21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New Straits Times
#SHOWBIZ: 'The Last Dance' among Malaysia's top Chinese films
KUALA LUMPUR: The Last Dance, the popular Chinese movie screened late last year, has now garnered RM18.8 million at the box office, to become one of the Top 10 best selling Chinese movies in Malaysia.
The movie produced, directed and co-written by Anselm Chan and starring Hong Kong superstars Michael Hui and Dayo Wong, as well as Michelle Wai, Tommy Chu and Catherine Chau, is the highest-grossing Hong Kong movie in Malaysia over the last six years.
A statement from its distributors Lotus Five Star and Five Star AV yesterday said that it had collected over HK$166 million (RM93.6 million) in Hong Kong and Macau, to become one of the highest-grossing movies in both territories.
The Last Dance has also received critical acclaim and numerous accolades including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor, with a record-breaking 18 nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards this year.
The film also has an extended version which includes 13 minutes of never-before-seen footage, currently being screened in cinemas.
The Last Dance explores themes related to Hong Kong's deathcare and follows a wedding planner (Wong) who enters the funeral industry through a partnership with a traditional Taoist priest (Hui), seeking to understand the meaning of life and death through funeral rituals.
