‘How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’ becomes highest-grossing Thai film in Singapore [Video]

Thai tearjerker How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies was the Singapore box-office champion over the weekend of June 6 to 9.

The drama garnered an impressive $1.16 million in ticket sales, trumping Jack Neo’s sequel I Not Stupid 3, which made over $410,000 over the same weekend.

Neo’s family drama, which highlights the pressures faced by children in the Singapore education system, opened on June 6.

The Thai drama follows a university dropout (Billkin Putthipong Assaratanakul) who cares for his grandma (Usha Seamkhum), who has been diagnosed with end-stage cancer. It has earned $1.77 million after 11 days of release.

Besides becoming the highest-grossing Thai film in Singapore, it is now ranked sixth in the 2024 box office after Money No Enough 3, Kung Fu Panda 4, Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, Dune: Part Two, and Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes.

In Thailand, ticket sales for the film, which opened in April, have crossed 334 million baht (S$12.3 million).

The film …