The top 10 box office hits of 2016 in Hong Kong, from Captain America: Civil War to X-Men: Apocalypse
Escapism ruled at the cinema box office, with nine of top 10 films fantasies, animations or comic adaptations; city’s love of Marvel superheroes in evidence as Captain America conquers all

For the second year in a row, and the fourth time in five years, a Marvel superhero movie is the top earner at the Hong Kong box office in 2016. Captain America: Civil War – the third solo adventure for the all-American hero played by Chris Evans, and a thinly disguised sequel to the hugely anticipated Avengers series – took in HK$112.7 million.
Most of the other top-earning films shown in Hong Kong last year were fantasies or based on comics; only the crime thriller Cold War 2 , a star-studded sequel to the best picture winner at the 2013 Hong Kong Film Awards, is grounded in reality – even if many viewers would be tempted to dismiss the film’s depiction of Hong Kong’s shifting political landscape as pure fantasy.

The total box office gross last year, at HK$1.94 billion, was down 1.97 per cent from 2015.