On the 23rd, the Hong Kong film website updated the box office rankings of the latest week (April 15-April 21), and the results showed that overseas films continued to dominate, winning a full 12.056 million Hong Kong dollars in the market of about 13.919 million Hong Kong dollars, accounting for 86.6%, while Hong Kong films only had a total of 1.863 million Hong Kong dollars, accounting for only 13.4%.
The winner of the championship was the Japanese anime film "Volleyball Shonen!! "Junkyard Showdown", which grossed HK$3.096 million last week, and reached a total of HK$8.188 million in 11 days of release. It is worth mentioning that the top spot on this list made the film successfully achieve two consecutive championships, and given its unrivaled situation in the cinema, it will be a high probability to achieve three consecutive championships.
The runner-up was won by the South Korean film "Broken Tomb", which grossed HK$2.535 million last week and accumulated HK$5.405 million in 11 days of release. Since this is a work that has been fully recommended by film critics and entertainment bloggers in Hong Kong, the decline is still in a slight state, and it should not be a problem to finally exceed the box office of 8 million Hong Kong dollars.
The third place was won by the American film "Godzilla vs. Kong 2: Rise of Empires" (Hong Kong translation: Godzilla × Kong: New Empire), which grossed 1.828 million Hong Kong dollars last week and reached a total of 24.08 million Hong Kong dollars in 25 days of release. Without a doubt, it is one of the best-performing Hollywood blockbusters at the Hong Kong box office since the beginning of this year.
The Hong Kong film "I Wish People Were Long" won the fourth place, with a box office of HK$1.263 million last week, and a total of HK$2.489 million in 11 days of release. Although this is a film about family love, it is also well received by local filmmakers and media because it contains traditional film and television dramas that are transformed into authentic locals after arriving in Hong Kong.
The fifth place is the American movie "Kung Fu Panda 4", with the good reputation of the IP over the years, it still maintains a good performance, winning 1.248 million Hong Kong dollars last week, and a total of 13.982 million Hong Kong dollars in 25 days of release.
In sixth place was the British film "Top Secret Battle", which was released in midweek last week and earned HK$1.097 million in four days. It tells the story of the struggle between the secret detachment led by Churchill and the Nazis during World War II, and the current popularity is quite average.
The seventh place was won by the American film "Civil War", which won 1.019 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office last week, and a total of 2.26 million Hong Kong dollars in 11 days of release. To be honest, some of the clips in this movie may make some people quite uncomfortable to watch, or they don't want to see it at all, and it's normal for the box office to be low.
In eighth place was the American film "Arthur the Champion" (Hong Kong translation: Iron Man Dog), which was released in the middle of last week and grossed HK$628,000 in four days.
The ninth place was the American film "Bloodthirsty Ballet" (Hong Kong translation; Blood Drop Ji), which was released in the middle of last week and earned HK$605,000 in four days. Horror films with old-fashioned plots are destined to not do well at the box office.
The tenth place was the Hong Kong film "Lyrics L", which grossed 600,000 Hong Kong dollars last week and reached a total of 6.256 million Hong Kong dollars in 46 days of release.
Judging from the above box office data, Hong Kong films have been completely marginalized at home, and the results of the two films combined to less than 2 million Hong Kong dollars are too disappointing, and according to the current situation, the prospects for returning to the original cost are not optimistic. Faced with such a situation, Hong Kong filmmakers are undoubtedly under tremendous pressure, how should they adjust their strategies to meet the challenges of the market? Should they step up their efforts to expand the mainland market, or should they continue to hope that overseas markets will change their minds? Some film tycoons should think carefully.