Ron Howard’s Thailand documentary Thirteen Lives about the famous cave rescue mission has received outstanding test scores in pre-release screenings, prompting MGM to promote the film’s release date from Easter weekend to mid-November, coinciding with awards season.
The film follows the true story of a group of young boys and their soccer coach, who were trapped for weeks in the flooded Tham Luang caves in July 2018 in Chiang Ria province near the Thailand-Myanmar border, prompting a heroic international rescue mission to save all 13 members from certain death.
In an important benchmark of potential box office success, the film received an 86 definite recommend and a 97 in the top two boxes in test screenings for “the highest scores in MGM history,” Deadline reported, increasing producer’s confidence in the film’s theater value and ability to win big later this year.
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