On April 18, the 14th Beijing International Film Festival kicked off at the Yanqi Lake International Convention and Exhibition Center. At the opening ceremony, the movies " Hot and Spicy ", " Article 20 " and " Speeding Life 2" won special honors during the Spring Festival.
Hou Xiaonan, the producer of "Hot" and CEO and President of China Literature Group, said: "As a Chinese filmmaker, we are particularly happy that this year China's Spring Festival has become a global Spring Festival. "Hot" moved me deeply It has attracted audiences in more than a dozen countries and regions including North America, Australia, and Singapore, and its overseas box office has exceeded US$7 million. Tomorrow (April 19), "Hot and Spicy" will also be launched on major video websites to share with everyone. Meet you. I look forward to working together with all my colleagues to continue to help the development of Chinese films around the world.”
It is reported that in the overseas film market, “Hot and Spicy” scored ninth in the box office in its first week of release in North America, Australia, Malaysia and New Zealand. Good results for 2nd, 1st and 4th. "Hot" will also be screened as the opening film at the 26th Udine Far East Film Festival in Italy in 2024.
"Hot and Spicy" is jointly produced by Xinli Films and China Literature Film and Television, a subsidiary of Yuewen Group. It is the second collaboration between Xinli Films and Jia Ling after "Hello, Li Huanying". Previously, "Hello, Li Huanying" was released during the Spring Festival in 2021, ranking among the top three in Chinese film history with a box office of over 5.4 billion yuan. At the same time, Sony Pictures purchased the English adaptation rights.
text丨Reporter He Jing
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