Its Me, Margaretaimed at women and girls and the Finnish genre movieSisu,which is in 1,000 theaters.
The film stands at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes off 13 reviews.
The Lim-directed raunchy comedystars Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu, Sabrina Wu, Ashley Park and Sherry Cola.
From left: ‘Joy Ride’ stars Sabrina Wu, Stephanie Hsu, Sherry Cola and Ashley Park and producer Seth Rogen at CinemaCon on ThursdayGetty Images
The pic made its world premiere at SXSW back in March and debuts on July 7.
Joy Ridefollows four unlikely friends who embark on a once-in-a-lifetime international adventure.
The cast and director Lim appeared onstage with producer Seth Rogen for a convo with Fogelson.
Lionsgate
We havent seen women with faces like ours telling dick jokes.
Representation is what Im so proud of.
Park watched the movie with her parents at SXSW with the Lionsgate execs sitting behind them.
My dad said, Thats what we call the sexy time scenes.'
Rogen was attracted to the broad resonance of the comedy, which he found genuine.
Making movies that people can relate to, people will laugh at it for decades, he explained.
Meaning, a feature theatrical comedy.
