`Parasite` has taken overtaken Mel Gibson's `The Passion of the Christ,` which had held the foreign-language film record since 2004.

Bong Joon Ho's Oscar-winning drama `Parasite` has broken records at the U.K. box office, becoming the country's highest-grossing foreign-language film of all time.

`Parasite's` U.K. box office now stands at Pound 11.5 million ($15.1 million), according to the film's distributor Curzon Artificial Eye. It passed `The Passion of the Christ's` Pound 11.1 million ($14.5 million) record on Friday. `Parasite` was playing in 504 sites over the weekend, adding Pound 528,864 ($692,462) to its total box office.

Curzon CEO Philip Knatchbull said: `It became clear some time ago that 'Parasite' was likely to become the highest grossing non English-language film of all time at the U.K. box office and Curzon is hugely proud to be part of director Bong's historic moment. There's still plenty of theatrical life left in its current release before the black and white version hits cinemas in April.`

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`Parasite` debuted in the U.K. on February 7, just days ahead of the Academy Awards where it won four Oscars including for best film.