Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/09/23
By: Chen Pin-hung and Elizabeth Hsu

Taipei, Sept. 23 (CNA) The locally produced psychological horror film "Detention," adapted from a horror video game of the same name, has grossed NT$67.7 million (US$2.18 million) at the box office since it hit theaters across Taiwan on Friday, the film company said Monday.

It was the third highest take at the box office gross of any domestic film in the first three days of screening at cinemas since 2011.

The only two films with higher grosses in their first three days were the two parts of epic film "Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale" directed by Wei Te-sheng (魏德聖), both screened in 2011 — "The Sun Flag" (NT$88 million) and "The Rainbow Bridge" (NT$85 million).

The box office of "Detention" was also the highest for any domestic film in Taiwan so far this year, said 1 Production Film Co., which produced the film based on a popular survival horror adventure video game developed by Taiwan-based Red Candle Games for the video game digital distribution platform Steam.    [FULL  STORY]