Warner Bros.' "Mickey 17" claimed the top spot at the U.K. and Ireland box office in its opening weekend, earning £2.1 million ($2.7 million), according to Comscore. The sci-fi thriller from director Bong Joon Ho,

Mickey 17” — "Parasite" director Bong Joon Ho’s sci-fi comedy starring Robert Pattinson — is off to a rough start at the domestic box office.

Writer/director Bong Joon-Ho struck gold with his 2019 film Parasite, which won four Oscars, including Best Picture. That satire, one of the first in a recent spate of “eat the rich” stories, was the culmination of a career that the South Korean filmmaker has spent commenting on various social issues.