On Thursday, the global champion "Chosin Lake" officially opened in Hong Kong, with nearly 150 screenings on the first day, many of which were full of theaters throughout the day, and the estimated opening box office reached HK$820,000 (including more than 100,000 priority results), more than double the performance of "The Wandering Earth" (330,000 on the first day) and "Wolf Warrior 2" (350,000 Hong Kong dollars on the first day).
There was only one large-scale new film in the Hong Kong market in China last week, and stimulated by the strong opening of Marvel's new work "Eternals", the popularity of the Hong Kong film market rebounded significantly, and the single-week market soared by 155% compared with the previous week, and once again stood on the 30 million Hong Kong dollar mark after two weeks. "Eternals" slashed more than 26 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office in the five days of painting, setting a record for the best opening in the epidemic period. The animated film "Heavenly Spirit Machine" suffered less impact from the new film, and received more than one million Hong Kong dollars in a single week, rising to the second place in the single-week box office. The other two Hollywood blockbusters, "007: No Time to Die" and "Venom 2", have occupied more space for screening, and the single-week box office has lost the million mark. The Hong Kong-made crime action film "Level 1 Accusation" has a steady trend, ranking in the top five of the box office in a single week for two consecutive weeks.
Disney's new superhero film "Eternals", released by Disney and produced by Marvel Studios, landed in Hong Kong theaters in North America on Wednesday, earning HK$4.01 million on the first day of the opening, setting the third highest first-day box office of the year, after "Fast and Furious 9" (HK$6 million on the first day) and "007: No Time to Die" (HK$4.14 million on the first day) on the eve of the National Day. Starring Richard Madden, Angelina Jolie and Ma Dongxi, the film increased to more than 950 performances per day on weekends and grossed HK$7.14 million on Saturdays, surpassing HK$7.08 million on National Day, and setting a record for the best single-day film in the epidemic period. This latest hero of origins grossed HK$26.45 million in the five days of Hong Kong opening, surpassing HK$24.23 million in the first four days of "Black Widow", setting a record for the highest weekly box office performance in the Hong Kong market during the epidemic period. The film's opening score is 48% higher than that of "Venom 2" and 45% higher than that of "Shangqi", thanks to the overwhelming publicity of the film, its opening performance is basically in line with expectations. However, due to the unsatisfactory reputation of the film, it is expected that the final result can only hit 50 million Hong Kong dollars, and it is hopeless to impact the annual champion of "Shangqi".
Disney's new animated film "Heavenly Spirit Machine" is a new film that has been less impacted by the opening of "Eternals", maintaining an average of 120 screenings per day in 46 theaters on weekends, with an average of about 40 people per game, continuing to be praised by family parent-child audiences. The original animation produced by 20th Century Pictures reached a single-day box office of more than HK$290,000 on Saturdays, expanding the leading edge for films such as "Venom 2", and the trend is also stable. The CG animation grossed HK$1.16 million in seven days a week, down 42% from the previous week, and the cumulative box office in the 18 days of release in Hong Kong has reached HK$5.2 million. Although the film had to compete with super-productions such as "Venom 2", "007" and "Eternals" at the same time, the box office performance was still decent.
The globally released secret agent action film "007: No Time to Die" was cut to 30 theaters on the weekend, showing an average of 45 times a day, and the average number of people per game rose to more than 40 people. The sequel, which starred Daniel Craig as "Bond" for the last time, grossed HK$960,000 over seven days this week, and the weekend decline worsened significantly to about 60% due to being robbed of more special effects halls by "The Eternals", but it still successfully counterattacked the more evening "Venom 2". Six weeks after its release, the cumulative box office of "No Time to Die" in Hong Kong has reached HK$53.24 million, which is currently second only to the Marvel movie "Shangqi" (HK$63.31 million), and is temporarily ranked second in hong Kong's annual box office. According to the current momentum, its final landing point will hit more than HK54 million. As of now, the film's global cumulative box office has exceeded 670 million US dollars, and it will easily exceed 700 million US dollars.
The comic action thriller "Venom 2" produced by Sony became the biggest victim of the opening of "Eternals", and its single-day screening scenes were cut by more than 80%, and the special effects cinema hall was basically left. The film's single-day box office fell to HK$143,000 on Saturday, surpassed by "Heavenly Spirit Machine" and "007". The sequel, starring Tom Hardy, closed for another HK$870,000 over seven days a week, a 70% drop from the previous week, and the decline continued to widen. 26 days after its release, the cumulative box office of "Venom 2" in Hong Kong has reached HK$27.8 million, which is now nearly 25% behind the box office of the first "Venom" in the same period. According to the current momentum, the final landing point of the film in Hong Kong is no longer expected to hit HK$30 million. As of now, its global box office has reached $425 million.
In other old films, Huang Guohui's crime suspense film "First-class Quality Control" maintained about 75 performances in 42 theaters the following week, with an average of 32 people recording a slow heat performance. Starring Tam Yiu-man, Fang Zhongxin and other acting schools, the work in Hong Kong earned another HK$840,000 in seven days the following week, down only 16% from the first week of the painting, and the trend is extremely eye-catching. The cumulative box office of the film in the two weeks of release has reached HK$2 million, and its performance is basically in line with market expectations. The romantic film "Mada Lena" directed by Macao director Chen Yali screened about 25 times a day on weekends, earning another HK$310,000 the next seven days, and also ranked among the top 10 in a single week for the first time, with a cumulative box office of only HK$720,000 in two weeks.
Among other old films, the single-day screening of the Japanese film "Masquerade Night" was cut to more than 60 times, with an average of 25 people; the sequel starring Takuya Kimura and Masami Nagasawa received another 580,000 Hong Kong dollars in seven days, and has accumulated 3.77 million Hong Kong dollars in three weeks of release, just catching up with the first week of the box office of the previous work "Masquerade Hotel". Edgar Wright's new work "Soho District Horror Night" earned HK$573,000 the following week, down 35% from its first week, and grossed less than HK$1.5 million in two weeks. The Hollywood science fiction film "Dune" received nearly HK$300,000 in seven days, still ranking in the top ten of the single-week box office, and the cumulative box office in Hong Kong has exceeded the mark of HK$25 million.
(Note: Unless otherwise specified, the box office units in this article are all in Hong Kong dollars.)