The Hong Kong film "The Siege of the Kowloon Walled City" starring Louis Koo, Sammo Hung, Lin Feng, Ren Xianqi, Liu Junqian and others has been full of momentum since its official release on May 1, and is generally regarded as expected to surpass "The Poisonous Tongue" to become the overall champion of Chinese films in Hong Kong film history. But unfortunately, the box office growth of the film was slow after it broke 100 million, so that it basically lost the possibility of competing for the championship after 3 months of release.
However, perhaps because of the unwillingness to be just one step away from the championship, the release time of "The Siege of the Kowloon Walled City" was delayed again and again, and it continued to be released in theaters in September, although the box office growth has been minimal. Recently, because the film was selected as the best international feature film award for the representative of the mainland port area to participate in the "97th Academy Awards", the film company is determined to hold a star thank you box office and strive for another wave of box office.
It is reported that at least one of the star thank-you tickets for "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" has been confirmed, which will be held at 3:20 pm on October 6, when Louis Koo, Lin Feng, Liu Junqian, Wu Yunlong, Hu Zitong, Zhang Wenjie and other actors will appear; Tickets go on sale at 1 p.m. on September 27, and although it is not known what the ticket price will be, it is likely to be more expensive than regular tickets. The following is a screenshot of the promotional poster of the thank-you ticket event:
In addition, in order to build momentum for the box office event and make another contribution to the box office growth, the cast of "The Siege of the Kowloon Walled City" has been working Instagram and other social accounts for several days. The following is a screenshot of Lin Feng's Instagram post:
The editor checked the information, the total box office in Hong Kong of "The Poisonous Tongue" is about 115 million Hong Kong dollars (the total number of days of release is about 100 days), and the current Hong Kong box office of "The Siege of the Kowloon Walled City" is 110 million Hong Kong dollars (it has been 148 days since it was released), and the gap is not too big. Considering that there are at least 10 days to go, during which there are major benefits such as National Day prime time, Oscar nominations, etc., coupled with the blessing of the all-star thank you ticket office, it is not impossible for "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" to surpass the box office.
In all fairness, it is good to have a back wave surpass the previous wave, the film industry needs to continue to make progress and constantly refresh records, but this kind of transcendence should be based on relative fairness, with significantly more release days and a better proportion of films, and the gold content of this kind of championship needs to be discounted to a certain extent. This is somewhat similar to Jordan and James, the former has scored 32,292 points in 1,072 regular season games and 5,987 points in 179 playoff games, and the latter has scored 40,474 points in 1,492 regular season games and 8,162 points in 287 playoff games. Self-explanatory.