KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — It”s been an excellent yr for Malaysian cinema.
As the curtains come down on 2023, a complete of 54 Malaysian films beneath the obligatory screening scheme (Skim Wajib Tayang) have managed to rake in RM98.8 million in general gross up to November, in accordance to the Malaysian Film Development Corporation (Finas).
While it pales in comparability to 2022’s general gross assortment of RM196.4 million (which stays the highest yearly takings for native films of all time), the RM97 million distinction nonetheless noticed some purpose to have a good time.
Here are the high 5 box-office Malaysian films of the yr, and the largest bombs 2023 had to provide.
The Top 5
Coming on high of the checklist for highest-grossing Malaysian films in 2023 is Syafiq Yusof’s Polis Evo 3 which collected a whopping RM50.1 million, making it the second highest grossing Malaysian movie of all time — second solely to his brother Shamsul Yusof’s Mat Kilau: Kebangkitan Pahlawan which in 2022 broke data with its staggering RM97 million assortment.
The third instalment of the Polis Evo franchise, produced by Astro Shaw in collaboration with Skop Productions, managed to woo an viewers of over two million.
Malaysian animation was not to be disregarded, represented by Warnakala Studios’ Didi and Friends the Movie which had the second highest grossing assortment for a Malaysian movie with RM8.1 million assortment.
The movie was the massive display debut for the in style native animated title.
Coming in third and stunning many is romantic sci-fi movie Imaginur, which grossed RM6.03 million, regardless of director Nik Amir Mustapha’s personal expectations of merely breaking the million-ringgit mark.
Dominating social media conversations, not just for its poignant theme but additionally its haunting unique theme tune, Hasrat by Amir Jahari that may compete in Anugerah Juara Lagu 38 as one of the high 12 songs of the yr — Imaginur, produced by Lumatic Films, additionally trended on social media platforms from its launch in February with many {couples} trying to recreate the movie’s iconic poster.
The remake of 1987 horror flick Rahsia starring actress Nabila Huda in the meantime collected RM5.3 million whereas Malaysia-Singapore motion comedy movie What! The Heist managed to place fifth with RM5.2 million.
The romantic sci-fi movie Imaginur directed by Nik Amir Mustapha. — Picture courtesy of Lumatic Films.
The backside three of the yr in the meantime, is led by A.R Badul’s Vik2ria Secret that elicited mockery from Malaysian social media for its dated method for every thing from its script to its poster.
Needless to say, it was no shock that the movie solely managed one of the worst takings of all time with a paltry sum of RM5,058.90.
The RM1.05 million funds movie which had questionably been awarded a grant of RM500,000 from the Digital Content Fund (DKD), managed to solely pull in 346 folks to truly pay to watch the largest flop of the yr.
Placing second worst by a hair is Sazali Meor Coco which managed a sum of RM5,330.35.
Sazali Meor Coco which was launched on November 16 and produced beneath Aquila Emas Sdn Bhd is the directorial debut of actor Zizan Nin.
Completing the backside three of the lowest grossing native films this yr is Kaaval The Movie by One Merge Sdn Bhd that solely took in RM5,645.10.
The crime thriller based mostly on RTM’s TV2 collection of the similar identify aired all 4 of its seasons from 2014 to 2021.
