Theatrical
Director and stars at an April 2019 press event.Neon acquired the US and Canadian rights to the film at the 2018 American Film Market.[62][63] Darcy Paquet, an American film critic and author, provided English translations for the film's international release. The film's rights were also pre-sold to German-speaking territories (Koch Films), French-speaking territories (The Jokers) and Japan (Bitters End).[64] The film had its world premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival on 21 May.[65] It was released in South Korea on 30 May 2019.[4][25]
It was released in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Films on 27 June 2019[66] (becoming both the highest-ever-grossing Korean film in the region[67] and the distributor's highest-ever-grossing non-English-language film in Australia).[68] It screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, in September 2019[69] and was released generally in the US and Canada on 11 October 2019.[70] The film was originally scheduled to be screened as a closing film at FIRST International Film Festival Xining in China on 28 July 2019, but on 27 July, the film festival organisers announced that the screening was cancelled for "technical reasons".[71]
It was licensed for the United Kingdom and Ireland by Curzon Artificial Eye at Cannes, and had preview screenings in cinemas nationwide with an interview with Bong shared live by satellite on 3 February 2020, followed by the film's general release on 7 February.[72]
Neon expanded the number of North American cinemas showing the film from 1,060 to 2,001 starting the weekend of 14 February 2020, following the film's recognition at the Academy Awards,[73] despite the film having already been released on home video in the region.[74] A special IMAX remaster was shown at limited North American theatres during the week of 21 February 2020.[75]
Home media
By December 2019, the film had earned a net revenue of $90 million from home entertainment, television and international sales.[6] On 28 January 2020, Parasite was released on Blu-ray and DVD by Neon, with distribution by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, and on 2 June it was released on Ultra HD Blu-ray.[76] On 13 February 2020, it was announced that the film will be released on home media by The Criterion Collection.[77][78] On 15 July 2020, The Criterion Collection announced the release date of 27 October 2020, featuring the long-awaited black-and-white version.[79]
On 24 February 2020, the subscription-based streaming service Hulu announced that it had secured exclusive rights to stream the film in the US, starting on 8 April 2020.[80] Amazon Prime Video began streaming the film outside the US on 28 March 2020.[81] In the UK, it was 2020's best-selling foreign language film on physical home video formats.[82]
Black and white edition
A special monochrome version of the film, Parasite: Black-and-White Edition, had its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in January 2020 and was released in cinemas in some cities in the United States in the same month.[83]
It was released on 24 July 2020 in the UK and Ireland by Curzon Artificial Eye in cinemas and on-demand simultaneously,[84] and was released on 27 October 2020, in the US and Canada by The Criterion Collection on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, as part of their special edition re-release.[85] The black and white transfer of the film was overseen by Bong and cinematographer Hong Kyung-pyo.[83]
