On February 10, according to "Variety", Sony Pictures won the global distribution rights of the Spring Festival comedy film "Hot and Hot" (yolo) directed by Jia Ling (excluding Chinese mainland), which will be launched in North America and many places around the world, and has not yet been finalized.
This is the first time that Sony Pictures has not participated in the production of a mainland film but has purchased the global distribution rights, and it is also the first domestic film that Sony Pictures has released globally after nine years. This deal is very special, and Hollywood has set a precedent for Jia Ling, which can be said to be "unprecedented". According to people familiar with the matter, Sony made the decision quickly after an internal screening event, and did not wait for the official release of the film to be tested by the market before making a decision. And it's worth noting that Sony's plan to provide "Hot and Hot" is a theatrical release, not a streaming network release. In addition, Sony also won the English remake rights of "Hello, Li Huanying" directed by Jia Ling not long ago.
It is worth mentioning that Sony Pictures, as the head film and television company in Hollywood, established a complete global distribution system as early as when Hollywood commercial blockbusters swept the global box office market, and had the ability to make "Hot and Hot" obtain a distribution scale comparable to Hollywood commercial films around the world!
Hot and Hot is a remake of the Japanese film "100 Yuan Love", which is the second work directed by Jia Ling. Starring Jia Ling and Lei Jiayin, starring Zhang Xiaofei, Sha Yi, Zhao Haiyan, Zhang Qi, Xu Juncong, Bu Yu, Zhu Tianfu, Liu Honglu, Yang Zi, Li Xueqin, Shen Chunyang, Shen Tao, Ma Li, Qiao Shan, Wei Xiang and other friendship starring, telling the story of a "house girl" who is out of society and decides to find a new life and starts boxing training.
"Hot and Hot" has been officially released today! Previously, the advance ticket office reached 18.4 billion yuan, and the pre-sale ticket office on the first day of the Lunar New Year was 1600 million yuan. According to Maoyan's pre-sale portrait characteristics, "Hot and Hot" is the film with the most female users during this year's Spring Festival. At present, the final box office of Maoyan ** in the mainland will reach 289.5 billion yuan.