Twilight of the Warriors delivers knockout blow to become Hong Kong’s most-watched local film ever
- Action film pulls in 1.59 million viewers and box office sales of HK$105 million since its premiere earlier this year
The film, still showing in theatres, has attracted 1.59 million viewers since its May 1 premiere and became the highest-grossing film this year at HK$105 million (US$13.4 million), easily upsetting Table for Six 2, which netted HK$37 million.
The previous record of 1.53 million viewers was set by court drama A Guilty Conscience last year, also the highest-grossing film with a box office of HK$115 million.
A spokeswoman for the Hong Kong Motion Picture Industry Association said the disparity between the number of viewers and the box office take could be because of different cinema pricing strategies.
Hong Kong Box Office Ltd revealed on Tuesday that ticket sales for the first half of the year – including domestic and international films – stood at HK$640 million, a 17.1 per cent drop on the same period last year.