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“Successor,” a comedy drama film that has taken the Chinese box office by storm, is set for an international roll-out from early next month.

Rights to the film have been picked up by Cmc Pictures, the Chinese studio behind “The Meg” monster shark franchise. It will handle theatrical releases in North America, Australia, New Zealand, the U.K. and Benelux, rolling out from Aug. 2.

“Successor” charts the ups and downs of a poor dad and a hardworking mom, living in a broken yard and seemingly having fallen behind others on the road to prosperity.

The film only opened officially in Chinese theaters on Tuesday (July 16) and earned an estimated $21 million. But it finished its first day with an $89 million cumulative, thanks to wide-scale previews that caused it to dominate China’s most recent weekend charts. On each of Saturday and Sunday, the film enjoyed more than 140,000 screening sessions in China.

The annual awards which close China’s Hundred Flowers Film Festival, were held this year in Changchun, Jilin Province. Here is the list of winners:

Best Original Screenplay: Li Qiang (The Golden Era)

Best Editing: Yu Boyang (The Taking of Tiger Mountain)

Best Adapted Screenplay: Ang Xu, Yujiao Li, Jinglong Han (12 Citizens)

Best Sound: Jing Tao (Coming Home)

Best Chinese Opera Film: Female Governor in the Tang Dynasty

Best Cinematography: Zeng Jian (Phurbu & Tenzin)

Award for Low Budget Feature: Nuo Ri Ji Ma

Best Music: Hao Weiya (Phurbu & Tenzin)

Best Animation: Monkey King: Hero is Back

Best Art Direction: Quan Rongzhe (Wolf Totem)

Best Director: Tsui Hark (The Taking of Tiger Mountain)

Best Directorial Debut: Jianbin Chen (A Fool)

Best Supporting Actor: Yi Zhang (Dearest)

Best Actor: Zhang Hanyu (The Taking of Tiger Mountain)

Best Picture: Wolf Totem (Jean-Jacques Annaud)

Best Supporting Actress: Deng Jiajia (Silent Witness)

Best Actress:...