The second local re-run of The Impossible Trial, a home-grown Hong Kong musical, sparked a ticket-buying frenzy after its return from a sold-out tour in Shanghai and Beijing. On July 30, the official ticketing platform Popticket saw as many as 52,000 users joining the virtual queue. They were going after the 8,000 tickets released at…
Hong Kong blockbuster The Last Dance has won two awards in Italy’s popular Udine Far East Film Festival, the latest in a string of other recent accolades. It is the only Hong Kong film to win an award at this year’s festival, the organiser announced on Saturday. The drama earned nearly HK$170 million (US$21.9 million)…
Actor and comedian Dayo Wong Tze-wah’s drama, The Last Dance, has broken box office records as the highest-grossing Chinese-language film ever in Hong Kong after opening in cinemas four weeks ago. Featuring Wong, veteran actor Michael Hui Koon-man and actress Michelle Wai, it had raked in more than HK$122 million as of Saturday morning, the…
Actor and comedian Dayo Wong Tze-wah’s drama, The Last Dance, has broken box office records as the highest-grossing Chinese-language film ever in Hong Kong after opening in cinemas four weeks ago. Featuring Wong, veteran actor Michael Hui Koon-man and actress Michelle Wai, it had raked in more than HK$122 million as of Saturday morning, the…