"Dear You" hits global screens, box office tops 1.8 billion yuan

"Dear You," a low-budget film shot largely in the Chaoshan (Teochew) dialect, has become one of China's most unexpected box-office successes this year.

The film has rolled out its global release in markets across the world in recent days, with its cumulative box office revenue surpassing 1.8 billion yuan as of press time.