First 3-D sex movie a hot ticket with fans

When VIP tickets went on sale for 3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy - the world's first three-dimensional soft-core porn movie - fans queued overnight to make sure they got one.

A large group - all of them men - lined up last weekend outside the offices of China 3-D Digital Entertainment on Morrison Hill Road, Causeway Bay, so as to be the first to get their hands on pre-sale VIP tickets when they went on offer at 11am the next morning.

A VIP ticket guarantees a place at the front of the cinema for the best seats in the house and a perfect view of all the action. The pre-sale VIP tickets cost HK$100. The local production's initial run in Hong Kong is scheduled for April 14 to 25. Cinemas across the city will screen it.

Box office returns will determine how long the film will run in cinemas after that. The price of standard tickets will vary from cinema to cinema.

Two film enthusiasts, who gave their names only as Paul and Andrew, were at the front of the queue. They had no qualms about camping out all night to make sure they got their VIP tickets first for the show.

'It should be good fun and I wanted to make sure I was able to get some tickets for myself and my friends,' Paul said. 'I don't mind sitting out all night if it means that I'll definitely get a ticket.'