German Box Office Champion ‘School of Magical Animals’ Sells to China, Japan, Latin America (EXCLUSIVE)
01.02.2022 - 14:37
/ variety.com
Leo Barraclough International Features EditorMunich-based world sales company Global Screen has closed further deals in major territories for the family entertainment adventure “School of Magical Animals,” the most successful German film at the local box office last year. Global Screen will also be selling the sequel, it announced Tuesday.Deals have been closed for China (A-Quest Culture Media), Japan (Fine Films), Latin America (Discovery), Hungary (ADS), Serbia and Croatia (Investacommerce), and Portugal (NOS).
Worldwide airline rights were sold to Eagle International.Previously announced deals include Spain (Flins y Penicuals), Italy (Adler Entertainment), CIS (Voxell), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Israel (Red Cape Distribution), Taiwan (CaiChang), and Middle East (Selim Ramio & Co), with Scandinavia in negotiation. The warm-hearted adventure with CGI-animated animals is set in an unusual school where the children receive a magical animal as a companion.
When Ida moves to a new town with her mother, she is not at all thrilled by the prospect. But then she gets the chance to make new friends at the Winterstein school.
She is very surprised when she finds out that there are teachers with magic powers and magical animals. The first pupils to be given such a talking animal are Ida and her friend Benni.
Together with Ida’s clever fox and Benni’s 200-year-old turtle, the friends take on the mysterious case of a cunning school thief.Distributed in Germany by Leonine, the film opened in October 2021 on more than 600 screens with a great start at number two, only beaten by “No Time to Die,” and stayed in the Top 10 charts for 12 weeks. The film was last year’s most successful German film at the local box office, with a gross of
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