EXCLUSIVE: Thai hit How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies will open across cinemas in the UK and Ireland on December 26.
Distributor Vertigo Releasing stated that the film will be released across 50 to 60 screens.
Recently selected as Thailand’s Oscar entry, How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies became a box office hit and cultural phenomenon across Asia, with the global box office currently reaching $50M.
How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies is Thai director Pat Boonnitipat‘s feature film debut and the film topped the domestic box office, raking in 334M Thai baht ($9.1M).
Outside of Thailand, the film has become the most successful Thai film of all time in Singapore and Malaysia. In Indonesia, the film received more than 3.5 million admissions, surpassing Korean horror film Exhuma (2.6 million admissions) to become the all-time most successful Asian film in the country.
Produced by Thai film studio GDH, the film follows a young man, M, who moves in to take care of his terminally-ill grandmother in a bid to win her inheritance. M is played by top singer-actor Putthipong Assaratanakul (also known as Billkin).
Currently sold to 110 countries, the film has secured theatrical release in North America through Well Go USA, and in China via Teamer Media, South Korea (NK Contents), the Netherlands (Vedette Film), Belgium (Vedette Film) and India (PVR), among others.
International sales were handled by Nelson Mok of Mokster Films.
