Trinity Cine Asia has acquired all U.K. and Cis rights to Chinese disaster film “Cloudy Mountain” from Beijing Blossoms Entertainment.
The film first debuted on Sept. 17 in China, and went on to lead the box office there for two weeks. It has grossed $66 million to date, having sold $1.7 million in pre-sales in the week prior to its local opening.
Now, the title, starring popular TV actor heartthrob Zhu Yilong, Huang Zhizhong and Shu Chen, is set to release in 35 U.K. cinemas in 24 cities on Oct. 8, as well as in Russia and Ukraine in late November with “a version localized for the market,” Trinity Cine Asia director Cedric Behrel said.
With a production budget of $40 million, the film tells the story of a Chinese county devastated by an earthquake and the efforts and sacrifices of the rescue crew out to save local residents. It is inspired by real events.
The film first debuted on Sept. 17 in China, and went on to lead the box office there for two weeks. It has grossed $66 million to date, having sold $1.7 million in pre-sales in the week prior to its local opening.
Now, the title, starring popular TV actor heartthrob Zhu Yilong, Huang Zhizhong and Shu Chen, is set to release in 35 U.K. cinemas in 24 cities on Oct. 8, as well as in Russia and Ukraine in late November with “a version localized for the market,” Trinity Cine Asia director Cedric Behrel said.
With a production budget of $40 million, the film tells the story of a Chinese county devastated by an earthquake and the efforts and sacrifices of the rescue crew out to save local residents. It is inspired by real events.
- 10/7/2021
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Tense and exciting when it finally gets airborne, Chinese disaster movie “The Captain” is an effective tribute to those who saved the day when the cockpit window of a Sichuan Airlines flight shattered over the Tibetan Plateau on May 14, 2018. Capably assembled by Hong Kong director Andrew Lau (the “Infernal Affairs” trilogy), “The Captain” has gone stratospheric at the Chinese box office, grossing $373 million in its first 18 days. Business has been brisk in foreign territories including Australia and the U.K., all of which bodes well for the film’s North American release on Oct. 18.
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One of three features released in time for China’s Oct. 1 National Day celebrations and week-long public holiday, “The Captain” is running a close second to flag-waving omnibus “My Country, My People,” and way ahead of the Mt. Everest-themed adventure “The Climbers.” Though nowhere near as politically patriotic as those films, “The Captain” still finds plenty...
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- by Richard Kuipers
- Variety Film + TV
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