‘No Manches Frida’ Scores Third-Best Opening Ever for a Mexican Movie in Mexico

Vindicating Lionsgate’s launch of the Globalgate consortium to take advantage of the popularity of local-language titles, “No Manches Frida,” which is lead-produced by Pantelion Films, a Lionsgate-Televisa joint venture, scored a first weekend Pesos 62 million (about $3.2 million) in Mexico, the third-highest opening for a Mexican movie of all time.