The movie repeated his success in the DVD edition, reaching number 1 in the charts, and achieving the cult status between Italian moviegoers (same happened for the soundtrack CD).
The movie was in top ten charts both in theaters and DVD sells and was screened, between others, in the Mill Valley Film Festival (US), Honolulu, New Zealand and Australia.
In addition to his career as director, Marco Ponti co-wrote some movies: Se Fossi In Te di Giulio Manfredonia (Cattleya, 2001), L'uomo perfetto (Cattleya/Warner, 2005—nominee as Best Story in the Nastri D'Argento del Cinema Italiano 2006, the critics' award), Cardiofitness (2007).
In 2012 he wrote and directed his third feature film, Passione Sinistra, starring Alessandro Preziosi, Valentina Lodovini, Vinicio Marchioni and the international supermodel Eva Riccobono.
Shot in Polignano a Mare, in the Apulia region, starring Riccardo Scamarcio, Michele Placido, Maria Pia Calzone, Luciana Littizzetto and again Eva Riccobono.
In 2016 he co-wrote and directed the sequel of his previous movie, as well adapted by the best seller novel La cena di Natale (The Christmas Dinner) by Luca Bianchini.