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American viewers will get their first chance to see Bong Joon Ho’s blockbuster sci-fi Snowpiercer when it opens the 20th Los Angeles Film Festival on June 11th. The special screening will precede the film’s North American theatrical release, which will begin on June 27th.
 
Bong’s film debuted in Korea last August, and accrued over 9.3 million admissions during its domestic release. Snowpiercer was also successful in other markets, such as France, where it earned over USD 5 million and China, where it opened last month and generated over USD 11 million in two weeks.

 

Snowpiercer, which cost CJ Entertainment USD 40 million to produce and stars Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, John Hurt, Ed Harris, Jamie Bell, SONG Kang-ho and KO Ah-sung, received five nominations at the recent 8th Asian Film Awards.

 

LA Film Fest director Stephanie Allain stated that “Snowpiercer is a wild ride and a spectacular way to open the 20th anniversary of the Los Angeles Film Festival, which is dedicated to the visionary spirit of L.A. that inspires artists around the world.”

 

The Weinstein Company’s TWX-Radius label will release Snowpiercer in limited theaters at the end of June. The full program for the 20th LA Film Fest, which will unspool from June 11th to 19th, has yet to be revealed.