The similarities are there... but how can you stop a major movie from stealing your ideas? I saw The Fault in Our Stars at The Grove on opening weekend with a few friends and had no idea what it was going to be about. It was the first time I cried in public, but I wasn't embarrassed, because everyone was crying. Turns out our theater was not an outlier. On a budget of only $10 million, the movie shocked everyone and returned a box office of over $300 million. It was a massive hit that played all over the world, except China. The producers made a push to get it there but came up empty-handed. Fast-forward to 2021. The Chinese box office is back in a big way thanks to contact tracing, and a movie called A Little Red Flower. It's a romantic drama about two young people who are battling cancer. The film was directed by Han Yan and opened to $80.3 million. Now it's around $167 million. That's good enough for the best in the globe for 2021... though there hasn't been much competition. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 13 January, 2021