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Business Wire
23-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
AMTD Movie "A Gilded Game" Exceeded USD36 Million in Box Office in 23 Days
PARIS & NEW YORK & SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AMTD Group Inc. ("AMTD" or the "Group"), alongside The Generation Essentials Group ('TGE'), a subsidiary of the Group under AMTD Digital, jointly announced that AMTD's latest release, A Gilded Game (the 'Movie'), continues to garner widespread enthusiasm from audiences. In just 23 days since its launch, the Movie has grossed over RMB263 million and attracted approximately 6.58 million viewers. Among all films currently screening in China, the Movie has recorded the highest average attendance per session over the past nine consecutive days and maintained the highest theatre occupancy rate over the past two days. It experienced counter-trend growth in box office, with its market performance steadily gaining momentum. The Movie's success extends beyond Chinese Mainland, with releases in Hong Kong SAR, Malaysia, North America, Australia, and New Zealand etc., where it continues to garner positive reviews and widespread acclaim. AMTD is the production company of the Movie, with Dr. Calvin Choi, founder of AMTD IDEA Group and AMTD Digital, serving as both producer and executive producer. About AMTD Group AMTD Group is a conglomerate with a core business portfolio spanning across media and entertainment, education and training, and premium assets and hospitality sectors. About AMTD IDEA Group AMTD IDEA Group (NYSE: AMTD; SGX: HKB) represents a diversified institution and digital solutions group connecting companies and investors with global markets. Its comprehensive one-stop business services plus digital solutions platform addresses different clients' diverse and inter-connected business needs and digital requirements across all phases of their life cycles. AMTD IDEA Group is uniquely positioned as an active super connector between clients, business partners, investee companies, and investors, connecting the East and the West. For more information, please visit or follow us on X (formerly known as 'Twitter") at @AMTDGroup. About AMTD Digital Inc. AMTD Digital Inc. (NYSE: HKD) is a comprehensive digital solutions platform headquartered in France. Its one-stop digital solutions platform operates key business lines including digital media, content and marketing services, investments as well as hospitality and VIP services. For AMTD Digital's announcements, please visit Safe Harbor Statement This press release contains statements that may constitute 'forward-looking' statements pursuant to the 'safe harbor' provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as 'will,' 'expects,' 'anticipates,' 'aims,' 'future,' 'intends,' 'plans,' 'believes,' 'estimates,' 'likely to,' and similar statements. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the beliefs, plans, and expectations of AMTD IDEA Group and/or AMTD Digital, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the filings of AMTD IDEA Group and/or AMTD Digital with the SEC. All information provided in this press release is as of the date of this press release, and neither AMTD IDEA Group nor AMTD Digital undertakes any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
AMTD Movie "A Gilded Game" Exceeded USD36 Million in Box Office in 23 Days
PARIS & NEW YORK & SINGAPORE, May 23, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AMTD Group Inc. ("AMTD" or the "Group"), alongside The Generation Essentials Group ("TGE"), a subsidiary of the Group under AMTD Digital, jointly announced that AMTD's latest release, A Gilded Game (the "Movie"), continues to garner widespread enthusiasm from audiences. In just 23 days since its launch, the Movie has grossed over RMB263 million and attracted approximately 6.58 million viewers. Among all films currently screening in China, the Movie has recorded the highest average attendance per session over the past nine consecutive days and maintained the highest theatre occupancy rate over the past two days. It experienced counter-trend growth in box office, with its market performance steadily gaining momentum. The Movie's success extends beyond Chinese Mainland, with releases in Hong Kong SAR, Malaysia, North America, Australia, and New Zealand etc., where it continues to garner positive reviews and widespread acclaim. AMTD is the production company of the Movie, with Dr. Calvin Choi, founder of AMTD IDEA Group and AMTD Digital, serving as both producer and executive producer. About AMTD Group AMTD Group is a conglomerate with a core business portfolio spanning across media and entertainment, education and training, and premium assets and hospitality sectors. About AMTD IDEA Group AMTD IDEA Group (NYSE: AMTD; SGX: HKB) represents a diversified institution and digital solutions group connecting companies and investors with global markets. Its comprehensive one-stop business services plus digital solutions platform addresses different clients' diverse and inter-connected business needs and digital requirements across all phases of their life cycles. AMTD IDEA Group is uniquely positioned as an active super connector between clients, business partners, investee companies, and investors, connecting the East and the West. For more information, please visit or follow us on X (formerly known as "Twitter") at @AMTDGroup. About AMTD Digital Inc. AMTD Digital Inc. (NYSE: HKD) is a comprehensive digital solutions platform headquartered in France. Its one-stop digital solutions platform operates key business lines including digital media, content and marketing services, investments as well as hospitality and VIP services. For AMTD Digital's announcements, please visit Safe Harbor Statement This press release contains statements that may constitute "forward-looking" statements pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "aims," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "likely to," and similar statements. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the beliefs, plans, and expectations of AMTD IDEA Group and/or AMTD Digital, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the filings of AMTD IDEA Group and/or AMTD Digital with the SEC. All information provided in this press release is as of the date of this press release, and neither AMTD IDEA Group nor AMTD Digital undertakes any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law. View source version on Contacts For AMTD IDEA Group:IR OfficeAMTD IDEA GroupEMAIL: ir@ For AMTD Digital Inc.:IR OfficeAMTD Digital ir@ Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
New Straits Times
21-05-2025
- Business
- New Straits Times
#SHOWBIZ: Andy Lau accepts 70 per cent pay cut for thriller role
HONG KONG: Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau recently took a 70 per cent pay cut to appear in Herman Yau's crime-thriller, A Gilded Game. Dimsun Daily reported that Lau revealed investors were hesitant to finance a film about finance that lacked explosions and fast-paced sequences. "I'm not afraid to reveal that all of us took just one-third of our usual salaries to allow most of the budget to be used for the completion of the film," Lau said. "As a result, the budget for A Gilded Game was only 20 per cent of that of previous films Yau had directed and which starred me." In A Gilded Game, Lau portrays an equity analyst with unwavering principles, who becomes a mentor to a new finance graduate faced with a moral dilemma.
The Star
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Star
Andy Lau takes 70% pay cut to star in new thriller
Compiled by C. ARUNO, JUNAID IBRAHIM and R. ARAVINTHAN HONG KONG superstar Andy Lau (pic) took a nearly 70% pay cut just to appear in Herman Yau's crime-thriller A Gilded Game, reported China Press. 'I'm not afraid to reveal that all of us took just one-third of our usual salaries to allow most of the budget to be used in the completion of the film,' he told reporters. According to Lau, investors were reluctant to pour money into a film about finance which does not have explosions or fast-paced action sequences. Therefore, the budget for A Gilded Game was only 20% that of the previous films Yau had directed and starred Lau, he said. 'This film is an exception where I lowered my fees. I still get paid handsomely in other movies!' Lau added. In A Gilded Game, Lau plays an equity analyst with unbending principles and a mentor to a new finance graduate who was presented with a moral dilemma halfway into the film. > The daily also reported that a rehabilitation therapist in Chengdu, China, sparked a discussion online after she claimed that she earned more working part-time at a recycling station. From 8.30am to 5.30pm, 26-year-old Xiong works as a rehabilitation therapist at a hospital in Chengdu, specialising in helping elderly patients. After she finishes her shift, Xiong continues working at a recycling station her parents own, until 10pm. At the station, Xiong is responsible for collecting and sorting scrap metal, adding that the physical labour gave her toned arms. She added that she started helping her parents when she was in primary school and does not mind continuing as an adult. 'It earns money – why would I mind? 'My monthly salary at the hospital is 4,000 yuan (RM2,382). I earn more from recycling,' she said. The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
New Straits Times
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New Straits Times
#SHOWBIZ: Andy Lau's daughter's classmates once doubted he was her father
HONG KONG: During a recent interview to promote his new movie A Gilded Game, Hong Kong legend Andy Lau shared an interesting story about his 13-year-old daughter Hanna. Lau, 64, revealed that Hanna once tried to impress her classmates by declaring, "My father is Andy Lau". However, most of them did not believe her. When asked by the host if Hanna ever asked him to come forward and prove to her classmates that he was really her father, the superstar said no. "She says it is just for fun. If I really showed up at her school, it might cause a commotion," he added. Fortunately for Hanna, her classmates now believe her, as she was seen with several of them in the front row at Lau's concert last December. Lau is known to be fiercely protective of his family, often keeping his private life under wraps. The actor once revealed in an interview that Hanna did not own a phone – just a tablet for school-related matters. He also monitors Hanna whenever she uses the Internet. "She doesn't have a social media account. The online world is beyond my control, so I try my best to keep it out of her reach."
