In a battle of two Universal titles at the U.K., Ireland box office, animation film “Migration” flew to the top, besting star-studded caper “Argylle” in the process.
“Migration” debuted with £3.5 million ($4.4 million), according to numbers from Comscore. “Argylle,” a global under performer, bowed in second place with £2 million.
In third position, in its third weekend, Paramount’s “Mean Girls” earned £843,601 for a total of £6.8 million. Disney’s “All of Us Strangers” collected £797,004 in fourth place in its second weekend for a total of £2.7 million.
Rounding off the top five was A24’s “The Zone of Interest,” which debuted with £585,855. The only other bow in the Top 10 was Curzon-Amazon MGM’s “American Fiction” with £389,375.
Coming up, opening mid-week on Wednesday Feb. 7 is horror-comedy “Dagr” from Fizz and Ginger Films. Feb. 8 sees the release of Tamil-language sports and gangster drama “Lal Salaam,” headlined by Indian superstar Rajinikanth.
There are a plethora of releases on the Friday.
“Migration” debuted with £3.5 million ($4.4 million), according to numbers from Comscore. “Argylle,” a global under performer, bowed in second place with £2 million.
In third position, in its third weekend, Paramount’s “Mean Girls” earned £843,601 for a total of £6.8 million. Disney’s “All of Us Strangers” collected £797,004 in fourth place in its second weekend for a total of £2.7 million.
Rounding off the top five was A24’s “The Zone of Interest,” which debuted with £585,855. The only other bow in the Top 10 was Curzon-Amazon MGM’s “American Fiction” with £389,375.
Coming up, opening mid-week on Wednesday Feb. 7 is horror-comedy “Dagr” from Fizz and Ginger Films. Feb. 8 sees the release of Tamil-language sports and gangster drama “Lal Salaam,” headlined by Indian superstar Rajinikanth.
There are a plethora of releases on the Friday.
- 2/6/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Lawrence Kan’s newsroom drama In Broad Daylight leads the pack going into the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards with 16 nominations.
The feature, which follows an undercover journalist who exposes the abuse of residents in a nursing home, secured nods in all but three of the 19 categories. It marks the second feature by Kan and proved the fourth highest grossing local film in 2023.
Scroll down for full list of nominations
Also gaining multiple nominations was Nick Cheuk’s emotive drama Time Still Turns The Pages and Felix Chong’s financial crime extravaganza The Goldfinger, which secured 12 nods apiece, while Jack Ng...
The feature, which follows an undercover journalist who exposes the abuse of residents in a nursing home, secured nods in all but three of the 19 categories. It marks the second feature by Kan and proved the fourth highest grossing local film in 2023.
Scroll down for full list of nominations
Also gaining multiple nominations was Nick Cheuk’s emotive drama Time Still Turns The Pages and Felix Chong’s financial crime extravaganza The Goldfinger, which secured 12 nods apiece, while Jack Ng...
- 2/6/2024
- ScreenDaily
The progress of director Eric Tsang Hing-weng has been gradual but steady. Hailing from a journalism and communications background at University, he has participated in Johnnie To's Fresh Wave Short Film Competition a number of times, working first as a Dop on the award winning “Liu Yang He” and then as a director himself with the Best Film winning “The Umbrella” followed by “A Thousand Sails”, which premiered at Sundance. In 2022, he finally progressed from the constraints of the short form to make his feature-length debut with “Hong Kong Family”, which debuted at the Busan International Film Festival.
The Sunny Side of the Street is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
Middle-aged couple Ling and Chun head to their ancestral home for the winter solstice dinner with their children Yeung and Ki. All through the journey, the two continue arguing over petty matters, an argument that continues when they reach their destination.
The Sunny Side of the Street is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
Middle-aged couple Ling and Chun head to their ancestral home for the winter solstice dinner with their children Yeung and Ki. All through the journey, the two continue arguing over petty matters, an argument that continues when they reach their destination.
- 3/17/2023
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Milestone has only previously been surpassed by Hollywood blockbusters.
Courtroom drama A Guilty Conscience has made history at the Hong Kong box office as the first local film ever to reach Hk$100m ($12.75m), a figure only previously achieved by Hollywood tentpoles.
The feature from first-time director Jack Ng reached the milestone on February 21, just 32 days after its release on January 21 – the eve of Chinese New Year.
Only a handful of Hollywood films have previously hit Hk$100m at the Hong Kong box office, with recent titles including Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way Of Water. Others include Marvel...
Courtroom drama A Guilty Conscience has made history at the Hong Kong box office as the first local film ever to reach Hk$100m ($12.75m), a figure only previously achieved by Hollywood tentpoles.
The feature from first-time director Jack Ng reached the milestone on February 21, just 32 days after its release on January 21 – the eve of Chinese New Year.
Only a handful of Hollywood films have previously hit Hk$100m at the Hong Kong box office, with recent titles including Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way Of Water. Others include Marvel...
- 2/23/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
In a moment of irresponsible negligence, sharp-tongued barrister Adrian Lam (Dayo Wong) mishandles a child abuse case and indirectly sentences the innocent Jolene Tsang (Louise Wong) to prison for 17 years. Falling from disgrace, Adrian decides to serve the public and defend the commoners, until an unlikely opportunity for appeal surfaces. Determined to right his wrong, Adrian gathers former partners Evelyn Fong (Renci Yeung) and Prince (Ho Kai Wa) to free Jolene, but that would mean fighting against the tycoons, Victoria (Fish Liew) and Desmond Chung (Adam Pak), who also have barrister James Tung (Michael Wong) as their private consultant. With pressure from media and police, and facing tough cross examination from prosecutor Kam Yuen Shan (Tse Kwan Ho) in court, how will Adrian uphold justice and punish the true culprit?...
- 12/19/2022
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
Lui Lok (Aaron Kwok) became a police officer in order to uphold justice. But the rampant corruption within the police force made it impossible for him to remain independent. As a result, he decides to make a name for himself within the police force by controlling organized crime. (Source: Mubi)
Previously known as Theory of Ambitions, director-writer Philip Yung’s (Port of Call) true-crime drama is loosely based on the notorious “Four Great Sergeants” in 1960s Hong Kong. This movie boasts the first on-screen pairing of Hk megastars, Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung. The stellar cast also includes Michael Hui, Michael Chow, Elaine Jin, Tse Kwan-ho, Du Juan, Jessie Li and Patrick Tam Yiu-man. It finally received its world premiere at the 46th Hong Kong International Film Festival earlier in August this year, after a four year delay widely known to be due to Chinese censorship. Where the Wind...
Previously known as Theory of Ambitions, director-writer Philip Yung’s (Port of Call) true-crime drama is loosely based on the notorious “Four Great Sergeants” in 1960s Hong Kong. This movie boasts the first on-screen pairing of Hk megastars, Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung. The stellar cast also includes Michael Hui, Michael Chow, Elaine Jin, Tse Kwan-ho, Du Juan, Jessie Li and Patrick Tam Yiu-man. It finally received its world premiere at the 46th Hong Kong International Film Festival earlier in August this year, after a four year delay widely known to be due to Chinese censorship. Where the Wind...
- 12/15/2022
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
Warriors of Future is a sci-fi action movie directed by Yuen Fai Ng, starring Louis Koo, Carina Lau, Lau Ching-Wan and Nick Cheung.
‘The Transformers’ fans, this movie is for you.
Premise Warriors of Future (2022)
The year is 2055, when a meteor carrying a destructive plant strikes the world, a suicide squad is given hours to save their post-apocalyptic city from total collapse. There is a catch-22 though, the military has been relying on robots.
Warriors of Future (2022) Movie Review
A rather entertaining movie, with acceptable special effects, and a script that does not lack humor.
Its director, Yuen Fai Ng, with his creative background in the special effects world, knows how to make good use of his know-how.
Do not expect profundity in the characterizations, as this is pure action. The acting and the script are not particularly convincing, but it is nevertheless an amusing number.
Release Date
December 2, 2022
Where...
‘The Transformers’ fans, this movie is for you.
Premise Warriors of Future (2022)
The year is 2055, when a meteor carrying a destructive plant strikes the world, a suicide squad is given hours to save their post-apocalyptic city from total collapse. There is a catch-22 though, the military has been relying on robots.
Warriors of Future (2022) Movie Review
A rather entertaining movie, with acceptable special effects, and a script that does not lack humor.
Its director, Yuen Fai Ng, with his creative background in the special effects world, knows how to make good use of his know-how.
Do not expect profundity in the characterizations, as this is pure action. The acting and the script are not particularly convincing, but it is nevertheless an amusing number.
Release Date
December 2, 2022
Where...
- 12/1/2022
- by Veronica Loop
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Riding on the box office success in Hong Kong of its “Table for Six,” Edko Films, the production, distribution and exhibition conglomerate headed by Bill Kong (“Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon”), is launching a trio of new titles at the American Film Market this week.
One titles is courtroom drama “A Guilty Conscience,” which follows the aftermath of a manslaughter case in which a barrister’s mistake lands his supermodel client in jail. The path to an appeal, however, seems like justice itself is on trial.
Writer and director Jack Ng is making his feature directing debut on the drama; his track record as a writer that includes Edko’s 2021 hit “Anita” and “Cold War II.” The company’s confidence is such that the picture is set as Edko’s biggest title for the crucial Chinese New Year slot. It stars Dayo Wong and Louise Wong (“Anita”).
Eric Tsang Hing Wen...
One titles is courtroom drama “A Guilty Conscience,” which follows the aftermath of a manslaughter case in which a barrister’s mistake lands his supermodel client in jail. The path to an appeal, however, seems like justice itself is on trial.
Writer and director Jack Ng is making his feature directing debut on the drama; his track record as a writer that includes Edko’s 2021 hit “Anita” and “Cold War II.” The company’s confidence is such that the picture is set as Edko’s biggest title for the crucial Chinese New Year slot. It stars Dayo Wong and Louise Wong (“Anita”).
Eric Tsang Hing Wen...
- 11/2/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Starring two members of boyband Mirror, it is set to world premiere in Busan.
Hong Kong-based Edko Films has picked up worldwide rights to Eric Tsang Hing-weng’s Hong Kong Family, which is set to world premiere at Busan International Film Festival.
Starring Edan Lui and Anson Lo, from hit Hong Kong boyband Mirror, along with veteran actors Teresa Mo and Tse Kwan Ho, the family drama is based on Tsang’s own family experience. Marking his feature directorial debut, it follows a family that was torn apart after their last winter solstice dinner turned sour. Eight years later, a...
Hong Kong-based Edko Films has picked up worldwide rights to Eric Tsang Hing-weng’s Hong Kong Family, which is set to world premiere at Busan International Film Festival.
Starring Edan Lui and Anson Lo, from hit Hong Kong boyband Mirror, along with veteran actors Teresa Mo and Tse Kwan Ho, the family drama is based on Tsang’s own family experience. Marking his feature directorial debut, it follows a family that was torn apart after their last winter solstice dinner turned sour. Eight years later, a...
- 10/6/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Warriors of Future Trailer — Yuen Fai Ng‘s Warriors of Future / Ming jat zin gei (2022) movie trailer has been released. The Warriors of Future trailer stars Louis Koo, Sean Lau, Carina Lau, Philip Keung, Tse Kwan-ho, and Nick Cheung. Crew Ho-Leung Lau, Chi-Leung Law, and Tin Shu Mak wrote the screenplay for Warriors of [...]
Continue reading: Warriors Of Future (2022) Movie Trailer: An Alien Vine & A Conspiracy Lands on Earth Near Hong Kong...
Continue reading: Warriors Of Future (2022) Movie Trailer: An Alien Vine & A Conspiracy Lands on Earth Near Hong Kong...
- 8/20/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"This is an unprecedented operation." Whoa!! There's a Hong Kong sci-fi action movie called Warriors of Future that has finally opened in theaters in China and Hong Kong this summer. It was being prepped for release in 2019, with an early trailer dropping years ago. But after all the pandemic delays and lockdowns, it's only being released now. Set in the year 2055, a meteorite brings an extraterrestrial to the Earth in the form of an alien vine that "purifies the planet but kills everything in its path." (Is this anti-climate change propaganda?) When powerful alien creatures threaten humanity, Cmmdr. Sing Lee's elite forces are almost wiped out, and the surviving soldier Tai Loi discovers an even bigger conspiracy. Starring Louis Koo, Sean Lau, Carina Lau, Philip Keung, Tse Kwan-ho, and Nick Cheung. This looks Extra epic, from a VFX supervisor making his directorial debut. It's even being marketed as the...
- 8/19/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Stars: Andy Lau, Ching Wan Lau, Ni Ni, Kwan-Ho Tse, Ron Ng, Tak-Bun Wong, Philip Keung, Chun Kit Chang | Written by Herman Yau, Erica Li, Eric Lee | Directed by Herman Yau
After suffering life changing injuries in the line of duty, bomb disposal officer Poon Shing Fung turns his back on the police. But when a devastating series of bombings sweep Hong Kong, the police suspect their former ally may be involved after he is found unconscious at a crime scene. Now faced with memory loss and recalling only fragments of his former life, Fung sets out to uncover the truth and find out who he really is.
Opening with the massive destruction of Hong Kong airport, complete with flesh burned off skeletons, and a blast of the nuclear variety, Shock Wave: Hong Kong Destruction kicks off with a literal bang. This is no sequel to the original though. Oh no.
After suffering life changing injuries in the line of duty, bomb disposal officer Poon Shing Fung turns his back on the police. But when a devastating series of bombings sweep Hong Kong, the police suspect their former ally may be involved after he is found unconscious at a crime scene. Now faced with memory loss and recalling only fragments of his former life, Fung sets out to uncover the truth and find out who he really is.
Opening with the massive destruction of Hong Kong airport, complete with flesh burned off skeletons, and a blast of the nuclear variety, Shock Wave: Hong Kong Destruction kicks off with a literal bang. This is no sequel to the original though. Oh no.
- 6/7/2021
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Fox Networks Group moves into high-end Chinese miniseries with pair of projects.
Fox Networks Group Asia is unveiling two Chinese-language miniseries at this week’s Filmart in Hong Kong – The Trading Floor, produced by Andy Lau’s [pictured] Focus Television, and Stained, written and directed by Patrick Kong.
The Trading Floor is a 5 x 60 minute thriller set in Hong Kong’s financial industry. It has been written and will be directed by Kk Wong, director-producer of 2014 hit Hong Kong TV show The Election.
Stained, which also has a 5 x 60 minute format, is a crime thriller starring Kara Hui, Kwan-ho Tse and Anthony Wong.
Both shows are in pre-production for target delivery in 2017.
Cora Yim, head of Chinese entertainment and territory head of Hong Kong for Fox Networks Group, said the two miniseries “exemplify our commitment to partnering with the best (Andy Lau, Patrick Kong) in creating the best shows for our viewers.”
She added that...
Fox Networks Group Asia is unveiling two Chinese-language miniseries at this week’s Filmart in Hong Kong – The Trading Floor, produced by Andy Lau’s [pictured] Focus Television, and Stained, written and directed by Patrick Kong.
The Trading Floor is a 5 x 60 minute thriller set in Hong Kong’s financial industry. It has been written and will be directed by Kk Wong, director-producer of 2014 hit Hong Kong TV show The Election.
Stained, which also has a 5 x 60 minute format, is a crime thriller starring Kara Hui, Kwan-ho Tse and Anthony Wong.
Both shows are in pre-production for target delivery in 2017.
Cora Yim, head of Chinese entertainment and territory head of Hong Kong for Fox Networks Group, said the two miniseries “exemplify our commitment to partnering with the best (Andy Lau, Patrick Kong) in creating the best shows for our viewers.”
She added that...
- 3/13/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Fox Networks Group moves into high-end Chinese miniseries with pair of projects.
Fox Networks Group Asia is unveiling two Chinese-language miniseries at this week’s Filmart in Hong Kong – The Trading Floor, produced by Andy Lau’s [pictured] Focus Television, and Stained, written and directed by Patrick Kong.
The Trading Floor is a 5 x 60 minute thriller set in Hong Kong’s financial industry. It has been written and will be directed by Kk Wong, director-producer of 2014 hit Hong Kong TV show The Election.
Stained, which also has a 5 x 60 minute format, is a crime thriller starring Kara Hui, Kwan-ho Tse and Anthony Wong.
Both shows are in pre-production for target delivery in 2017.
Cora Yim, head of Chinese entertainment and territory head of Hong Kong for Fox Networks Group, said the two miniseries “exemplify our commitment to partnering with the best (Andy Lau, Patrick Kong) in creating the best shows for our viewers.”
She added that...
Fox Networks Group Asia is unveiling two Chinese-language miniseries at this week’s Filmart in Hong Kong – The Trading Floor, produced by Andy Lau’s [pictured] Focus Television, and Stained, written and directed by Patrick Kong.
The Trading Floor is a 5 x 60 minute thriller set in Hong Kong’s financial industry. It has been written and will be directed by Kk Wong, director-producer of 2014 hit Hong Kong TV show The Election.
Stained, which also has a 5 x 60 minute format, is a crime thriller starring Kara Hui, Kwan-ho Tse and Anthony Wong.
Both shows are in pre-production for target delivery in 2017.
Cora Yim, head of Chinese entertainment and territory head of Hong Kong for Fox Networks Group, said the two miniseries “exemplify our commitment to partnering with the best (Andy Lau, Patrick Kong) in creating the best shows for our viewers.”
She added that...
- 3/13/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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