Mannan has rained on both the production company and distributors and even a noodle maker seen in the film has noticed the effect.

Producers Barunson E&A rose as much as 91 percent on Seoul's stock exchange since Friday, which was the last day before the Oscars. Noodles company Nongshim went up 11 percent.

The parasite cost about SEK 113 million to record. But since its May premiere at Cannesgalan, it has already recorded around SEK 1,300 million.

HBO has purchased the rights to make a mini-series of the film.