Hong Kong’s field workplace in 2024 noticed native movies file a much bigger market share than Hollywood blockbusters for the primary time since 2004, however total takings for the yr dropped 6.2% to $172.7m (HK$1.34bn) – the bottom in 13 years.
In a uncommon coup, two native hits topped the annual chart. Soi Cheang’s motion function Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In and Anselm Chan’s funeral enterprise drama The Final Dance made historical past because the second and third native movie to ever attain the HK$100m milestone, taking $13.94m (HK$108.44bn) and $18.28m (HK$142.26bn) respectively. The latter additionally smashed all data to turn out to be the largest Hong Kong and Chinese language-language movie of all time.
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The largest international movies have been Pixar animation Inside Out 2 and Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine, which ranked third and fourth respectively.
It was equally uncommon to have 5 Hong Kong movies rank within the prime 10 as Hollywood tentpoles usually dominate the chart. The opposite three from Hong Kong have been Anthony Pun’s radiation catastrophe movie Cesium Fallout, and two Chinese language New 12 months titles – Sunny Chan’s ensemble household comedy Desk For Six 2 and Yuen Kim Wai’s heist movie The Moon Thieves.
Regardless of the 2 record-breaking native hits, it remained a difficult yr for Hong Kong cinema because the annual field workplace plunged to the bottom in 13 years (excluding the Covid pandemic years). In 2011, the whole field workplace was $178.96m (HK$1.39bn), which was nonetheless 3.5% greater than 2024.
Over the Christmas holidays (December 24-26), total takings climbed by 6.9% year-on-year to $2.69m (HK$20.93m), however it was nonetheless down by 36% on 2022. Main the three-day Christmas field workplace was motion thriller The Prosecutor, directed by and starring Donnie Yen, which opened on December 21. A complete of 5 Hong Kong movies have been within the prime 10, which additionally included new releases akin to Jill Leung’s romantic fantasy drama Final Track For You and Philip Yung’s heavy-hearted household drama Papa alongside holdovers The Final Dance and Cesium Fallout.
The Hong Kong Field Workplace, a subsidiary of the Hong Kong Movement Image Trade Affiliation (MPIA) and the Hong Kong Theatres Affiliation, additionally offered a second set of knowledge that mixed Hong Kong and Macau when launched the 2024 annual field workplace. The mixed field workplace was $182.73m (HK$1.42bn), in comparison with $172.72m (HK$1.34bn) for Hong Kong solely. Macau is a tiny enclave, only a brief ferry journey from Hong Kong.
Hong Kong field workplace 2024
1. The Final Dance* / $18.28m (HK$142.26m)
2. Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In / $13.94m (HK$108.44m)
3. Inside Out 2 / $10.86m (HK$84.52m)
4. Deadpool & Wolverine / $6.17m (HK$48.05m)
5. Cesium Fallout* / $5.27m (HK$41.05m)
6. Desk For Six 2 / $4.78m (HK$37.36m)
7. Dune: Half Two / $4.62m (HK$35.98m)
8. Despicable Me 4 / $4.56m (HK$35.52m)
9. The Moon Thieves / $3.54m (HK$27.54m)
10. Alien: Romulus / $3.3m (HK$25.4m)
* nonetheless on theatrical launch
Supply: Hong Kong Field Workplace
