UPDATE: "23:59" tops the weekend box office! |
UPDATE 2! "23:59", the local horror thriller that tells the story of a mysterious murder that happened in 1983 in the army camp on Pulau Tekong, topped the local box office chart over the long weekend! "23:59" collected an encouraging SGD $742,000 at the box office from 4th to 7th November with 24 screens, making it the number one movie on the weekend box office chart! This is the best opening weekend result for a local movie since HOMECOMING's SGD $753,000 opening during Chinese New Year earlier this year! Including its sneak preview results, "23:59" grossed a total of SGD $870,000 as of 7th November. The movie will definitely surpass the SGD $1 million mark and the producers are hopeful that "23:59" will hit the SGD $1.5 million box office! “23:59”, a local horror thriller co-produced for the first time by Gorylah Pictures and Clover Films, scored at the box office with its sneak preview sessions over the weekend. The movie collected an encouraging SGD $110,000 from 28 to 30 October and topped the box office chart among the movies that were sneaking! It opens theatrically on 3 November islandwide. Directed by Gilbert Chan, who spent the past ten years conceptualising and working on “23:59”, the movie tells the story of a mysterious murder that happened in 1983 in the army camp on Pulau Tekong. Besides the well-known local actor Mark Lee, “23:59” also stars several up and coming young actors from Singapore and Malaysia namely Henley Hii, Tedd Chan, Lawrence Koh, Josh Lai and Tommy Kuan. source link: www.moviexclusive.com
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