The Lunar New Year movie “The Poisonous Tongue” has continued to go strong since it was released on January 21, and has continued to set new records at the box office. As of noon yesterday (18/2), the box office has reached $96 million. I believe that it only takes a few more days to set a new record in the history of Hong Kong movies and break through the 100 million mark!
As a Hong Kong film, it is gratifying to break through the 100 million mark and go to this new field, but what is more meaningful is that this number is enough for Hong Kong films to regain the top ten box office positions of Chinese and Western films that have been lost for many years. The fact is that since the box office of “Titanic” broke through 100 million 25 years ago, the trend of western movies has been booming. “Jurassic Park” series, “Batman” series, “Avatar”, Disney and Pixar animation, and ten more Marvel Studios, which has dominated for many years, has completely occupied the top 20 box office positions of Chinese and Western films in Hong Kong, and Hong Kong films are sighing.
Until last year, “Tomorrow’s War”, which was produced and starred by Gu Tianle, had a box office of $82 million, successfully ranking among the top 20 as a Hong Kong film. Coming to this year’s “Poisonous Tongue”, Huang Zihua once again showed his box office elixir qualities after “Food and Drama”, and was able to break through the 100 million mark within a few days, temporarily hovering between 13th and 14th.
If the momentum remains undiminished, and after breaking through 100 million, it will increase by 6 million. At that time, it will be able to force out “Iron Man 3”, which ranked tenth in Shanghai in 2013, with a box office of $106.3 million that year. “Status” led Hong Kong films back to the top ten box office positions in China and the West. In an earlier interview with Popcorn Weekly, Dayo Wong said with a smile that his role is to uphold justice and satisfy the spirit of chivalry. The title of the play should be “Law Man” (taken from the homonym of “攞明”). This time “Law Man” is really true. He has a chance to become a superhero in Hong Kong movies and successfully defeated “Iron Man”.
