Poster of Chinese comedy drama film "Give Me Five." (Photo credit: Well Go USA)
The film follows a young man who is transported back in time, where he accidentally alters his parents' pasts. Now he must reunite the pair - or risk never being born.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese comedy drama film "Give Me Five" opened Friday in a limited theatrical release in North America.
The Mandarin-speaking film is being released by Well Go USA with Chinese and English subtitles in selected theaters in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Dallas, Vancouver, Toronto and a few other cities across North America.
Directed by Zhang Luan and starring Ma Li, Chang Yuan and Wei Xiang, the film follows a young man who is transported back in time, where he accidentally alters his parents' pasts. Now he must reunite the pair - or risk never being born.
"Give Me Five," which was released earlier this month in China, has raked in over 288 million yuan (about 40.4 million U.S. dollars) after two weeks, according to the box office data compiled by Maoyan, a Chinese movie-ticketing and film data platform.
The film currently boasts a rating of 9.1 out of 10 from over 73,000 viewers on Maoyan. ■
