[2011.04.11] LOVE IN THE BUFF REIGNS OVER EASTER WITH HK$6.55 MILLION

courtesy of singtao.com

In the past Easter holiday, foreign films overran the cinemas with only one Hong Kong film LOVE IN THE BUFF (CHUN GIU YU JI MING).  Yet with one against ten it became the Easter box office champion.

According to the Hong Kong Motion Picture Industry Association provided data from April 6 to 9 the total box office revenue was HK$26,722,754, 10.24% rise from Easter last year.  The Miriam Yeung Chin Wa and Shawn Yue Man Lok starred LOVE IN THE BUFF even fended off many big Hollywood productions as it topped the Easter box office with HK$6,557,647.  Following it was MIRROR MIRROR with HK$3,954,489, 2 million less than LOVE; TITANIC 3D, THE LORAX and THE HUNGER GAMES.  The top five films have a total box office of HK$19,851,853.