Hong Kong science fiction blockbuster Back to the Past has overtaken A Guilty Conscience and The Last Dance to become the highest-grossing film in its opening week. Industry body Hong Kong Box Office Limited on Tuesday said that Back to the Past, starring Louis Koo Tin-lok and Raymond Lam Fung, had earned a cumulative HK$45.4…
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)…