“Bad Genius” earns more than 200 million yuan in China

[snoop1130]

“Bad Genius” earns more than 200 million yuan in China

 

 

Bad Genius, or Chalard Games Goeng, a Thai heist thriller film produced by Jor Kwang Films and released by GDH 559, has earned more than 200 million yuan or about 1 billion baht after less than two weeks of showing in China.

 

Directed by Nattawut Poonpiriya and starred Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying in her acting debut as Lynn, a straight-A student who devises an exams-cheating scheme which eventually rises to international levels.

 

Bad Genius earned 96 million yuan last week. The film has taken in over 200 million yuan since its release on Oct 13, Xinhua reported.

 

Released on May 2017, Chalard Games Goeng placed first on Thai box office for two weeks, earning 100 million baht and becoming the highest grossing Thai film of 2017 so far.

 

The film performed successfully overseas, particularly in China having grossed 100 million yuan in just three days.

 

 

Full Story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/bad-genius-earns-200-million-yuan-china/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-10-24

[observer90210]

Not such a surprise....perhaps the Asian audience identified themselves closer with the characters of this movie, in place of any regular Hollywood blockbuster...

[Drago]

They all look Chinese anyway.

[Lodestone]

Where it leads to:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/world/asia/china-science-fraud-scandals.html

 

[manarak]

22 minutes ago, Lodestone said:

Where it leads to:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/world/asia/china-science-fraud-scandals.html

 

probably the fraudster from Bell labs was their role model ?

[JHolmesJr]

Love it. This have risen in my esteem by quite a few notches after seeing the trailer.

[yellowboat]

It is a topic that strikes a chord in most of Asia.  From the trailer, the story looks to be well told. 

[Lodestone]

On 10/25/2017 at 12:50 AM, manarak said:

probably the fraudster from Bell labs was their role model ?

Not sure who you mean, and to quote the article:

 

Quote

Compounding the problem, they say, is the fact that Chinese universities and research institutes suffer from a lack of oversight, and mete out weak punishments for those who are caught cheating.

Put these together and the result is an academic system that is willing to wink at ethical lapses, they say.

 

“In America, if you purposely falsify data, then your career in academia is over,” Professor Zhang said. “But in China, the cost of cheating is very low. They won’t fire you. You might not get promoted immediately, but once people forget, then you might have a chance to move up.”

 

[manarak]

1 hour ago, Lodestone said:

Not sure who you mean, and to quote the article:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schön_scandal

[Lodestone]

7 hours ago, manarak said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schön_scandal

 

Lost his job, PhD revoked, career ruined. What happens in the West when academic fraudsters are caught.

 

“But in China, the cost of cheating is very low. They won’t fire you. You might not get promoted immediately, but once people forget, then you might have a chance to move up.”

[JHolmesJr]

10 minutes ago, Lodestone said:

Lost his job, PhD revoked, career ruined. What happens in the West when academic fraudsters are caught.

 

not really....fareed zakaria got caught lifting some stuff in one of his books....he's a liberal clinton lapdog so he got off without a major stink....still stinks up the airwaves on cnn though.

[Lodestone]

2 hours ago, JHolmesJr said:

 

not really....fareed zakaria got caught lifting some stuff in one of his books....he's a liberal clinton lapdog so he got off without a major stink....still stinks up the airwaves on cnn though.

 

Please read the original linked article. The context is an academic career as a research scientist rather than someone you just see on TV.