Local titles in Asia soared to record-breaking success in 2022 as cinemas bounced back from two years of Covid restrictions, according to the latest Made In Asia report.
The annual report on the Asian film industry is published as part of the Made in Asia industry programme organised by Korea’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan).
Scroll down for the biggest local hits in the 13 Asian markets profiled in the report.
Screen spoke to the distributors from Hong Kong and Thailand about the runaway success of two local hits from 2022.
Warriors Of Future (HK)
Dir. Ng Yuen Fai
Local distributor: One Cool Pictures, Intercontinental Film
Local box office: $10.4m (HK$81.8m)
Last year, action sci-fi Warriors Of Future became the highest grossing Chinese-language film of all time in Hong Kong, a record that has not been broken since 2016.
With a budget of nearly $60m…
