The cinema proved to be a popular destination over the four-day holiday weekend in Thailand with Love Destiny proving to be a box workplace smash.
The film, a spin-off from the 2018 TV collection of the identical name, registered document takings at the box office for a Thai film in over two years, raking in virtually US$5 million (about 178 million baht) between July 28-31. The cash registers took US1.4 million (51 million baht) on the movie’s opening day.
Maybe the controversial poster helped put bums on seats. Spoiler features the film’s two major protagonists, Thanavat “Pope” Vatthanaputi and Ranee “Bella” Campen, who’re surrounded by flowers Thai individuals name lamduan.
The poster created an enormous row between Thai and Cambodian netizens. Cambodian netizens questioned why a Thai movie would hijack the bloom, which formally grew to become their nationwide flower on March 21 in 2005.
No one knows whether the insults swapped between Cambodian and Thailand netizens brought on the box office to rock with Love Destiny but it was actually the highest flick over the vacation weekend.
Love Destiny wasn’t the only Thai film making its display screen debut, the monster-adventure movie Leio roared into motion over the weekend whereas the Marvel Studios collection continued with Thor: Love And Thunder, which was in its third week.
The Love Destiny film spin-off, directed by Adisorn Tresirikasem, is a co-investment between Bangkok-based GDH 559 and Broadcast Thai Television.
The film is a historic rom-com set within the Rattanakosin period with “Bella” and “Pope” enjoying different roles in a tale of pre-destined love.
Songpol Wongkondee, GDH 559’s director of gross sales and worldwide business, mentioned everyone involved in the making of the movie is delighted to see the film doing so properly despite the continued Covid-19 pandemic.
Cinemas in Thailand closed round March 2020 as the kingdom locked down for the pandemic. Doors reopened once more in October last year and now all seating restrictions have been lifted bringing movie theatres again up to full capacity..