[2025.05.07] MONTAGES OF A MODERN MOTHERHOOD REACHES HK$ 2.3 MILLION OVER TWO WEEKS IN RELEASE

Roy Tsui and Winnie Yu's online conversation has led to internet controversy

MONTAGES OF A MODERN MOTHERHOOD has made around HK$ 3.2 million after its second week in release
courtesy of mingpao.com

Winner Yu Tsang (YT) was the producer of the movie MONTAGES OF A MODERN MOTHERHOOD (FU DUK BUT) under the name of her mother Yu Wu Ming Yuk, in memory of her deceased mother. The movie has been released for two weeks, with a box office of about HK$ 2.3 million. The number of screenings have been getting fewer and fewer, making it difficult to recover the cost. Roy Tsui (Lam Yat Hei) regarded Yu Tsang as his mentor and supported the other party from afar. He wrote a letter to Yu Tsang on social platforms, saying that he have been waiting to no avail for her to ask for help with promoting MONTAGES. "In the past with other movies that that are completely unrelated to you (Yu Tsang), you will share me happily; but this time you didn't even mention it."

Lam Yat Hei estimated that Yu Tsang invested 800 to 10 million in MONTAGES, and the box office just exceeded 2 million in two weeks. "By my calculation 2 million after distribution cost may only be left with a few hundred thousand, in other words you have to lose nearly 10 million; which to you is chum charge, maybe! However for me in the 'peanut gallery', I feel a little little little little little little of your pain." He hoped that the post could remind the audience who was interested in attending the screening, so that Yu Tsang would lose a "few k" less. He joked, "Finally, I would like to make the point of this letter. Next time if you feel that you have too much money and want to invest in movies, I hope you will think twice, and then think of me, and turn your living savings over to me. I wish you a happy life."

Yu Tsang replied to Lam Yat Hei on social networks, saying that she has been waiting for Lam Yat Hei to ask her to help invest in his work. "Supporting MONTAGES OF A MODERN MOTHERHOOD isn't an investment, I never thought that there would be money to be made. I invested 7 million production fees, which to me who has been retired and have zero income for many years wasn't chum charge. Finally, the point of this letter is that every time you do something it will definitely sell gangbuster...... Please save me a piece next time you do something, let me pick up a little something, because another movie is asking me for support."