[2020.01.31] DAYO WONG'S NEW FILM BECOMES THE LUNAR NEW YEAR FILM KING

ENTER THE FAT DRAGON performs well in Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore as it tops the Lunar New Year box office there.

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The Hong Kong Box Office Co. Ltd. yesterday announced the January 24 o 27 2020 4 day Lunar New Year film box office. The total box office receipt was over HK$ 42.89 million, a 30.23% drop from HK$ 61.47 million last year. Dayo Wong Tze Wa sold a home to invest, write, direct and star in the new film THE GRAND GRANDMASTER (MUK DOI JUNG SI). Over four days of the Spring Festival slot it made over HK$ 16.86 million. As of January 29th it even accumulated over HK$ 24.5 million to become the Year of the Rat Lunar New Year film king; in second was DOLITTLE, which made HK$ 6.97 million over four days and accumulated over HK$ 10.14 million; in third was the animated film SPIES IN DISGUISE, over four days it made HK$ 4.4 million and accumulated over HK$ 6.44 million.

As for the Raymond Wong Pak Ming classic Lunar New Year series ALL'S WELL ENDS WELL 2020 (GA YAU HEI SI 2020), over four days it made over HK$ 4.36 million and accumulated over HK$ 6.44 million in fourth place; the Carlos Chan Ka Lok and Gladys Li Ching Kwan starred YOU ARE THE ONE (NGRO DIK SHUN POON NAM YAU) over four days made over HK$ 2.79 million and accumulated over HK$ 4.09 million in fifth place; the Donnie Yen Chi Tan starred ENTER THE FAT DRAGON (FEI LUNG GOR GONG) made HK$ 2.7 million over four days and accumulated over HK$ 4.02 million in sixth place. In Singapore the film has been in release for a week and accumulated around HK$ 7 million, in Malaysia it even accumulated around HK$ 18 million. In Taiwan it also performed well as the film became the Lunar New Year film box champion in Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan.