![]() Once the performance became a major success, Jia was eager to bring it to the big screen. 11-17 reached 7.8 billion yuan, according to the China Film Administration.Īccording to domestic media, Jia first developed the plot for her skit in 2016 as a way to remember her mother, who died in 2001. “Hi, Mom” was considered a dark horse to top the holiday box office over the Lunar New Year, which saw cinemas packed with moviegoers. 12, “Hi, Mom” has raked in 3.6 billion yuan ($550 million) at the domestic box office, just behind the blockbuster “Detective Chinatown 3.” On review platform Douban, it has an enviable rating of 8.1 out of 10, and a related hashtag has received more than 1.4 billion views on microblogging site Weibo. The film is an adaptation of Jia’s most-recognized skit and features popular actors Zhang Xiaofei, Shen Teng, and Chen He. Just goes to show how the right product at the right time with the right audience can capture a market, even when it's nowhere near the best product out there.The story of a woman traveling back in time to meet her younger, childless mother and find herself a better father has smashed China’s box office, becoming the country’s highest-grossing film by a female director.īased on a true story, “Nihao, Li Huanying,” or “Hi, Mom,” is written and directed by Jia Ling, one of China’s most prominent sketch comedians and cross-talk performers, who also plays the daughter. The film’s takings overtook Wonder Woman in March this year to make it the highest-grossing film by a solo female director of all time! ![]() As a result, Director Jia Ling is now the highest-grossing female director in Chinese box office history. ![]() It grossed $195m USD on it's opening weekend and went on to become the second highest grossing Chinese film, currently generating 5.4 Billion Yen and rising. ![]() Part Back to the Future and part with a soundtrack comprising some nice original piano tunes and some not-so-nice and clearly ripped-off from western pop songs of the 80s and 90s, Ni hao, Li Huan Ying is a moving family drama with tear-stained puffy cheeks.Ī commercial juggernaut launched at a time when seeing family members was difficult during the pandemic, the huge Chinese audience opted to watch this instead. Following a serious accident with her Mum in a car accident, Jia Xiaoling is transported back to 1981 and becomes the friend of a younger version of her Mum. ![]()
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