Fortissimo Films closed key territories at AFM on Juno Mak’s Chinese vampire film and Hong Kong box office hit.

Rights have gone to Ascot Elite for Germany, Austria and Switzerland and Shochiku for Japan for a mid-2014 release.

Further deals closed with Distribución de Peliculas Zatmeni for Mexico, Viswas Films for India and the Indian subcontinent and Solar Films for the Philippines.

Fortissimo has licensed home entertainment rights to Deltamac for Hong Kong. As previously announced, Well Go USA will distribute in North America next spring.

Rigor Mortis opened theatrically in Hong Kong through Golden Harvest and has amassed more than $2m (HK$17.5m) in four weeks.

The film premiered earlier this year at the Venice Film Festival and went on to screen in Toronto’s Midnight Madness strand as well as the Austin, Sitges and London festivals.

Chin Siu-Ho and Kara Wai star in the tale of supernatural occurrences that engulf a housing complex.

Taiwanese box office has reached $1.2m (NT$35m) after two weekends and $500,000 (MYR$1.6m) in Malaysia after four sessions. It opens in Singapore at the end of November and the Philippines and other Asian markets in early 2014.

  • In a recent deal AFM deal, Leomark Studios has licensed Chinese VOD rights on the South African action-comedy Bustin Chops to JY Entertainment of Beijing.

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