The new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong, China, has finally been successfully controlled, and the number of new cases in Hong Kong in a single day has dropped to about 10, and the number of cases of unknown origin has basically cleared. Only three weak foreign films were released at the end of last week, and thanks to the better trend of some old films, the single-week market fell only slightly by 13%, and the single-week market in Hong Kong remained at about 13 million. And this Wednesday, Legendary Pictures' Hollywood monster blockbuster "Godzilla vs King Kong" made its debut in Hong Kong, showing 630 shows in 53 theaters on the first day, recording a good performance of about 41 people, and the single film accounted for nearly 70% of the market share; the film won 1.95 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office on the first day of the opening, setting the best first day of this round of theater resumption, starting second only to the Japanese animation "Devil's Blade: Wireless Train" in the epidemic era, Nolan's "Creed" and the Korean film "Busan Line 2". "Godzilla vs King Kong" fell 16% the next day, and has already grossed HK$3.6 million in the two days of release in Hong Kong, and is expected to exceed HK$10 million in the first five days.
Looking at the market ranking last week, the new Hong Kong film "One Second Boxer" successfully counterattacked the next week, slightly surpassing "Spiritual Journey" to reach the top of the single-week box office list. Pixar's animation "Journey of the Mind" fell by about 30% in the fifth week of release, retreating to the second place in the single-week box office; Disney animation "Dragon Quest" collected more than HK$1.8 million the following week, still ranking third at the weekend box office. The live-action version of "Tom and Jerry" closed nearly one million Hong Kong dollars the following week, rising to fourth place on the list; and "Bomb Disposal Expert 2" starring Andy Lau fell by more than half and retreated to fifth place in the weekly list.
The new Hong Kong-made film "One Second Boxer", which was released by Universal and directed by Zhao Shanheng, successfully counterattacked "Spiritual Journey" the next week and successfully topped the single-day box office list. The film remained screened in 54 theaters over the weekend, with more than 290 more screenings in a single day, with an average of more than 44 people per game, and even better than the opening weekend. Starring Chow Kwok-hyun, Lin Mingzhen and Channon Sanding Tenggu, the boxing-themed film achieved nearly HK$900,000 in a single day the following weekend, still narrowly outperforming "Psychic Journey" and winning the weekend box office championship. "One Second Boxer" received a total of HK$3.72 million at the box office in the next seven days, surpassing "Psychic Journey" with an advantage of about 200,000 yuan, becoming the second Hong Kong film to win the championship in a single week after the resumption of work after "Bomb Disposal Expert 2". "One Second Boxer" tells an inspirational story about a boxer, with a strong local flavor and a good reputation, followed by a 46% weekly box office increase, which should eventually easily break through HK$10 million.
Disney's latest Pixar animation "Psychic Journey" was fiercely competitive with "One Second Boxer" in the fifth weekend, remaining in 51 theaters on the weekend, showing about 330 shows per day, and the average number of performances fell to about 39 people. Directed by Oscar-winning "Brain Agents" director Peter Doggett, the new work still grossed about HK$850,000 in a single day on the weekend, only 20,000 Hong Kong dollars behind the single-day champion "One Second Boxer", and the trend is also quite strong; the film has received another 3.51 million Hong Kong dollars in seven days a week, down 32% from the previous week, giving up the throne of three weeks. As of Sunday, the cumulative box office of this original animation masterpiece in Hong Kong has reached HK$24.2 million, the highest-achieving film since the resumption of work for the time being. This film is about to be affected by "Godzilla vs King Kong", and the final result is expected to hit HK$30 million, but it is still expected to reach about three times the last Pixar work "1/2 magic".
Disney's other animation, The Dragon Quest, was screened in 52 theaters the following weekend, nearly a quarter from its first week and an average of about 33 people. The fantasy adventure film, co-directed by Academy Award director Don Hall and up-and-coming director Carlos Lopez Estrada, maintained a single-day box office of more than HK500,000 on the weekend, although it was far from the top two films, but it was also significantly ahead of other films. Disney Animation's 59th feature film received another HK$1.83 million in seven days the following week, accumulating HK$4.28 million in two weeks. According to the current momentum, the film's final box office in Hong Kong is likely to be less than a quarter of "Psychic Journey".
Warner's live-action version of "Tom and Jerry" was screened an average of about 110 times a day the following weekend, and the average weekend fell to 32 people, close to "Dragon Quest". The film, which combines live-action and computer CG, opened with a single-day box office of only HK$260,000 on Saturday, less than half of "The Legend of the Dragon"; the film only received HK$970,000 the next seven days, surpassing "Bomb Disposal Expert 2" to rise to the fourth place in the list, but under the influence of word-of-mouth, the trend is also relatively mediocre. After 11 days of release, "Tom and Jerry" grossed only HK$2.2 million at the Hong Kong box office, and its final landing point is expected to be less than HK$4 million. As of now, the $79 million family fun work has approached $80 million in global box office.
The crime action film "Bomb Disposal Expert 2" distributed by Huanyu and directed by Qiu Litao was cut to 70 on weekends, and the average number of people per game was still about 30. The sequel, which was co-produced by Andy Lau and Liu Qingyun, continued to be diverted by new films, and the weekend single-day box office has fallen to about HK$120,000. Five weeks after its release, the cumulative box office of "Bomb Disposal Expert 2" in Hong Kong has reached HK$18.89 million, and according to the current momentum, it is still expected to hit HK$20 million.
The Thai film "Trick to Love You", released by Anle, was the strongest new film last week, showing about 100 shows a day in 40 theaters in the first weekend, with an average of 28 people recording a bland performance. The Thai comedy opened with just HK$570,000 on the weekend, outperforming other new films and ranking sixth on the weekly charts. The American thriller "Songbird", which was released by the directive, was only screened 85 times a day on the opening weekend, and the average performance of 20 people was not recorded, and only 370,000 Hong Kong dollars was collected in the first four days, ranking eighth in the single-week list. The Japanese horror film "Strange Talk of the House" only screened more than 50 times a day in the first weekend, with an average of 32 people per game, surpassing the end of "Cheating like you", selling only 320,000 Hong Kong dollars in four days, and only barely ranked among the top ten of the weekend list.
Huang Xiuping's new film "Crazy Dance" received another HK$430,000 in seven days this week, down 54% from the previous week, and the cumulative box office in the five weeks of release has reached HK$8.34 million, and finally there is no hope of impacting the 10 million mark. DC comic film "Wonder Woman 1984" collected another HK$267,000 in seven days this week, and only HK$8.55 million was collected in Hong Kong, and the final landing point will be below HK$9 million.
Other old films worth paying attention to, Andy Lau and Xiao Yang's "Surging Crowds" only received HK$250,000 in two weeks, which was coldly received; while "Emergency Rescue" directed by Lin Chaoxian has only received HK$1.96 million so far, and the results are also relatively dismal. "Devil's Blade: Infinite Train" has received a total of HK$30.95 million in Hong Kong.
(Note: Unless otherwise specified, the box office units in this article are all in Hong Kong dollars.) ）