Indonesian indie studio Imajinari’s extremely anticipated sequel Agak Laen: Thriller Of The Nursing Dwelling has lived as much as expectations, recording 7.48 million cinema admissions after 18 days on launch.
It’s on monitor to cross additional field workplace milestones and elevate the annual Indonesian field workplace earlier than the top of 2025.
Launched on November 27, the sequel reunites director Muhadkly Acho with comedy actors Bene Dion, Boris Bokir, Indra Jegel and Oki Rengga. It follows 4 failing detectives who’re given one final likelihood by going undercover to discover a fugitive in a nursing residence.
“Trying on the trajectory, it’s affordable to imagine that we’re on the right track to beat the primary Agak Laen when it comes to numbers,” Imajinari’s co-founder Ernest Prakasa advised Display screen. “If the celebs align, we might even find yourself because the primary field workplace film of all time.”
The movie now ranks the second highest grossing movie of 2025 thus far, beating the 4.6 million admissions recorded by horror movie Pabrik Gula and solely behind blockbuster animation Jumbo, which grew to become the primary native movie ever to go 10 million admissions earlier this 12 months.
The movie additionally opened in Malaysia on December 4 by way of Antenna Entertainments. Director Muhadkly, the 4 foremost actors, Ernest and fellow producer Dipa Andika had been on a promotional roadshow that took them to Kuala Lumpur, Malacca and Johor Bahru.
Launched in 2022, Imajinari is a relative newcomer to the Indonesian movie scene with the primary Agak Laen being its third manufacturing. In 2024, Agak Laen bought 9.1 million tickets on the Indonesian field workplace, making it the nation’s third-biggest native movie and largest native comedy of all time.
As beforehand introduced on the latest JAFF Market, the Jakarta-based firm is ramping up its manufacturing. Edy Khemod’s function directorial debut Operation Pesta Pora (Operasi Pesta Pora) is a few group of road pickpockets who band collectively for one grand heist at Indonesia’s greatest annual live performance, Pestapora, whereas Pulang Kampung, directed by Bene as a Batak musical movie, will likely be shot within the Samosir Island space. Each are set for launch in 2026.
Ernest will direct Bandits Of Batavia, based mostly on a serialised comedian of the identical identify by Bryan Valenza, a comic book artist who has labored on a number of Marvel titles equivalent to Spider-Man, Wolverine and Ghost Rider. It is going to be produced as a live-action function with an action-supernatural story the place characters possess unique Indonesian superpowers. The undertaking is in early growth.