China’s Damai Entertainment Sets International Release For $223M Surprise Hit ‘Dear You’

Damai Entertainment, nan Chinese movie institution antecedently known arsenic Alibaba Pictures, has revealed nan world rollout plans for astonishment $223M deed Dear You, starting pinch Hong Kong and different Chinese-speaking territories later this month. 

The comparatively mini drama, released connected April 30, has amazed nan section manufacture by becoming nan second-highest grossing movie of nan year, overtaking blockbusters for illustration Yuen Woo-ping’s Blades Of The Guardians and Zhang Yimou’s Scare Out and trailing only Pegasus 3, which grossed $653M complete Lunar New Year. The movie besides has a 9.2 standing connected Douban. 

Damai confirmed coming that Dear You will beryllium released connected June 18 successful Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. It will past beryllium rolled retired to territories including nan U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK and France. Damai is handling world income and said it has received beardown liking from distribution partners successful North America, Europe and Southeast Asia. 

Directed by Lan Hongchun, nan movie was made successful nan Chaoshan (Teochew) dialect, alternatively than modular Mandarin Chinese, making its occurrence moreover much unprecedented. The communicative revolves astir a grandson who travels to Thailand to find his supposedly rich | grandfather, whom his grandma has been hoping to beryllium reunited pinch for decades, only to observe that a alien has been sending money and letters. 

Lan said he hopes nan movie will “convey nan overseas remittance civilization and nan affectional halfway of nan Chinese tone of loyalty and righteousness embodied successful nan movie to a world audience”” 

“A missive whitethorn beryllium short, but nan sentiment is deep; rivers and seas tin beryllium crossed,” Lan continued. 

Damai produced nan movie pinch Shenzhen Golden Ant Film & Media Co, Rongde Holdings Group and Shenzhen Lichun Film, successful relation pinch Guangzhou Mengmengda Network Technology, Changsha Lemon Light Culture Media and Shenzhen Yuguang Film.