The epidemic situation in Hong Kong, China, continues to be under stable control, with locally confirmed cases and cases of unknown origin basically "cleared" and the authorities continuing to relax "social restrictions". However, due to the lack of new films with better strength, the heat of the Hong Kong market continued to accelerate to the bottom, and the single-week box office market in Hong Kong plummeted by 40% compared with the previous week, setting the worst performance after the current round of resumption of work. The Korean science fiction action film "Xu Fu" won more than HK$1.4 million the next week, winning the box office champion of the week. The Japanese animation "Doraemon: Walk with Me 2" collected nearly one million Hong Kong dollars in a single week, still ranking second at the box office in a single week. The new Hong Kong film "Not Getting Married in a Day" has a steady trend and further rose to the third place in the weekly list. The Austrian film "Father Trapped in Time" also performed well, rising to the fourth place in the single-week box office. The game adaptation of the movie "Mortal Kombat" fell by more than half, retreating to the fifth place in the weekly box office. The star-studded anti-epidemic movie "Always Have Love in Isolation" barely squeezed into the top ten in its first week.
The second week of the release of the Korean science fiction action film "Xu Fu" did not encounter decent competitors, and it was relatively easy to win the single-week box office champion. The new work, directed by Introduction to Architecture director Li Yongzhou, remained available in 52 theaters the following week, averaging about 180 screenings a day on weekends, with an average of about 27 people per game. Starring Kong Liu and Park Baojian, the commercial blockbuster grossed more than HK$300,000 on Saturdays, continuing to shake off old rivals "Doraemon" and the new film "Hundred Candle Games". "Xu Fu" fell 46% compared with the first week of the painting, the trend is not ideal, the cumulative receipt of more than 4 million Hong Kong dollars in the two weeks of release, the results and the recent blockbuster Korean films "Busan Trip" and "Baekdusan: Volcanic Havoc" have a big gap. At that time, "Busan Trip", starring Kong Liu, the film's lead actor, earned more than HK$68 million in Hong Kong, setting a record for the highest non-Hollywood film, and it is expected that "Xu Fu" will only gross about one-tenth of its final box office. The film adopts the popular "cinema + streaming media on demand" model of Hollywood movies in South Korea, and the theater performance is not ideal.
The new Japanese animation film "Doraemon: Walk with Me 2" remained screened in 43 theaters on the third weekend of release, with an average of nearly 170 screenings per day, and the average number of people per game is still inseparable from "Xu Fu". The family-friendly work still grossed HK$260,000 on Saturdays, and was slightly ahead of the new film "Game of 100 Candles" under the continued popularity of family visitors. The doraemon series commemorated its 50th anniversary with another HK$950,000 this week, down 46% from the previous week, and grossed HK$17.34 million in the four weeks of release. As a direct sequel to the Hong Kong Japanese comic history champion "Doraemon: Walk with Me", "Walk with Me" is six years away from the previous work, and there is almost no 3D bonus of the previous work, and the word-of-mouth and sentiment bonus are far less significant than the previous work. According to the current trend, the film's final box office in Hong Kong will be less than HK$20 million, which will be nearly two-thirds backwards from the previous game. The film is scheduled to land on the mainland market on May 28.
Two old Hong Kong films also continued to rank in the top ten, with Chan Mao-yin's Hong Kong-made film "Not Getting Married" screened an average of 90 times a day in 34 theaters on weekends, with an average number of people close to the top two films on the list. The romantic comedy starring Carrey Chan and Wei Shiya collected another HK$720,000 in seven days, down less than 30% from the previous week, and the cumulative box office in four weeks has exceeded HK$5.1 million. Zhao Shanheng's "One Second Boxer" was screened 75 times in a single day on the weekend, and the average number of people per game was similar to that of "Not Getting Married in a Day", receiving another 660,000 Hong Kong dollars in seven days a week, and the cumulative box office has reached 16.14 million Hong Kong dollars, and the final landing point will be about 17 million Hong Kong dollars.
The feature film "Father Trapped in Time", which has just won this year's Oscar, continues to get word-of-mouth bonuses, averaging about 70 shows per day in 15 theaters on weekends, with an average of 36 people in the top ten; the film collected another HK$730,000 in seven days this week, down 18% from the previous week, and the cumulative box office in three weeks has reached about HK$2.5 million, and its follow-up trend will continue to receive awards season bonuses, and the film has been confirmed to be introduced to the mainland. The other two award-winning works, "Minari" and "Girl with a Bright Future", also began painting last week, but only received HK$270,000 and HK$400,000 in the first week, respectively, and did not stimulate too many audiences.
Among other old films, the game adaptation film "Mortal Kombat" was screened about 80 times a day on Sunday, and received another BOX OFFICE OF 710,000 Hong Kong dollars in seven days a week, ranking fifth in the weekend list; the film that has just won the opening title in North America has reached a cumulative box office of HK$4.34 million in Hong Kong, and the final landing point is expected to be around HK$5 million. Monster giant "Godzilla vs King Kong" closed nearly HK$600,000 in seven days in a single week, also down 57% from the previous week, and the cumulative box office has risen to more than HK$34.6 million, and its Hong Kong will eventually hit HK$35 million.
The New Zealand horror film "The Game of 100 Candles" (Hong Kong translation: DeadLy Night) released by Universal and VII Pillars was the strongest new film last week, showing nearly 100 performances in 42 theaters in the first week of the film, with an average of 32 people. The film grossed just over HK$200,000 on a single day on Saturday, failing to match two old films and only ranking third at the weekend box office, while ranking sixth in the weekly box office. The film tells the story of a group of friends who have to face their fears in a terrible game.
The anti-epidemic theme film "Always Have Love in Isolation" released by the world opened in Hong Kong last Thursday, and was screened in 49 theaters in the first weekend with an average of 160 performances per day, the largest scale of new films, and only received HK$494,000 in the first four days, ranking ninth in the single week. The film is co-produced by more than ten film companies in Hong Kong for the purpose of supporting filmmakers, and the luxurious starring cast includes Tsang Chi Wai, Koo Tin Lok, Leung Ka Fai and so on. Due to the low-key production process and publicity of the film, its market performance is relatively flat, and it is expected that its final box office will only be aimed at one million Hong Kong dollars.
Mainland Spring Festival champion "Hello, Li Huanying" weekend single-day results are still close to "There is always love in isolation", continuing to rank in the top ten of the single day, but it has fallen out of the top ten in the weekly list. As of Sunday, the film, directed and starred by Jia Ling, has approached HK$3 million at the Hong Kong box office. The Spring Festival blockbuster "Assassination of a Novelist", which also achieved a box office of more than 1 billion yuan in the mainland, performed extremely dismal in its first week in Hong Kong, receiving less than HK$100,000 in its first week, becoming market cannon fodder.
The Japanese animation "Detective Conan: The Bullet of Color" received another HK$470,000 the next week of its release in Hong Kong, continuing to rank tenth in the weekend list, with a total of only HK$1.15 million in two weeks.
(Note: Unless otherwise specified, the box office units in this article are all in Hong Kong dollars.)