These Three Companies Benefit Most From the Success of ‘Dying to Survive’
These Three Companies Benefit Most From the Success of ‘Dying to Survive’ Currently, the Chinese film industry is abuzz with discussions about dark comedy Dying to Survive, due to the film’s box office success as well as its social significance. The film is backed by over 20 entertainment firms, and three of them are major backers. They are the film’s producer Dirty Monkey Films, its distributor Beijing Culture, and its online promoter Tao Piaopiao. While all these three companies will receive huge commercial benefits, the film’s success is likely more rewarding for Dirty Monkey Films, as it further validates the company’s vision of cultivating the next generation of genre filmmakers. In 2016, Ning Hao’s Dirty Monkey Films launched its “72 Transformations Film Project,” which entails selecting and supporting young filmmakers to make 48 genre films over a long period of time. Dying to Survive is the second film came from this project. The firs...