How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
| How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies | |
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| Directed by | Pat Boonnitipat |
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| Cinematography | Boonyanuch Kraithong |
| Edited by | Thammarat Sumethsupachok |
| Music by | Jaithep Raroengjai |
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| Distributed by | GDH |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
| Country | Thailand |
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| Box office | ฿168.64 million (Bangkok, Metropolitan & Chiang Mai) ฿320.7 million (nationwide) (as of June 5, 2024)[1] |
How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies or Lahn Mah (Thai: หลานม่า, lit: "grandma's grandchild") is a 2024 Thai drama film directed and co-written by Pat Boonnitipat and starring Putthipong Assaratanakul, Usha Seamkhum.
Storyline[edit]
M, a teenage university student who dropped out of school to become a game caster, a career he hopes will make him a lot of money, but it wasn't as he thought. M saw an example from Mui, a young cousin who inherited a mansion worth tens of millions from being the caretaker of her dying Agong[a]. M volunteers to take care of his Amah[b], who has terminal cancer and lives alone, hoping for an inheritance.
Cast[edit]
- Putthipong Assaratanakul as M, a young man who dropped out of school to take care of his grandma
- Usha Seamkhum as Amah, Mengju or colloquially Amah, a 79-year-old woman with late-stage colon cancer and living alone
- Sarinrat Thomas as Chew, Mengju's only daughter and M's single mom
- Sanya Kunakorn as Kiang, Mengju's eldest son
- Pongsatorn Jongwilas as Soei, Mengju's youngest child, a failure worker
- Himawari Tajiri as Rainbow, Kiang and Pinn's only daughter
- Tontawan Tantivejakul as Mui, M's little cousin
- Duangporn Oapirat as Pinn, Kiang's wife
Production[edit]
How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies or locally known as Lahn Mah is one of the projects of GDH in 2023. At first it will be titled The Chinese Family , because the content is about the relationships of Sino Thai family members.[2]The film was inspired by true events that happened in contemporary Thai society.
The cast is headed by popular teen idol Putthipong "Billkin" Assaratanakul, and also the first performance of the senior actress Usha Seamkhum.[3]
Talat Phlu, a traditional community recognized as one of Bangkok's Chinatowns, was chosen as the filming location. By simulating it to be Amah's neighbourhood.[4]
Release[edit]
The film's first release date is April 4, 2024. In just the first 14 days, it was able to gross 250 million baht nationwide, making it the highest-grossing Thai film of 2024.[1] Later, it made a record of being the 11th highest grossing Thai film of all time and the highest-grossing GDH film in Bangkok, Metropolitan Region and Chiang Mai.
In Indonesia, the film was released on May 15, 2024 with great success. It is considered the highest-grossing GDH film in Indonesia[5] surpassing Thai-Korean horror The Medium’s 700,000 admissions in 2021, and the second biggest Asian film in Indonesia, after Exhuma.[6]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Grandpa in Teochew Min.
- ^ Grandma in Teochew Min.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "หลานม่า รายได้ล่าสุด ขึ้นแท่นอันดับ 1 หนังทำเงินสูงสุดในรอบปี". Sanook.com (in Thai). 2024-04-18. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
- ^ Sivapornpan, Supat (2023-06-29). "บิวกิ้น พุฒิพงศ์ – ตู ต้นตะวัน รับบทนำใน The Chinese Family หนังเรื่องใหม่จากผู้กำกับ พัฒน์ บุญนิธิพัฒน์". The Standard (in Thai). Retrieved 2024-04-21.
- ^ "เกือบได้เป็นนักร้องวงสุนทราภรณ์ในวัยเยาว์ "อุษา เสมคำ" สู่น้องใหม่ในการแสดงในวัย 78". ASTV Manager (in Thai). 2024-03-20. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
- ^ "ชวนเที่ยว ตลาดพลู ตามหา อาม่า". MCOT (in Thai). 2024-04-14. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
- ^ "หลานม่า เปิดตัวแรง ทำชาวอินโดน้ำตาท่วม ขึ้นแท่นหนังไทย ทำรายได้เปิดตัวสูงสุด". Thairath (in Thai). 2024-05-18. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
- ^ Wong, Silva (May 29, 2024). "'How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies' breaks Indonesia box office records". Screen International. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
