EXCLUSIVE: Gaga Corp. and Goodfellas have revealed new gross sales on Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Cannes 2023 Palme d’Or contender Monster because the drama enjoys a robust theatrical kick-off on the Japanese field workplace.
In contemporary offers, the movie has bought to China (Star Alliance), the Philippines (Nathan Studios), Canada (Photon), Latin America (Imovision) and the Maghreb (Retinia).
Monster was Kore-Eda’s ninth movie to world premiere in Cannes Official Selection, following within the wake of his Korean-language work Broker, which received greatest actor for Song Kang-ho in 2022, and 2018 Palme d’Or for Shoplifters.
Shoplifters actress Sakura Ando stars as a girl who discovers an surprising state of affairs when she approaches her son’s college in a bid to piece collectively the reality behind her younger son’s unusual conduct.
Read Deadline’s overview for the movie right here and interview with the Kore-Eda right here.
The movie loved a profitable theatrical launch in Kore-Eda’s native Japan on June 2. Coming in third after The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Fast X, it drew 231,137 spectators in first three days on launch for a $2.3 million gross (JPY 325 million).
Previously introduced Asian offers for Gaga embrace South Korea (MediaCastle), Hong Kong (Edko Films), Taiwan (MovieCloud), Singapore and Vietnam (Clover Films), Thailand (Sahamongkol), Indonesia (Falcon) and India (Impact Films).
Goodfellas, which is dealing with all different territories outdoors of Asia, has beforehand posted gross sales to Italy (BIM), Spain (Vertigo), France (Le Pacte), Germany (Wild Bunch Germany), Benelux (September Film), Switzerland (Cineworx), Greece (Spentzos), Portugal (Midas), Scandinavia (Triart), Bulgaria (Beta Film), Yugoslavia (MCF), Hungary (Cirko), Baltic States (Kino Pavasaris), Poland (Best Film), CIS (Russian Report), Israel (Lev Cinemas), Turkey (Filmarti), Middle East (Teleview), Australia and New Zealand (Madman) and the U.S. (WellGo US).
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