Sony’s ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ Lands Rare China Release
thewrap.comSony has revealed that 3000 Pictures’ “Where the Crawdads Sing” will open in China beginning Nov. 25, a rare booking for a Hollywood film as the nation has cut back on foreign releases.
The Reese Witherspoon-produced melodrama, about a young outcast who finds herself embroiled in a murder trial, has already earned $140.2 million worldwide.
That is nearly six times its $24 million production budget in global theatrical revenue alone, so anything from China can be treated as glorified “found money.”Based on Delia Owens’s bestselling novel, director Olivia Newman and writer Lucy Alibar’s period piece was notable last summer for being among the only mainstream theatrical releases from, for and about women.
In a summer ruled by mavericks, minions, superheroes and space rangers, the Daisy Edgar-Jones vehicle opened with $17.25 million debut weekend in mid-July and legged out to $90.2 million domestic.
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