GDH 559’s How To Make Thousands and thousands Earlier than Grandma Dies has turn out to be the largest movie on the Thai field workplace in 2024 up to now forward of a theatrical rollout throughout Asia.
Pat Boonnitipat’s household drama reached $8.1m (THB300m) on April 24 after topping the native field workplace chart for 21 consecutive days, surpassing US blockbusters Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, Civil Warfare, The First Omen and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.
After scoring the largest opening weekend (April 4-7) for a Thai movie this 12 months, it continued to steer the field workplace throughout the four-day Songkran holidays from April 13-16.
“This Songkran field workplace is sort of 3 times increased than final 12 months,” stated Songpol Wongkondee, GDH’s director of gross sales and worldwide enterprise. “Folks nonetheless take pleasure in throwing water [a Songkran tradition] whereas watching How To Make Thousands and thousands Earlier than Grandma Dies and is bringing relations of all ages collectively.”
The function is the second greatest title for Bangkok-based producer-distributor GDH 559 after Love Future: The Film, which earned $10.6m (THB392.7m) in 2022.
The movie stars well-liked Thai singer Putthipong Assaratanakul (aka Billkin) as a younger man who quits his job to imagine the position of a loyal grandson for his dying grandmother. Nonetheless, it isn’t out of affection that he makes the dedication however for a considerable inheritance price hundreds of thousands.
Outdoors of Thailand, the movie secured distribution in 12 territories even earlier than the home field workplace success. It is going to launch in Indonesia via Falcon Footage on Might 15 adopted by the Philippines (Westec Media) on Might 29, and Laos (M Footage), Malaysia (Golden Display screen) and Singapore (Golden Village Footage) on 30 Might.
These shall be adopted by Vietnam (Blue Lantern) on June 7, Cambodia (Westec Media) on June 18 and Taiwan (Catchplay) on June 21. The movie has additionally been picked up for Australia and New Zealand (Westec Media), China (Teamer Media), Hong Kong (Intercontinental) and South Korea (NK Contents). These territories have but to set a launch date.
US-based WME Impartial handles worldwide gross sales.
