PALME d’Or winner “Shoplifters” (Manbiki Kazoku) has become Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s biggest domestic box-office hit, pulling in US$29.2 million from 2.65 million admissions as of Wednesday.

The film about a dysfunctional family of petty criminals has surpassed the box-office total of 3.18 billion yen from 2.73 million admissions that the director’s “Like Father, Like Son” recorded after it won the jury prize at Cannes in 2013. “Like Father, Like Son” was picked up for a remake by DreamWorks Studios after Steven Spielberg, head of the jury that year, took a liking to the film. The remake has yet to materialize. “Shoplifters” held the number one box-office spot during its first three weeks of release in Japan. It also reached the billion yen mark faster than any Japanese live-action film this year.(SD-Agencies)