King
2004 Fahrenheit 9/11 >>> Million Dollar Baby
2005 The Child >>> Crash
2006 The Wind that Shakes the Barley <<< The Departed
2007 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days <<< No Country for Old Men
2008 The Class >>> Slumdog Millionaire
2009 The White Ribbon <<<The Hurt Locker
2010 Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives >>> The King’s Speech
2011 The Tree of Life >>> The Artist
2012 Amour <<< Argo
2013 Blue is the Warmest Colour >>> 12 Years a Slave
2014 Winter Sleep <<< Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2015 Dheepan <<< Spotlight
2016 I, Daniel Blake <<< Moonlight
2017 The Square >>> The Shape of Water
2018 Shoplifters >>> Green Book

[Rebecca]

I'm excited for "Parasite" doing so well; it's something anyone can watch and become completely engrossed in, it's just hard to recommend to people b/c really I don't want to tell them anything about it. All I knew when I went it was 1. Bong Joon-Ho, 2. commentary on class - and it was such a delight to watch it unfold. I need to go see it again.

[davide]

Thanks for the comparison chart of films that won the Palme d'Or and the Oscar.

"2000 Dander in the Dark >>> Gladiator"

I know it's just a typo, but can someone PLEASE film "Dander in the Dark" soon?

I'm picturing a feline horror movie in which a mangy over-sized cat with serious dermatological condition crosses paths with a lovely swan, played by Bjork. The swan suffers from a degenerative eye condition and mistakenly believes that the avalanche of dander that emanates from the cat is snow, reminding her of the carefree life she led as an ugly duckling in Iceland before she was exiled for being a capitalist sympathizer. The cat and the swan dance a pas de deux in a blizzard of white flakes, during which the cat inadvertently crushes the swan. The cat mistakenly believes that the swan's caterwauling is a love ballad and fails to recognize the death rants. The cat is then arrested and sent to the gallows. Eight sequels follow, but none of them ever manages to top the succès d'estime of the original (although the 6th installment, Catville, did manage to win the Oscar for best picture).

[MDA]

It's still astonishing to me that a non-concert documentary made over $100 million at the box office.

[dan]

2012 Amour <<< Argo

WTF?!

[dan]

I Daniel Blake (2016) $260k

Poor Ken Loach. His movies r such a masterpieces, Ppl should see more of them. But in a world of Trump, Brexit, I should aim my expectations down.