But as long as Iron Man is powered by a Chinese milk drink, it's going to be tough for other countries to compete with Hollywood for a toehold in China. Thai officials are lobbying for China to bend the rules to allow more films from other Asian countries. Plus, there's the strict quota that only allows a handful of foreign films each year. Nonetheless, it's doubtful Pee Mak will ever screen in China, thanks to prohibitions against the 'ghost movies' and the 'third sex' that are staples of the Thai film industry. However, according to director Banjong Pisanthanakun, Pee Mak isn't banned in China, officially anyway, because no deals have been made with distributors there, though interest has been shown. The nonsense is thanks to lamentations circulated on a Thai website by Pee Mak leading man Mario Maurer, who expressed his dire wishes that the movie would get released on the Mainland. Meanwhile, The Nation's story today deals with the idiotic rumor that Pee Mak is 'banned in China'. 1 movie of the year in Thailand, having clobbered other Thai releases, such as studio M-Thirtynine's weepy World War II romance Khoo Kam and Chookiat Sakveerakul's teenage coming-of-age comedy Grean Fictions, as well as the Hollywood blockbuster G.I. 2 over the weekend of May 2-5, being bumped from the week-on-week top spot by Iron Man 3, which is holding on even after this past weekend's release of Star Trek Into Darkness. 1 at the Thai box office for five consecutive weeks before dropping to No.

As a 'thank you' to fans, the studio has a promotion going until tomorrow, offering discounted tickets for 80 baht – see it again, and give them even more money! Opening on March 28, GTH's monster is still in cinemas.

What's surprising is that a mega-hit to beat Suriyothai didn't happen sooner. The new record can be attributed to increases in ticket prices over the years – nearly double since 2001 – as well as the opening of more and more mall multiplexes across the Kingdom. Taken from Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal WebsiteĪccording to a story in The Nation today, the horror-comedy Pee Mak Phra Khanong has earned 556 million baht, surpassing the previous Thai box-office record holder, MC Chatrichalerm Yukol's 2001 royal epic Suriyothai.

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