Hong Kong film " Kowloon Walled City: The Siege " was released for more than 3 minutes and took the lead to break through the 100 million box office, becoming the first May 1st movie to break the 100 million box office.
A total of 8 new films will be released on May Day this year, including 5 live-action films and three animated films. Among the live-action movies, they cover many themes such as action movies, comedies, suspense movies, and romance movies. There are popular stars Wang Yibo , Yang Mi , etc., as well as powerful veteran Hong Kong stars such as Louis Koo, Sammo Hung, and Ren Xianqi . , it can be said that this May Day stall has everything you want, enough for everyone to choose from.
Among these 8 movies, the most eye-catching performance is the Hong Kong movie "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" starring Louis Koo. Before the film was released, the pre-sale box office was close to 100 million, directly leading the May 1st film, and the box office was more than the second place "Spy House" and the third place "Peace Keepers" combined.
On the first day of the May Day holiday, "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" took the lead in breaking through the 100 million box office, becoming the first May Day movie to break the 100 million box office this year. Speaking of which, Hong Kong films have not had such good results for many years, so Louis Koo's new film can be said to reignite the glory of Hong Kong films.
And the reputation of the film is also very explosive. Netizens who have watched the movie have said that they have not seen such hearty martial arts design in a long time. It is full of punches and violent aesthetics of Hong Kong comics. Frankly speaking, this is a pure old Hong Kong film. smell. Some netizens said that the film is the strongest Chinese action film after " Fury·Serious Case ". You must know that "Fury: Crime" is currently the box office champion of Hong Kong movies, and netizens have given such evaluations. This shows how highly everyone rates " Kowloon Walled City ".
However, although the reputation of "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" has exploded, it is estimated that it will be very difficult to surpass "The Case of Fury" at the box office. Ticketing websites have already given estimates on this point, and the film is expected to have a final box office of around 450 million. Although the box office is not high, it is the film with the highest expected box office on May 1st.
In fact, the reason why the box office was not high in the end was not a matter of film quality, but an issue involving the interests of the cinema. Because of the movie share, Hong Kong movies have always been low in the rankings. Judging from the film schedule on the premiere day, "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" only had 9% of the film schedule, which is far inferior to Wang Yibo's "Peacekeeping Riot Squad", which had a premiere day film schedule of 26.8%. Because of such a high film schedule, the film became the second film after "Kowloon Walled City" to exceed 100 million. And the total box office has surpassed the previous high-sale pre-sales of "Kowloon Walled City" and "Spy House".
What's interesting is that although "Peacekeeping Riot Squad" has a high film schedule, its attendance rate is far less than that of "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City". And not only that, the reason for the sudden surge in box office of "Peace Keepers", in addition to exclusion, is that the film's ticket price is the highest among all movies. This also caused "Kowloon Walled City" to lose its previous leading position on its premiere day.
Although, this will cause "Kowloon Walled City" to lose a large part of its box office due to its explosive reputation. But judging from the quality of the film, the film still received unanimous praise from netizens. Therefore, some netizens also joked that the door to Hong Kong movies that was closed by Aaron Kwok has now been opened by Louis Koo. It can be said that "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" is definitely a good movie worth watching this year's May Day.
