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HKFP
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- HKFP
Sales for Hong Kong's Cinema Day begin with tickets priced at HK$30
Sales for Hong Kong's annual Cinema Day have begun, with tickets at theatres across the city up for grabs for HK$30. Organised by the Hong Kong Theatres Association, Cinema Day will take place on Saturday. Ticketing started at the box offices and online at noon on Wednesday. By 5pm, tickets were still readily available at most theatres, according to the ticketing websites of major cinema chains MCL, Emperor Cinemas, and Broadway Circuit. There was also no wait time to access the websites by late Wednesday afternoon, although there was a brief five-minute queue when an HKFP reporter visited the MCL and Emperor Cinemas websites at around 2pm. The movies that appeared most in demand included local dramas The Dumpling Queen and Vital Signs, Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts*, and an extended cut of The Last Dance, a homegrown melodrama released last year that became the city's highest-grossing domestic film. All tickets will be HK$30 on Saturday, except for morning shows for senior citizens, for which the price falls below HK$30. Saturday will be the city's third Cinema Day. The event was first introduced in 2023 as part of the government's 'Happy Hong Kong' campaign, meant to boost consumption and the economy amid the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the Hong Kong Theatres Association, the last two Cinema Days broke records for the highest single-day attendance figures. Hong Kong's cinema scene has taken a hit since Covid-19, when restrictions ordered the closure of theatres for months at a time. Multiple cinemas, as well as major theatre chain UA Cinemas, have since closed. Last year, nine local cinemas shut as overall box office receipts in Hong Kong marked the weakest performance since 2011, according to figures compiled by Hong Kong Box Office Limited. Most recently, Newport Theatre in Mong Kok and President Theatre in Causeway Bay – both operated by Newport Circuit – closed in April. The closures left Hyland Theatre in Tuen Mun as the company's last cinema.
Times
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Kapow! China turns its back on Marvel movies
Among its retaliatory strikes for President Trump's tariff war, Beijing targeted Hollywood movies, threatening to deny them Chinese ticket sales. It may not need to. Initial figures for the latest Marvel superhero film, Thunderbolts* — the first Hollywood blockbuster to premiere in China since Trump's 'liberation day', when his tariffs were announced — suggest local audiences will not need anything as official as a ban to stay away. Opening on Wednesday, it took just 18 million yuan (£1.9 million), well behind The Dumpling Queen, a Chinese-language rags-to-riches biopic about a Hong Kong fast-food magnate that arrived in cinemas the same night. It was the lowest opening figure for a Marvel film in China for more than a decade. By Thursday, a May Day public
RTHK
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- RTHK
Hong Kong films reign during May Day break in China
Hong Kong films reign during May Day break in China 'The Dumpling Queen' is projected to finish with earnings of around 387 million yuan. Photo: courtesy of Mandarin Motion Pictures China's May Day holiday box office revenue, including presales, has surpassed 400 million yuan as of Saturday morning, according to film data platform Maoyan, with Andrew Lau's "The Dumpling Queen" topping the chart. The five-day holiday, running from May 1 to 5, is being led by the fact-based drama starring popular comedienne Ma Li. The film traces the journey of a Hong Kong street food vendor who becomes the founder of a household frozen food brand. "The Dumpling Queen" has already grossed around 100 million yuan, and is projected to finish with earnings of approximately 387 million yuan in the mainland, according to Maoyan forecasts. Second spot was filled by "A Gilded Game," a financial crime thriller from prolific Hong Kong director Herman Yau – starring Andy Lau and Oho Ou. Centered on high-stakes fraud and market manipulation, the film has taken in roughly 70 million yuan so far. Completing the top three on Saturday morning was Studio Ghibli's "Princess Mononoke," marking its first-ever theatrical release in the Chinese mainland. Originally released in Japan in 1997, this environmental epic is widely regarded as Hayao Miyazaki's breakout international hit. While 2025 May Day box office growth is lagging behind the same period of the past two years, its diverse lineup has drawn varied audiences. (Xinhua)
South China Morning Post
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
The Dumpling Queen movie review: Andrew Lau depicts founding of a Hong Kong food brand
2.5/5 stars Advertisement The inspiring true story behind the founding of an iconic Hong Kong food brand receives a largely uninspired retelling in The Dumpling Queen, a glossy if unabashedly melodramatic and run-of-the-mill biopic set primarily in the city in the late 1970s and 80s. The Dumpling Queen tells the rags-to-riches story of Wanchai Ferry founder Zang Jianhe (or Chong Kin-wo ), played by Chinese comic actress Ma Li without even a hint of humour. It begins in 1977 in Qingdao, Shandong province, where the mother of two young daughters bids farewell to her own mother and sister before travelling to Hong Kong to meet her husband (Kenny Wong Tak-bun) after four years apart. Advertisement However, upon arriving at the border railway station, Lo Wu, she learns that, under the influence of his wicked mother (Nina Paw Hee-ching), he has left her and married another woman, who has borne him a son in Thailand. Zang soon decides to leave him for good.
