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South China Morning Post
22-02-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Mainland China's Ne Zha 2 earns HK$5.5 million on first day in Hong Kong
Published: 8:44pm, 22 Feb 2025 Updated: 8:48pm, 22 Feb 2025 Mainland Chinese animated blockbuster Ne Zha 2 raked in about HK$5.5 million (US$707,750) upon its debut in Hong Kong on Saturday, with some screenings for the following day already sold out. Children with parents in tow joined other residents in lines outside cinemas across the city, while several patriotic groups organised private screenings to support what has become the highest-grossing film to emerge from China, earning nearly US$1.8 billion worldwide since its release last month. According to film information platform Wmoov, Ne Zha 2 led Hong Kong's box office on Saturday, drawing more than 63,000 viewers and generating about HK$5.5 million in ticket sales as of 6pm. The film had more than 600 screenings on Saturday. In distant second place was the local award-winning drama The Way We Talk , which sold about 8,000 tickets and made about HK$705,000. Three afternoon screenings at the MCL Cheung Sha Wan cinema were sold out, while only a few tickets for other times remained. Several screenings at CineArt House in Causeway Bay were also boasting full houses. Sai Kung district councillor Christine Fong Kwok-shan organised three private screenings for residents. The roughly 800 tickets she bought were quickly snapped up, and many of those who attended were parents with children. Fong, who played the role of Ne Zha in the 1986 TV drama The Boy Fighter from Heaven , said she organised the screenings to support the film as well as the development of movie industries in the city and on the mainland.
South China Morning Post
19-02-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Mainland blockbuster Ne Zha 2 to hit Hong Kong< Macau screens on Saturday
Mainland Chinese box-office smash Ne Zha 2 will hit Hong Kong cinema screens on Saturday following a delay caused by a dispute among distributors, with some shopping centres rolling out perks to attract visitors. The Hong Kong premiere of Ne Zha 2 was held at CineArt House in Causeway Bay on Tuesday night and was attended by Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law Shuk-pui and Peter Lam Kin-ngok, whose return as Tourism Board chairman was announced on Wednesday morning. Lam's Lai Sun Development is the parent company of filmmaker Media Asia Entertainment Group. The animated film, a fantasy adventure based on Chinese mythology, is a sequel to the first Ne Zha movie released in 2019. It has amassed box-office receipts of 12.3 billion yuan worldwide, including on the mainland, making it the highest grossing animated film globally, surpassing Pixar's Inside Out 2 . To boost business amid a weaker economy, developer Sun Hung Kai Properties will roll out promotions at its Apm shopping centre in Kwun Tong and Tai Po Mega Mall by giving away free two tickets to Ne Zha 2 to consumers who spend at least HK$1,000. Mainland media reported that the film's release in the city and Macau on Saturday was arranged 'under the guidance of the China Film Administration, and with the strong coordination of the liaison office of the central government in Hong Kong and relevant departments of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government'.
