Since the reopening of cinemas in Hong Kong on February 18, the attendance limit of cinemas has been maintained at about 50%, and as the local COVID-19 epidemic has turned relatively stable, the authorities have announced that social distancing measures will be relaxed from the beginning of this month, and the cinema full attendance rate can also be raised from the current 50% to 75%, which is undoubtedly a major positive for the Hong Kong film market, where small and medium-sized cinemas dominate. Last week, the Hong Kong market ushered in the most blockbuster new film after the resumption of work, and the Hollywood monster blockbuster "Godzilla vs King Kong" produced by Legendary Pictures exceeded HK$13 million in the first week, winning the single-week box office championship. Driven by "GVK", the Hong Kong single-week market also stood on the HK$20 million mark for the first time in several months. Among other old films, the new Hong Kong film "One Second Boxer" has a steady trend, retreating to the second place in the box office in a single week. Pixar's animation "Journey of the Mind" received nearly HK$2 million in a single week, ranking third at the box office in a single week. The other two Hollywood blockbusters, Dragon Quest and Tom and Jerry, ranked fourth and fifth on the weekly list, respectively.
Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. co-produced "Godzilla vs King Kong" debuted in Hong Kong on Wednesday, showing 630 screenings in 53 theaters on the first day, with a brilliant result of HK$1.95 million on the same day, with a single film occupying nearly 70% of the market share. The film not only set the best first day of this round of theater resumption, but also started second only to the Japanese animation "Devil's Blade: Wireless Train Chapter" in the epidemic era, "Creed" directed by Nolan and the Korean film "Busan Line 2". "Godzilla vs King Kong" expanded its screening scale over the weekend, increasing the number of screenings in a single day to 780, and the average number of people per game also soared to about 64 people, reflecting that this monster armageddon epic attracted more families and visitors. The film grossed HK$3.78 million in a single day on the weekend, nearly doubling from the first day of the painting, and performed quite strongly. In the end, the film grossed HK$13.35 million in the five days of hong Kong, an increase of 35% over "Godzilla 2: King of the Monsters" two years ago, and almost equaled the first week of "Devil's Blade" at the end of last year.
"Godzilla vs King Kong" was distributed by Universal Pictures in Hong Kong, because the film's Armageddon scene was arranged in Hong Kong, the film side also launched a strong marketing offensive, and its opening results also showed that the publicity effect was remarkable. The film's excellent special effects scenes and wonderful monster duels have also received a lot of praise, and its current working day trend is also quite stable. In addition, Hong Kong will also usher in the "Easter" + "Qingming Festival" four-day long weekend this week, and the cumulative box office of "Godzilla vs King Kong" will easily exceed 20 million Hong Kong dollars, and surpass the final result of "King of the Monsters" in Hong Kong the next week.
The new Hong Kong film "One Second Boxer", which was released by Universal and directed by Zhao Shanheng, remained screened in 52 theaters on the third weekend, with more than 200 screenings in a single day, with an average of more than 42 people, and the trend was quite stable. Starring Chow Kwok-hyun, Lin Mingzhen and Chanon Sanding Tenggu, this boxing film achieved nearly HK$600,000 in a single day on the weekend, significantly expanding its lead over "Psychic Journey" and ranking second at the weekend box office. "One Second Boxer" grossed HK$2.71 million in seven days this week, down less than 30% from the previous week, and the cumulative box office in the three weeks of release has reached HK$9.48 million, which has become the second Hong Kong film to break 10 million after the resumption of work this week. Telling an inspirational story about a boxer, "One Second Boxer" received rave reviews for the first time with the audience at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival last year, and although its release was delayed due to the epidemic, it still achieved satisfactory box office results.
Disney's latest Pixar animation "Psychic Journey" was cut in half to more than 170 times a day on weekends, and the average per game remained at a good level of nearly 40 people. Directed by Oscar-winning Best Animated Agents of the Brain, Pete Doggett, the new work still grossed about HK$450,000 in a single day on the weekend, and fell less than half the weekend under the great impact of "GVK"; the film closed another HK$1.96 million in seven days a week, down 44% from the previous week, and the trend was better than expected. As of Sunday, the cumulative box office of this original animation masterpiece in Hong Kong has reached HK$26.18 million. According to the current momentum, the film is about to get the bonus of the continuous vacation period, and the final result is still expected to hit HK$30 million.
Disney's other animation, The Dragon Quest, was screened 110 times in 40 theaters over the weekend, and the scale was cut by more than half, and the average number of people per game remained unchanged to 33 people. The fantasy adventure film, co-directed by Academy Award director Don Hall and up-and-coming director Carlos Lopez Estrada, grossed HK$900,000 over seven days this week, down more than half as the previous week and slightly more impacted by the new film than another Disney animation, Journey of the Mind. As of Sunday, Disney Animation's 59th feature film has grossed HK$5.19 million in Hong Kong, and is expected to land at around HK$6 million.
Warner's live-action version of "Tom and Jerry" was cut to an average of about 45 games a day on weekends, and fell to less than 30 people on weekends, which was not ideal. The live-action and computer-CG-combined film closed another HK$400,000 in seven days this week, down nearly 60% from the previous week, and the trend was obviously dragged down by bad word of mouth. After 18 days of release, "Tom and Jerry" grossed only HK$2.6 million at the Hong Kong box office, and its final box office landing point is expected to be only more than HK$3 million.
In terms of other new films, the Japanese comic film "The Promised Neverland", which is based on popular manga, was screened in more than 50 theaters every day in the first week, with an average of about 30 people per game, and only received HK$266,000 in the first four days of painting, ranking seventh in the single-week box office. The Japanese animation "Looking for a Trainee Witch" released by the new film only received HK$244,000 at the box office in the first week of the painting, and the results were also very mediocre, ranking eighth in the single-week box office.
Among other old films, the Thai film "Trick to Love You" released by Anle received about HK$350,000 the following week, down only one-third from the first week of the painting, ranking sixth at the box office in a single week; the film's cumulative box office is now close to HK$900,000, and it is expected to eventually exceed one million. In the old Chinese films, "Bomb Disposal Expert 2", which was cooperated by Andy Lau and Liu Qingyun, received another 240,000 Hong Kong dollars in seven days, down nearly 70% from the previous week, and the cumulative box office has reached 19.1 million Hong Kong dollars, which is basically hopeless to impact 20 million Hong Kong dollars. The Trend of hong Kong-made song and dance film "Crazy Dance" is also average, and the cumulative box office has exceeded HK$8.5 million.
(Note: Unless otherwise specified, the box office units in this article are all in Hong Kong dollars.) ）