On March 8, the movie "Hot and Spicy ", co-produced by Xinli Films and China Literature Film and Television, a subsidiary of Yuewen Group, and directed by Jia Ling, was officially released in more than 200 theaters in North America. The box office of
during its opening weekend was approximately US$840,000. With the smallest number of screening theaters, it broke into the top ten single-day and weekend box office in North America and ranked ninth in the North American box office list during the first weekend. As of the 16th, the film's box office in North America has exceeded US$1.41 million.
During the same period in Australia and New Zealand, "Hot" also ranked second and fourth at the box office in the region with box office results of 500,000 Australian dollars and 100,000 New Zealand dollars respectively.
Overseas media Morning News reported that "Hot and Furious" stood out during the "Oscar Weekend" and was hotly discussed. The media quoted comments from overseas audiences as saying that the film conveys emotional power that directly touches people's hearts in a joyful atmosphere.
On the overseas rating website Rotten Tomatoes, the popcorn index of "Hot and Spicy" is as high as 98%; on imdb, many viewers commented that "the movie is very inspiring", "moving" and "the movie conveys the message of never giving up" courage".
"Hot and Spicy" is the second collaboration between Xinli Films and Jia Ling, a subsidiary of China Literature Group, after "Hello, Li Huanying". Previously, "Hello, Li Huanying" was released during the Spring Festival in 2021, ranking in the top three box office in Chinese film history with a box office of over 5.4 billion, and the warm and universal core it conveyed was also noticed by Sony Pictures and purchased English adaptation rights.
It is reported that after "Hot and Spicy" is currently released in North America, Australia, and New Zealand, it will also be released in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and other countries and regions.
In addition to "Hot", Xinli Media's reserve film list also includes the action movie " Customs Front " in collaboration with Emperor, and the fantasy film "Under the Stranger" directed by Wu Ershan. As one of the few companies in the industry that operates both film and television, Xinli has also stocked up on many major dramas. These include " and Feng Xing ", " Qing Yu Nian 2", " Rose Story ", " Da Feng Da Geng Ren ", etc.
Text丨Reporter He Jing
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