Wong Ching Po’s crime thriller The Pig, The Snake And The Pigeon has emerged as the second biggest Taiwanese film of all time on release in mainland China, having grossed over $69.5m (Rmb 500m) amid a simultaneous worldwide launch on Netflix.
Distributed by Star Alliance Movies, the film opened third on March 1 at the tail end of the Chinese New Year period, behind festive hits Article 20 and Pegasus 2. But it climbed to number one on its third day of release and has since been topping China’s daily box-office chart for 16 consecutive days, beating other new releases such as Dune: Part Two,...
Distributed by Star Alliance Movies, the film opened third on March 1 at the tail end of the Chinese New Year period, behind festive hits Article 20 and Pegasus 2. But it climbed to number one on its third day of release and has since been topping China’s daily box-office chart for 16 consecutive days, beating other new releases such as Dune: Part Two,...
- 3/19/2024
- ScreenDaily
The 2023 Golden Horse Film Project Promotion, the project market that accompanies the Golden Horse film festival and awards in Taiwan in November, has laid out a huge 64-title selection for its 2023 edition.
These include 39 film projects at various stages of development and financing; a further seven works in progress; and the 18-previously announced series at project stage.
The event, which runs Nov. 20-22, offers a $31,000 (Nt$1 million) first prize and a total prize pool of $250,000 (Nt$8 million) from sponsors and industry sources. All selected projects are also eligible to apply to two Taicca funding initiatives: the Creative Content Development Program and the International Co-funding Program.
Among the Taiwanese filmmakers: Huang Hsin-yao, the director of “The Great Buddha+” and “Classmates Minus,” takes on the legend of Taiwanese treasure hunters in “Super-Reasoning Treasure Hunt”; Tom Lin Shu-yu, director of “Winds of September” and “The Garden of Evening Mists,” teams up with Kimi Hsia...
These include 39 film projects at various stages of development and financing; a further seven works in progress; and the 18-previously announced series at project stage.
The event, which runs Nov. 20-22, offers a $31,000 (Nt$1 million) first prize and a total prize pool of $250,000 (Nt$8 million) from sponsors and industry sources. All selected projects are also eligible to apply to two Taicca funding initiatives: the Creative Content Development Program and the International Co-funding Program.
Among the Taiwanese filmmakers: Huang Hsin-yao, the director of “The Great Buddha+” and “Classmates Minus,” takes on the legend of Taiwanese treasure hunters in “Super-Reasoning Treasure Hunt”; Tom Lin Shu-yu, director of “Winds of September” and “The Garden of Evening Mists,” teams up with Kimi Hsia...
- 9/25/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
They include a film version of hit TV series ‘The Trading Floor’.
Hong Kong’s Universe Films Distribution is (virtually) introducing a string of high-profile blockbuster titles to buyers at the Marche.
They include Herman Yau’s financial drama Trading Floor and Oxide Pang’s action thriller High Forces. Both are produced by and will star Andy Lau.
Trading Floor is about an intern and his mentor at a multinational investment bank. Filming is expected to begin early next year with Oho Au in the cast.
High Forces takes place on a plane where a former Swat member is caught up in a hijack.
Hong Kong’s Universe Films Distribution is (virtually) introducing a string of high-profile blockbuster titles to buyers at the Marche.
They include Herman Yau’s financial drama Trading Floor and Oxide Pang’s action thriller High Forces. Both are produced by and will star Andy Lau.
Trading Floor is about an intern and his mentor at a multinational investment bank. Filming is expected to begin early next year with Oho Au in the cast.
High Forces takes place on a plane where a former Swat member is caught up in a hijack.
- 7/6/2021
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Taiwan has become a production destination of choice for regional pay-tv and streaming platforms to shoot Mandarin-language content for pan-Asian audiences. This week’s fully-virtual Asian Television Forum allows the island’s producer to showcase TV content originated by Taiwan’s own producers broadcasters and cable networks.
Taiwan Creative Content Agency (Taicca), a promotion organization established last year, has organized a virtual umbrella stand at the Singapore-based Atf that is home to 37 companies and 95 titles. To help buyers navigate, it has compiled an online catalog of content and put together an online program that shifts away from the previous interview format and instead adopts a storytelling approach.
Among the Taiwan-originated TV works being pitched in Singapore is the series adaptation of “Detention,” the horror-mystery film which was set during Taiwan’s so-called White Terror period and was itself derived from a video game.
Mini-series, “Who Killed the Good Man” focuses...
Taiwan Creative Content Agency (Taicca), a promotion organization established last year, has organized a virtual umbrella stand at the Singapore-based Atf that is home to 37 companies and 95 titles. To help buyers navigate, it has compiled an online catalog of content and put together an online program that shifts away from the previous interview format and instead adopts a storytelling approach.
Among the Taiwan-originated TV works being pitched in Singapore is the series adaptation of “Detention,” the horror-mystery film which was set during Taiwan’s so-called White Terror period and was itself derived from a video game.
Mini-series, “Who Killed the Good Man” focuses...
- 12/2/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has secured the services of two of East Asia’s most in demand young stars Lee Seung-gi and Jasper Liu, for unscripted travel variety show “Twogether.” The show goes to air from June 26.
The pair travel to destinations suggested by their fans and become friends despite their language differences. The six-part show sees the pair begin by visiting Yogyakarta and Bali in Indonesia, then Bangkok and Chiang Mai in Thailand, and finally Pokhara and Kathmandu in Nepal. These are all locations that were recommended by their fans. If they successfully complete missions given in each city, they will be allowed to head to a special place to meet their waiting fans.
Lee, from South Korea, is a musician, TV host and actor with film credits including “Love Forecast” and “The Princess and the Matchmaker” and a prolific TV resume including “Brilliant Legacy” and “My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox.
The pair travel to destinations suggested by their fans and become friends despite their language differences. The six-part show sees the pair begin by visiting Yogyakarta and Bali in Indonesia, then Bangkok and Chiang Mai in Thailand, and finally Pokhara and Kathmandu in Nepal. These are all locations that were recommended by their fans. If they successfully complete missions given in each city, they will be allowed to head to a special place to meet their waiting fans.
Lee, from South Korea, is a musician, TV host and actor with film credits including “Love Forecast” and “The Princess and the Matchmaker” and a prolific TV resume including “Brilliant Legacy” and “My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox.
- 6/8/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
An influx of global and regional streamers looking to create content for Chinese-language audiences at a lower price point, and without the creative restrictions at play in censorious China, have led to a sort of renaissance for production in Taiwan.
The appetite of platforms, such as Netflix, HBO and Disney-Fox, for local content to attract local users has thrown a lifeline to the creative industries in the self-
governed island, whose content has faced increasing difficulties getting into China — the biggest, most obvious market for Mandarin-language productions — at a time when cross-strait ties are at a nadir.
“Right now, China is comparatively not free and difficult to enter — that’s Taiwan’s opportunity,” says Homme Tsai, chairman of Taiwan’s New Media Entertainment Assn. “The whole world struggles to get into China, but there are still millions of overseas Chinese in North America, Southeast Asia and elsewhere that still need Chinese-language content.
The appetite of platforms, such as Netflix, HBO and Disney-Fox, for local content to attract local users has thrown a lifeline to the creative industries in the self-
governed island, whose content has faced increasing difficulties getting into China — the biggest, most obvious market for Mandarin-language productions — at a time when cross-strait ties are at a nadir.
“Right now, China is comparatively not free and difficult to enter — that’s Taiwan’s opportunity,” says Homme Tsai, chairman of Taiwan’s New Media Entertainment Assn. “The whole world struggles to get into China, but there are still millions of overseas Chinese in North America, Southeast Asia and elsewhere that still need Chinese-language content.
- 2/23/2020
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
“Your Name Engraved Herein,” the first gay movie from Taiwan since the territory last year legalized homosexual marriage, will enjoy a private screening at Berlin’s European Film Market this week, before having its world premiere at the Osaka Asian Film Festival next month. Presented at the Berlin market by sales agent Flash Forward Entertainment, the film’s trailer can be seen here for the first time.
The executive producer and screenwriter is Chu Yu-Ning, one of Taiwan’s most best-known TV producers. Chu was previously creator of drama series “It Started with a Kiss,” “In Time with You,” and “Back to the Good Times,” and has launched the careers of several of Taiwan’s leading actors.
Directed by Liu Kuang-Hui, the film is inspired by real incidents, starting in 1988, at a time when Taiwan was emerging from a brutal period of martial law. Two high school students become close...
The executive producer and screenwriter is Chu Yu-Ning, one of Taiwan’s most best-known TV producers. Chu was previously creator of drama series “It Started with a Kiss,” “In Time with You,” and “Back to the Good Times,” and has launched the careers of several of Taiwan’s leading actors.
Directed by Liu Kuang-Hui, the film is inspired by real incidents, starting in 1988, at a time when Taiwan was emerging from a brutal period of martial law. Two high school students become close...
- 2/17/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
China’s total box office fell 2.8% to $4.53 billion (RMB31.1 billion) in the first half of 2019. That was the the first such decline since 2011, Chinese media said.
Reports noted the dip with alarm and dismay. “Although the decline is not large, the situation does not look promising,” wrote Chinese industry website Mtime, while online news source The Paper wrote: “This year audiences could clearly feel that after Chinese New Year, there were no good films to watch, especially among domestic (Chinese) films.”
The slight fall in ticket sales also masks what The Paper called an even graver “hidden crisis”: a steep decrease in actual cinema-going. China’s total number of screenings has gone up, rising 7.98 million to 61.5 million in the first half of year, but at the same time, there has been a more than 10% drop in actual trips to the theater. Only 806 million tickets were sold in the past six months,...
Reports noted the dip with alarm and dismay. “Although the decline is not large, the situation does not look promising,” wrote Chinese industry website Mtime, while online news source The Paper wrote: “This year audiences could clearly feel that after Chinese New Year, there were no good films to watch, especially among domestic (Chinese) films.”
The slight fall in ticket sales also masks what The Paper called an even graver “hidden crisis”: a steep decrease in actual cinema-going. China’s total number of screenings has gone up, rising 7.98 million to 61.5 million in the first half of year, but at the same time, there has been a more than 10% drop in actual trips to the theater. Only 806 million tickets were sold in the past six months,...
- 7/4/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Singaporean director Daniel Yam has begun shooting Chinese-language fantasy adventure film “The Fatekeepers.”
The story involves four youngsters who discover that the country’s feng shui (Chinese geomancy) has fallen out of whack. That is causing natural disasters such as fish being washed up on shore, hailstorms, and imminent typhoons. The quartet, who between them boast the four feng shui elements of metal, wood, fire and earth, must work together to save the country.
The film emerged from a screenwriting program organized by local conglomerate mm2 Entertainment and backed by the Singapore Film Commission. Writer Kenneth Hu was one of 10 participants in the program’s 2016 round, and one of the final four whose project is to go forward.
Set for completion in 2020, the film is being produced by mm2 Entertainment and directed by Yam, whose previous credits include “4Love” and biopic “Wonder Boy.” “Fatekeepers” stars Richie Koh, Julie Tan, Regene Lim,...
The story involves four youngsters who discover that the country’s feng shui (Chinese geomancy) has fallen out of whack. That is causing natural disasters such as fish being washed up on shore, hailstorms, and imminent typhoons. The quartet, who between them boast the four feng shui elements of metal, wood, fire and earth, must work together to save the country.
The film emerged from a screenwriting program organized by local conglomerate mm2 Entertainment and backed by the Singapore Film Commission. Writer Kenneth Hu was one of 10 participants in the program’s 2016 round, and one of the final four whose project is to go forward.
Set for completion in 2020, the film is being produced by mm2 Entertainment and directed by Yam, whose previous credits include “4Love” and biopic “Wonder Boy.” “Fatekeepers” stars Richie Koh, Julie Tan, Regene Lim,...
- 6/21/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Midi Z, whose “Nina Wu” unspools in Un Certain Regard, has no doubt that Taiwan is the country that made him.
Z, whose real name is Zhao Deyin, has Chinese roots and hails originally from Myanmar. He won a scholarship at age 16 and relocated to Taiwan to complete high school and attend university.
Since graduating, he has become a cutting-edge emblem of Taiwan’s new arthouse scene, which was previously identified with the precision of masters Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang. For the most part, Z makes films that are set in Myanmar or its Southeast Asian neighbors, and he says that shooting overseas is part of the freedom that he cherishes about Taiwan.
“I’m 100% sure that I would not be the same filmmaker if I were living somewhere else,” he says. “I’m related to both. I have family still in Burma. Together, these two places make me the artist I am today.
Z, whose real name is Zhao Deyin, has Chinese roots and hails originally from Myanmar. He won a scholarship at age 16 and relocated to Taiwan to complete high school and attend university.
Since graduating, he has become a cutting-edge emblem of Taiwan’s new arthouse scene, which was previously identified with the precision of masters Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang. For the most part, Z makes films that are set in Myanmar or its Southeast Asian neighbors, and he says that shooting overseas is part of the freedom that he cherishes about Taiwan.
“I’m 100% sure that I would not be the same filmmaker if I were living somewhere else,” he says. “I’m related to both. I have family still in Burma. Together, these two places make me the artist I am today.
- 5/14/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Warnermedia’s Turner Asia Pacific has completed filming “The Haunted Heart,” its biggest budget series production.
The Taiwan set drama stars Bryan Chang, star of recent hit movie “More Than Blue.” Nini Ou-yang co-stars as a female video games tester who has such a high level of intelligence that she is able to communicate with ghosts, and solve mysteries. Other cast includes: Tsai Huang Ru and Chang Chieh.
The Chinese-language drama stretches to 30 60-minute episodes, having previously been conceived as a 13-part series. It was then expanded to a 20-part 90-minute structure for the Taiwan market. “The Haunted Heart” is produced by Phenomena, which is run by award-winning producer and scriptwriter Xie Li-ju. The series is also backed by a grant from Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture, which named it a flagship television drama production and awarded it first place in its 2012 scriptwriting competition.
Turner holds the distribution rights for...
The Taiwan set drama stars Bryan Chang, star of recent hit movie “More Than Blue.” Nini Ou-yang co-stars as a female video games tester who has such a high level of intelligence that she is able to communicate with ghosts, and solve mysteries. Other cast includes: Tsai Huang Ru and Chang Chieh.
The Chinese-language drama stretches to 30 60-minute episodes, having previously been conceived as a 13-part series. It was then expanded to a 20-part 90-minute structure for the Taiwan market. “The Haunted Heart” is produced by Phenomena, which is run by award-winning producer and scriptwriter Xie Li-ju. The series is also backed by a grant from Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture, which named it a flagship television drama production and awarded it first place in its 2012 scriptwriting competition.
Turner holds the distribution rights for...
- 4/8/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Ticket sales dropped 35 percent week-on-week.
The last week of March (March 25-31) suffered a heavy drop in ticket sales of 35% week-on-week making it the second-quietest week in 2019 so far, behind the traditionally slow pre-Chinese New Year week only.
Although February was the biggest single month in a single market, overall the first quarter of 2019 turned out to be a sluggish one at the China box office. Gross box office receipts fell by 8% to $2.8bn compared to the same period in 2018. The months of January and March were each down 20% year-on-year.
In such a slow week, Song Of Youth emerged as...
The last week of March (March 25-31) suffered a heavy drop in ticket sales of 35% week-on-week making it the second-quietest week in 2019 so far, behind the traditionally slow pre-Chinese New Year week only.
Although February was the biggest single month in a single market, overall the first quarter of 2019 turned out to be a sluggish one at the China box office. Gross box office receipts fell by 8% to $2.8bn compared to the same period in 2018. The months of January and March were each down 20% year-on-year.
In such a slow week, Song Of Youth emerged as...
- 4/1/2019
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Despite a lack of blockbuster competition, Disney’s live-action “Dumbo” didn’t fly all that far in its China opening, failing to soar past a nostalgic Chinese drama already in its second week as sentimental human-interest dramas filled many of the top spots.
Er Dong Pictures’ “Song of Youth” was the weekend’s top performer, taking in $11.7 million over the three-day period, according to figures from consultancy Artisan Gateway. The Maoyan online ticketing platform predicts that the film will earn $46.2 million (RMB310 million) over the course of its monthlong run in China – nearly double Maoyan’s prediction for “Dumbo.” Directed by newcomer Zhang Luan, “Song of Youth” tells the story of a teacher who changes the lives of his 1985 class of middle school students.
The Tim Burton-helmed “Dumbo” made only $10.8 million, in spite of a star-studded Hollywood cast including Eva Green, Colin Farrell, Danny DeVito and Thandie Newton’s daughter Nico Parker.
Er Dong Pictures’ “Song of Youth” was the weekend’s top performer, taking in $11.7 million over the three-day period, according to figures from consultancy Artisan Gateway. The Maoyan online ticketing platform predicts that the film will earn $46.2 million (RMB310 million) over the course of its monthlong run in China – nearly double Maoyan’s prediction for “Dumbo.” Directed by newcomer Zhang Luan, “Song of Youth” tells the story of a teacher who changes the lives of his 1985 class of middle school students.
The Tim Burton-helmed “Dumbo” made only $10.8 million, in spite of a star-studded Hollywood cast including Eva Green, Colin Farrell, Danny DeVito and Thandie Newton’s daughter Nico Parker.
- 4/1/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
The low-budget movie has grossed $5m on its first weekend.
The success at the Chinese box office of the low-budget Dutch horror film Prey has shown the opportunities now available to international independent films in the Chinese market.
Prey, retitled Violent Fierce Lion for China, was released by Star Alliance Movies on 4,000 screens on Friday (March 22). It grossed an impressive $5m to become the sixth biggest film at the Chinese box office in the week March 18-24. It This far-outpaced the €231,548 it took at the Dutch box office in 2016.
Directed by Dutch horror director Dick Maas, Prey is about a...
The success at the Chinese box office of the low-budget Dutch horror film Prey has shown the opportunities now available to international independent films in the Chinese market.
Prey, retitled Violent Fierce Lion for China, was released by Star Alliance Movies on 4,000 screens on Friday (March 22). It grossed an impressive $5m to become the sixth biggest film at the Chinese box office in the week March 18-24. It This far-outpaced the €231,548 it took at the Dutch box office in 2016.
Directed by Dutch horror director Dick Maas, Prey is about a...
- 3/25/2019
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
The low-budget movie has grossed $5m on its first weekend.
The success at the Chinese box office of the low-budget Dutch horror film Prey has shown the opportunities now available to international independent films in the Chinese market.
Prey, retitled Violent Fierce Lion for China, was released by Star Alliance Movies on 4,000 screens on Friday (March 22). It grossed an impressive $5m to become the sixth biggest film at the Chinese box office in the week March 18-24. It This far-outpaced the €231,548 it took at the Dutch box office in 2016.
Directed by Dutch horror director Dick Maas, Prey is about a...
The success at the Chinese box office of the low-budget Dutch horror film Prey has shown the opportunities now available to international independent films in the Chinese market.
Prey, retitled Violent Fierce Lion for China, was released by Star Alliance Movies on 4,000 screens on Friday (March 22). It grossed an impressive $5m to become the sixth biggest film at the Chinese box office in the week March 18-24. It This far-outpaced the €231,548 it took at the Dutch box office in 2016.
Directed by Dutch horror director Dick Maas, Prey is about a...
- 3/25/2019
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
‘Song Of Youth’ is the top new release.
Taiwanese romantic drama More Than Blue easily retained the China box office crown, grossing $68m to account for more than half of the total takings in the seven-day period March 18-24.
However the total March box office is down 17% on the same periodlast year which was boosted by blockbusters including Black Panther, Pacific Rim: Uprising and the tail-end of Operation Red Sea’s run.
Produced by Singapore-headquartered mm2, the Taiwan-set Mandarin-language romantic drama More Than Blue has now grossed $115.3m to date, making it the biggest Taiwanese film in China of all time,...
Taiwanese romantic drama More Than Blue easily retained the China box office crown, grossing $68m to account for more than half of the total takings in the seven-day period March 18-24.
However the total March box office is down 17% on the same periodlast year which was boosted by blockbusters including Black Panther, Pacific Rim: Uprising and the tail-end of Operation Red Sea’s run.
Produced by Singapore-headquartered mm2, the Taiwan-set Mandarin-language romantic drama More Than Blue has now grossed $115.3m to date, making it the biggest Taiwanese film in China of all time,...
- 3/25/2019
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
China's movie box office delivered a decidedly mixed bag of results over the weekend, as Chinese-language releases tangled with Hollywood hits and misses throughout the charts.
Taiwanese romantic drama More Than Blue easily retained its first-place position, adding $27 million for a strong two-weekend total of $120.5 million, according to data from Artisan Gateway.
A remake of a South Korean melodrama of the same name from 2009, More Than Blue has struck a chord with young Chinese filmgoers and continues to pull in revenue despite somewhat middling word of mouth. Produced by Singapore's mm2 Entertainment, the film tells the ...
Taiwanese romantic drama More Than Blue easily retained its first-place position, adding $27 million for a strong two-weekend total of $120.5 million, according to data from Artisan Gateway.
A remake of a South Korean melodrama of the same name from 2009, More Than Blue has struck a chord with young Chinese filmgoers and continues to pull in revenue despite somewhat middling word of mouth. Produced by Singapore's mm2 Entertainment, the film tells the ...
- 3/25/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
China's movie box office delivered a decidedly mixed bag of results over the weekend, as Chinese-language releases tangled with Hollywood hits and misses throughout the charts.
Taiwanese romantic drama More Than Blue easily retained its first-place position, adding $27 million for a strong two-weekend total of $120.5 million, according to data from Artisan Gateway.
A remake of a South Korean melodrama of the same name from 2009, More Than Blue has struck a chord with young Chinese filmgoers and continues to pull in revenue despite somewhat middling word of mouth. Produced by Singapore's mm2 Entertainment, the film tells the ...
Taiwanese romantic drama More Than Blue easily retained its first-place position, adding $27 million for a strong two-weekend total of $120.5 million, according to data from Artisan Gateway.
A remake of a South Korean melodrama of the same name from 2009, More Than Blue has struck a chord with young Chinese filmgoers and continues to pull in revenue despite somewhat middling word of mouth. Produced by Singapore's mm2 Entertainment, the film tells the ...
- 3/25/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Taiwanese melodrama, “More Than Blue” held strong at the Chinese box office, to secure a second week of success. The film is a Chinese-language remake of a Korean film from 2009, involving Singapore’s MM2 and the filmmaking arm of Fox Networks.
With little in the way of strong, new competition, “blue” scored $27 million, according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway. That lifted it to a total of $121 million after 10 days in Chinese cinemas. The score was also enough to make it the third highest grossing film in the world over the weekend, behind “Captain Marvel,” and “Us.”
Er Dong’s “Song of Youth” placed second with receipts of $12.6 million in its opening three days.
“Captain Marvel” held on for third place with $7.2 million over the weekend, and a cumulative gross of $147 million since its release on March 8.
“Bohemian Rhapsody,” which surprised many observers when it secured a release in China,...
With little in the way of strong, new competition, “blue” scored $27 million, according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway. That lifted it to a total of $121 million after 10 days in Chinese cinemas. The score was also enough to make it the third highest grossing film in the world over the weekend, behind “Captain Marvel,” and “Us.”
Er Dong’s “Song of Youth” placed second with receipts of $12.6 million in its opening three days.
“Captain Marvel” held on for third place with $7.2 million over the weekend, and a cumulative gross of $147 million since its release on March 8.
“Bohemian Rhapsody,” which surprised many observers when it secured a release in China,...
- 3/25/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Update, writethru: Captain Marvel remained at the overseas helm this weekend, adding $52.1M in her third frame. The Disney/Marvel title has now grossed $588.8M at the international box office for $910.3M worldwide. The scores for Carol Danvers blast her to the No. 10 spot on the all-time superhero charts, both offshore and globally.
After topping Wonder Woman worldwide late last week, among the pics Captain Marvel passed throughout the weekend (unadjusted) are Thor: Ragnarok ($854M), Venom ($855M), Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 ($864M), Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice ($874M), Spider-Man: Homecoming ($880M) and Spider-Man 3 ($891M).
Domestically, Brie Larson’s Marvel got out of the way of Universal’s Jordan Peele-directed local phenom, Us, but she remained No. 1 in nearly all offshore markets this session. Not so in China, where the film fell another 70% after sliding to No. 2 last weekend behind Taiwanese romance More Than Blue which is...
After topping Wonder Woman worldwide late last week, among the pics Captain Marvel passed throughout the weekend (unadjusted) are Thor: Ragnarok ($854M), Venom ($855M), Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 ($864M), Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice ($874M), Spider-Man: Homecoming ($880M) and Spider-Man 3 ($891M).
Domestically, Brie Larson’s Marvel got out of the way of Universal’s Jordan Peele-directed local phenom, Us, but she remained No. 1 in nearly all offshore markets this session. Not so in China, where the film fell another 70% after sliding to No. 2 last weekend behind Taiwanese romance More Than Blue which is...
- 3/24/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Cora Yim, senior VP and head of Chinese entertainment at Fox Networks Group Asia, says that “The Fourth Victim” will be the next Taiwan title to go into production following “Memory Eclipse,” the five-episode anthology series inspired by the songs of legendary singers Teresa Teng. Both titles are developed by talent incubated at the inaugural Fox Creative Lab in Asia.
“The Fourth Victim” by emerging Taiwanese writer Jimmy Hsu, was one of the two titles awarded script development deals last September. The crime thriller revolves around the investigation of serial suicides. A major Taiwanese star is expected to be attached to the project,” Yim told Variety. Shooting will commence around May.
“The enormous success of ‘More Than Blue’ makes it a natural decision to tap into the creative power of Taiwan,” said Yim.
“More Than Blue,” a Gavin Lin-directed remake of a 2009 South Korean film of the same title,...
“The Fourth Victim” by emerging Taiwanese writer Jimmy Hsu, was one of the two titles awarded script development deals last September. The crime thriller revolves around the investigation of serial suicides. A major Taiwanese star is expected to be attached to the project,” Yim told Variety. Shooting will commence around May.
“The enormous success of ‘More Than Blue’ makes it a natural decision to tap into the creative power of Taiwan,” said Yim.
“More Than Blue,” a Gavin Lin-directed remake of a 2009 South Korean film of the same title,...
- 3/19/2019
- by Vivienne Chow
- Variety Film + TV
The film’s Chinese title literally means ’A Story Sadder Than Sadness’.
Taiwanese romantic drama More Than Blue knocked Captain Marvel off the top spot at the Chinese box office in the seven-day period of March 11 -17 .
With a Chinese title which literally means ‘A Story Sadder Than Sadness’ the melodrama about a terminally ill man who hides his conditon from his girlfriend has grossed $47.3m since opening on Thursday March 14. It is is expected to surpass 2015’s Our Times to become the biggest Taiwanese film in China of all time.
More Than Blue is Singapore-based mm2’s first wide release in China.
Taiwanese romantic drama More Than Blue knocked Captain Marvel off the top spot at the Chinese box office in the seven-day period of March 11 -17 .
With a Chinese title which literally means ‘A Story Sadder Than Sadness’ the melodrama about a terminally ill man who hides his conditon from his girlfriend has grossed $47.3m since opening on Thursday March 14. It is is expected to surpass 2015’s Our Times to become the biggest Taiwanese film in China of all time.
More Than Blue is Singapore-based mm2’s first wide release in China.
- 3/18/2019
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Filmart: Fox Networks Group Asia, MM2 Team for Follow-up to Romance Hit ‘More Than Blue’ (Exclusive)
On the heels of the grossing $38 million on its first three days of release in China with the Taiwan-set romance More Than Blue, Fox Networks Group Asia is teaming up again with Singapore studio mm2 Entertainment to re-create the magic on A Trip With Your Wife, with the same creative team of director Gavin Lin, writer Hermes Lu and castmembers.
More Than Blue has been a hit throughout Asia since its release in late 2018. It was the top local film in Taiwan and highest-grossing Asian film in Singapore in 2018.
“We have felt for a few years already that ...
More Than Blue has been a hit throughout Asia since its release in late 2018. It was the top local film in Taiwan and highest-grossing Asian film in Singapore in 2018.
“We have felt for a few years already that ...
- 3/18/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Filmart: Fox Networks Group Asia, MM2 Team for Follow-up to Romance Hit ‘More Than Blue’ (Exclusive)
On the heels of the grossing $38 million on its first three days of release in China with the Taiwan-set romance More Than Blue, Fox Networks Group Asia is teaming up again with Singapore studio mm2 Entertainment to re-create the magic on A Trip With Your Wife, with the same creative team of director Gavin Lin, writer Hermes Lu and castmembers.
More Than Blue has been a hit throughout Asia since its release in late 2018. It was the top local film in Taiwan and highest-grossing Asian film in Singapore in 2018.
“We have felt for a few years already that ...
More Than Blue has been a hit throughout Asia since its release in late 2018. It was the top local film in Taiwan and highest-grossing Asian film in Singapore in 2018.
“We have felt for a few years already that ...
- 3/18/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Gavin Lin’s romantic drama A Trip With Your Wife will be co-produced by Fox Networks Groups Asia.
Riding high on the phenomenal success of More Than Blue, Singapore’s mm2 Entertainment is teaming up again with the hit film’s Taiwanese director Gavin Lin on A Trip With Your Wife. Fox Networks Group Asia is on board to co-produce.
The romantic drama, written by More Than Blue co-writer Hermes Lu, follows a terminally-ill young man whose dying wish is to take the wife of his best friend on a trip. The project is currently at script stage with the cast to be confirmed.
Riding high on the phenomenal success of More Than Blue, Singapore’s mm2 Entertainment is teaming up again with the hit film’s Taiwanese director Gavin Lin on A Trip With Your Wife. Fox Networks Group Asia is on board to co-produce.
The romantic drama, written by More Than Blue co-writer Hermes Lu, follows a terminally-ill young man whose dying wish is to take the wife of his best friend on a trip. The project is currently at script stage with the cast to be confirmed.
- 3/17/2019
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Disney’s “Captain Marvel” continues to dominate the international box office, generating $119 million from 54 foreign markets.
The superhero tentpole opened in its final territory, Japan, this weekend, where it brought in $5.6 million. In North America, “Captain Marvel” generated $69 million in its second outing for a global weekend haul of $189 million.
Overseas, “Captain Marvel” crossed $494 million in ticket sales, exceeding the lifetime grosses of superhero movies such as “Ant-Man and the Wasp” ($406 million), “Wonder Woman” ($409 million), “Spider-Man 2” ($410 million), “Deadpool 2” ($460 million), and “Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2” ($474 million). It is already the 17th-highest grossing superhero release ever at the international box office. Globally, it has surpassed $760 million.
Meanwhile, Universal and DreamWorks’ “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” amassed another $9.4 million from 66 markets, taking its international bounty to a mighty $330.9 million. The third installment in the animated trilogy has now earned $466.5 million globally in ticket sales.
Newcomer “Wonder Park,...
The superhero tentpole opened in its final territory, Japan, this weekend, where it brought in $5.6 million. In North America, “Captain Marvel” generated $69 million in its second outing for a global weekend haul of $189 million.
Overseas, “Captain Marvel” crossed $494 million in ticket sales, exceeding the lifetime grosses of superhero movies such as “Ant-Man and the Wasp” ($406 million), “Wonder Woman” ($409 million), “Spider-Man 2” ($410 million), “Deadpool 2” ($460 million), and “Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2” ($474 million). It is already the 17th-highest grossing superhero release ever at the international box office. Globally, it has surpassed $760 million.
Meanwhile, Universal and DreamWorks’ “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” amassed another $9.4 million from 66 markets, taking its international bounty to a mighty $330.9 million. The third installment in the animated trilogy has now earned $466.5 million globally in ticket sales.
Newcomer “Wonder Park,...
- 3/17/2019
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Major specialty distributors and boutique labels launched a number of new titles in theaters and beyond this weekend in the most crowded weekend of the year. Audiences, though, were finite. In the end, a drama by a first-time feature director, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, is estimated to have the weekend’s highest per-theater average. Clermont-Tonnerre’s Sundance 2019 film, The Mustang is estimated to have grossed $76K in four New York and L.A. theaters, averaging $18,950.
Fox Searchlight’s The Aftermath, starring Keira Knightley, Jason Clarke and Alexander Skarsgård, bowed slower with five runs. The post-wwii drama set in Germany is coming in at $57,500 in the three-day, averaging $11,500.
Skarsgård did double time this weekend. The Swedish-born actor also starred in The Orchard’s The Hummingbird Project, also featuring Jesse Eisenberg and Salma Hayek. In four locations, the title by writer-director Kim Nguyen took in $36,027, for a $9K PTA.
No Manches Frida 2 from...
Fox Searchlight’s The Aftermath, starring Keira Knightley, Jason Clarke and Alexander Skarsgård, bowed slower with five runs. The post-wwii drama set in Germany is coming in at $57,500 in the three-day, averaging $11,500.
Skarsgård did double time this weekend. The Swedish-born actor also starred in The Orchard’s The Hummingbird Project, also featuring Jesse Eisenberg and Salma Hayek. In four locations, the title by writer-director Kim Nguyen took in $36,027, for a $9K PTA.
No Manches Frida 2 from...
- 3/17/2019
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
Tentpole stands at $132m in China after ten days.
Captain Marvel brought in a further $189m worldwide to reach $760m after 12 days as it dominated regions, vaulted the final lifetime grosses of multiple superhero releases, and held on to number one in most international markets where $120m propelled the running total to $494m.
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International
Japan was the final market to receive Captain Marvel and it debuted at number one on an estimated $5.6m for the highest first stand-alone character Marvel Cinematic Universe (McU) opening weekend.
Excluding China, Asia-Pacific as a region dropped by 53%, and overall...
Captain Marvel brought in a further $189m worldwide to reach $760m after 12 days as it dominated regions, vaulted the final lifetime grosses of multiple superhero releases, and held on to number one in most international markets where $120m propelled the running total to $494m.
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International
Japan was the final market to receive Captain Marvel and it debuted at number one on an estimated $5.6m for the highest first stand-alone character Marvel Cinematic Universe (McU) opening weekend.
Excluding China, Asia-Pacific as a region dropped by 53%, and overall...
- 3/17/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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