What an superior technique to finish 2022, and start 2023.
In simply 22 days, Mechamato Movie managed to take over because the No.1 Malaysian animated film from the earlier champion, Ejen Ali: The Movie (2019).
The film which opened on Dec 8 at cinemas in Malaysia and Brunei had earned RM30.75mil by Dec 30. Ejen Ali: The Movie held the earlier document with box workplace earnings of RM30.05mil.
Mechamato Movie went on to earn an extra RM3mil throughout the brand new yr weekend. As of Tuesday (Jan 3), it has collected RM33.8mil.
Directed by Nizam Abd Razak from Monsta studio, the film tells the origin story of a boy named Amato who befriends an alien robotic with unbelievable powers. Together they turn out to be Mechamato and struggle unhealthy alien robots that wish to wreak havoc within the metropolis.
According to a press assertion from Monsta, Mechamato Movie has performed higher than Hollywood releases corresponding to Minions 2: The Rise Of Gru (2022), The Incredibles 2 (2018) and How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) when it comes to earnings in Malaysia.
Only Frozen II (2019) is nonetheless at the highest of the highest-grossing animated movies in Malaysia record having collected RM38.55mil.
Faiz Zainal Abidin, Monsta’s chief of selling, mentioned: “The success of Mechamato Movie is a good indication that Malaysian audiences will give their full support to a Malaysian film.”
The film is anticipated to proceed taking part in at Malaysian cinemas till finish of January 2023.
