[2026.02.24] THE SNOWBALL ON A SUNNY DAY EXCEEDS HK$ 10 MILLION AT THE BOX OFFICE WITH WORD OF MOUTH

THE SNOWBALL ON A SUNNY DAY attracts custosmers with word of mouth as it finally exceeds HK$ 10 million at the box office
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The guy group MIRROR member Edan Lui Cheuk On and the Golden Horse Best Actress Chung Suet Ying starred Lunar New Year film THE SNOWBALL ON A SUNNY DAY (GUM DOR BO) although has not been as popular as the "movie king" NIGHT KING (YEH WONG), but the family affection and human touch in the film were tear-jerking, and the word of mouth has been good. With a group of "guest stars" like Louis Koo Tin Lok and Michael Hui Koon Man, the film has been gaining momentum as its current box office has already surpassed HK$ 10 million.

Reportedly the film's director and one of the investors Philip Yung Tsz Kwong while responding to fan posts on the Internet criticized the box office champion NIGHT KING for "hogging the schedule", which caused the team to fall into a state of "taking a beating". "Actually we only hope to hold on to the second place that cannot threaten the box office champion, but ...... Is this considered film schedule hogging? 8 a.m. and 12 a.m., then sparing an afternoon show around 1 p.m. What about the promised win-win situation for Hong Kong films? Didn't you say that everyone should watch several Chinese New Year movies together?" The incident has caused heated discussions, and online reactions have been polarized.

[2026.02.24] LOUISE WONG RECEIVES A HONG KONG SCREENWRITERS' GUILD AWARD NOMINATION

Louise Wong will go head on against international Best Actress Zhang Ziyi, which will conceivably be a hard battle
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The "Hong Kong Screenwriters' Guild" recently announced the nominations for the "2025 Best Film Character Award", actress Louise Wong Dan Nei and Fish Liew Chi Yu have been inseparable since their collaboration in the movie ANITA. This time they each were nominated for the top 5 with their starring films, and would battle SHE'S GOT NO NAME's Zhang Ziyi, Nick Cheung Ka Fai and others.

Wong Dan Nei did not hesitate to cut her hair for AGAINST ALL ODDS, and the gender neutral appearance and touch performance in the film left a deep impression. She said happily after learning that she was nominated. "I am very surprised and honored! The resilience, bravery and strength of the character 'Third Sister' also encouraged me and led me to continue my journey as an actress and humbly work hard." Competing for this year's Hong Kong Film Awards with the role of a cerebral palsy patient, Fish Liew Chi Yu was seen as the favorite and very happy to be nominated. She thanked director Tam Wai Ching for creating the role and the two became friends because of their collaboration, which could be consider a win win.

[2026.02.24] CHERRY NGAN WANTS TO MAKE HONG KONG MOVIES BUT LAMENTS FEWER PRODUCTIONS HAVE CREATED TREMENDOUS COMPETITION

Zimo Hsiao and Cherry Ngan share the same astrological sign and have a lot to talk about

Zimo Hsiao says that he would stay at his friend Anson Kong's home

Cherry Ngan has a touching relationship with her onscreen grandmother
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Cherry Ngan Cheuk Ling won the Best Performance Award at the Woods Hole Film Festival in the United States for the Macau film REVISIT (HUNG WAN GOK) with Taiwanese actor Eric Hsiao Zimo four years ago. She was happy that the persistence of her actor's dream was finally recognized years later. In recent years she has been actively developing outward. Regarding Hong Kong as her roots Ngan Cheuk Ling longed to make Hong Kong films, but unfortunately productions have been few in recent years and there is a lot of competition. Hsiao Zimo and MIRROR member Anson Kong Yip Sing (AK) have a good relationship, revealing that he spent the Lunar New Year in Hong Kong. He stayed in AK's home, treated each other as the other's language teachers, and also revealed that they would shoot Taiwanese action movies together at the end of the year.

Ngan Cheuk Ling and Hsiao Zimo starred in REVISIT, which was about intergenerational family affection. Ngan Cheuk Ling plays granddaughter Ollie, who achieved her dream of directing by helping her grandmother who had a stroke regain the love memories of her youth. Ngan Cheuk Ling and Hsiao Zimo said hat in the film they would fantasize to become the younger versions of Grandma and Grandpa in love. Both Capricorns, although they were working together for the first time they also liked drama, had many common friends, and had many topics to speed up their familiarity.

Hsiao Zimo revealed that he spent the Lunar New Year in Hong Kong, visited the theme park with his good brother Anson Kong Yip Sing, and also wanted to invite Ngan Cheuk Ling to have fun with him. "I want to learn more Cantonese with the two of them, and I hope to have the opportunity to make Hong Kong films in the future. This time I made REVISIT to challenge Taiwanese and Cantonese dialogue, I usually speak Taiwanese, and I rely on AK to learn me Cantonese. Fortunately Ngan Cheuk Ling's Mandarin is great, which makes communicate easy during filming." Hsiao Zimo revealed that he would stay at AK's house when he visited Hong Kong to facilitate AK to practice Mandarin. "We will work together to make a Taiwanese action movie at the end of the year."

Ngan Cheuk Ling has been actively developing outward in recent years, previously co-starring with mainland actress Dilraba in the mainland drama LOVE ON THE TURQUOISE ISLAND, and completed another mainland drama TAKE A NAP before the Lunar New Year. Later she would team with a Taiwan actor on a drama. "Hong Kong is my root, I want to make Hong Kong movies too; but in recent years productions have been few and the competition has been tremendous."

Ngan Cheuk Ling won the Best Performance Award at the Woods Hole Film Festival in the United States for REVISIT and she was very touched. "2022 was still the novelcorona pandemic, and I had to quarantine for 21 days when I went to Macau for the filming. When filming the wedding scene I was so moved that I cried out of control, which was very unforgettable." She recalled that when she was young, she ran into opposition against her entering the industry. She understood that her parents wanted to protect her, fortunately she did not give up her ideals and was able to endure to today. "I have already made money to pay for my family expenses as a model in secondary school, but my parents were worried that I would make a mistake in my dream of becoming a star and would not be able to endure the hardships. When I starred in THE WAY WE DANCE (KONG MO PAI) and had good response, they changed their minds and knew that I am happy."

Ngan Cheuk Ling's granddaughter role in the film received a check from Grandma to support her dream to direct, Hsiao Zimo said that he had a similar experience and the person who supported him was his grandfather. "I have lived with my grandparents since I was a child. When I graduated from high school my grandfather gave me a gift, which was a check of NT$ 5 million (about 1.25 million Hong Kong dollars). He told me to do whatever I wanted, and it would be better if I used it to study. Later I was admitted to a university in Taiwan and didn't need much money. Grandpa passed away when I was seventeen or eighteen years old, so I deposited the money in the bank and didn't dare to touch it. I finally used it to buy a house when I grew up."

35-year-old Hsiao Zimo said that he is currently single, and said with a smile that he wanted to ask AK to be a matchmaker. "I prefer athletic and easy-to-get along girls, I don't want to date people in the circle. I don't care about other people's opinions, but I am afraid that the romantic status will continue to be magnified and cause harm to the woman; so my past girlfriends are all outsiders."

Ngan Cheuk Ling pursued pure love. When choosing a mate, she emphasized the consistency of three views and spiritual communication, appearance and financial situation were secondly. "REVISIT tells me the importance of family, and the happiness of a lifetime should be taken seriously. Of course I don't want to break up. I didn't ask my friends to make introductions directly, but I asked married people how to sense that someone is their lifelong partner."

[2026.02.22] JOEL CHAN BRINGS HIS SON TO THANK HIS NEW FILM'S AUDIENCE IN MALAYSIA

Joel Chan, Oscar Leung and others arrive in Malaysia to promote and celebrate the Lunar New Year
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Joel Chan arrives in Malaysia to promote his new film MAMA NOT AGAIN. His son Jaco also tags along

Oscar Leung stars in MAMA NOT AGAIN and is also its screenwriter
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The Television Best Actor Joel Chan Shan Chung, Oscar Leung Lit Wai and Bob Lam Sing Bun invested, produced and starred Lunar New Year film MAMA NOT AGAIN (MA MA YAU YIU GA) has decent box office in Malaysia. Recently the three went there to attend the promotional events, Shan Chung even brought his wife, son Jaco and the domestic helper to the theater and announced that the Malaysian box office has exceeded the HK$4 million mark (2 million MR). He even celebrated with the drums, gave away posters and set off firework at the theater.

Referring to the double success of the new film at the box office and word of mouth, Shan Chung bluntly said that he was happy but did not dare to relax. He hoped to do his best to promote and thank the audience to pump up the box office. "Every time I hear the audience praise the movie for very entertaining, it is already the biggest reward for us to make this movie!" Chan Shan Chung revealed that his wife and Jaco both praised the film as exciting after watching. When he asked Jaco whether it was funny, his son cutely answered, "It has funny parts!" He joked that his son was happy because he had popcorn while watching the movie, but even his domestic helper thought MAMA NOT AGAIN was funny and had confidence in the quality of his work.

MAMA NOT AGAIN's story is about a mother announcing her remarriage to a "younger man". Should the children attend the wedding or not? Leung Lit Wai, Lam Sing Bun, Christine Ng Wing Mei and Chan Shan Chung's performance have all been praised. Wai Wai was also the screenwriter. Many comments praised the new film for being sincere and with laughter and tears, he said. "That's what I wanted to accomplish when I wrote this story, actually I have thanked the audience several times, and even when watching again from the side I couldn't help but cry! I am very grateful for the support of the audience."

[2026.02.22] PHILIP YUNG ASKS IF NIGHT KING IS HOGGING THE THEATER SCHEDULE

Edan Lui gathers with his family, of course his sister would be there
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Some online screen captures THE SNOWBALL ON A SUNNY DAY and NIGHT KING's shows at the theater. The two films have drastically different. SNOWBALL director Philip Yung reposts the photo and expresses his displeasure

Edan Lui has been promoting THE SNOWBALL ON A SUNNY DAY actively as he watches the movie again with his family at the theater
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The Philip Yung Tsz Kwong directed Lunar New Year film THE SNOWBALL ON A SUNNY DAY (GUM DOR BO) starred Elaine Jin (Kam Yin Ling), Chung Suet Ying, Guy group MIRROR member Edan Lui Cheuk On and others. The film opened on the 13th and as of two nights ago it surpassed the HK$ 8 million mark, but its box office and shows are quite a distance from the Dayo Wong Tze Wah and Sammi Cheng Sau Man starred Lunar New Year film NIGHT KING (YEH WONG). Yung Tsz Kwong discovered that after a week in release, SNOWBALL shows have become "heaven and earth shows" at some theaters. He expressed his displeasure on social platform. "What happened to the win-win for Hong Kong films we agreed to?", "Does this count as film scheduling hogging?" He said that he only wanted to have the space to survive, and for viewers who wanted to watch to be able to.

Yung Tsz Kwong mobilized his own money and took out loans to make THE SNOWBALL ON A SUNNY DAY. Earlier during promotions he revealed that it would have to reach HK$ 30 million to break even. At the time he was still confident from the trend, hoped to be able to make a little profit, be able to continue to start productions and support young directors. THE SNOWBALL ON A SUNNY DAY as for two nights ago exceeded HK$ 8 million at the box office, while NIGHT KING continued to sustain its advantage with over HK$ 35 million as of yesterday morning.

Yung Tsz Kwong two days ago reposted screen captures from another online on social platforms. In them the differences between shows of THE SNOWBALL ON A SUNNY DAY and NIGHT KING at two theaters could be seen. The original poster wrote, "On the rare occasion of returning to Hong Kong for the Lunar New Year, I thought I would bring the two elders to watch the Lunar New Year film THE SNOWBALL ON A SUNNY DAY and took a look at the Lunar 4th schedule. What? There were only 8:20 AM and 00:40 AM shows? Didn't the movie just open? Why didn't it have any normal schedule, yet NIGHT KING is scheduled so tightly. Hey, can theater operators give back more choices to the audience?"

Yung Tsz Kwong was upset and posted, "I understood that it is a business, but our admission rate has not been embarrassing. Actually we only hope to safeguard the second place that cannot threaten the box office champion. Yet......does this count as schedule hogging?" He then again, "8 something in the morning and 12 something in the early morning, then sparing a 1 something afternoon show. One movie has 27 shows a day, the other has 2 a day. What happened to the win-win for Hong Kong films we agreed to? Didn't we ask everyone to watch all the Lunar New Year films? We have opened for less than a week, with an average daily box office of over 1 million. Do we deserved this treatment? We only want to have the space to survive, for viewers who want to watch us to be able to." Yung Tsz Kwong's post led to discussions online. Some posted that the problem was with certain cinema circuits, other circuits still had many SNOWBALL shows daily; some also pointed out that the business has to make money to operate, let the market decide.

On the other hand, Lui Cheuk On has been promoting the Lunar New Year movie he starred in THE SNOWBALL ON A SUNNY DAY hard, which attracted a large number of fans to come to support him. Yet recently some posted online that they took the elderly to watch the show that day and bumped into Edan's arrival, because they did not want to keep people from taking pictures they stopped. However they were treated rudely by fans who were anxious to enter; and pointed out that some fans walked around talking on the phone after the show started, which seriously affected other audiences. Edan hurriedly left a message to apologize on behalf of the fans when he saw the post. "I'm sorry for affecting your and the elders' viewing experience. Most of them are very well-behaved, and I will remind everyone. I hope there will be no similar situation again." The people online also accepted the apology and thanked Edan for responding personally.

In addition, Edan recently uploaded a photo from the New Year's dinner with his family and claimed that he was his grandmother's "Snowball" as he took the opportunity to promote the movie while showing his warmth.

[2026.02.21] NIGHT KING RULES THE LUNAR NEW YEAR BOX OFFICE WITH HK$ 3 MILLION

NIGHT KING has success at the Hong Kong box office, and its overseas opening performance has also been ideal
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The performances of the two Hong Kong Lunar New Year films, the Dayo Wong Tze Wah and Sammi Cheng Sau Man starred Lunar New Year movie NIGHT KING (YEH WONG) and the Edan Lui Cheuk On and Elaine Jin (Kam Yin Ling) starred THE SNOWBALL ON A SUNNY DAY (GUM DOR BO), have caught attention. According to the Hong Kong Box Office Co. Ltd.'s announcement yesterday, the 2026 Hong Kong and Macau Lunar New Year slot from the Lunar New Year's Eve to the Lunar 3rd (16th to 19th)'s four day box office reached a total of HK$ 39.718 million, an increase of 52.8% from the HK$ 25.987 million in same period last year. The main reason was that this year the Lunar New Year films have been big hits, along with ideal traffic and spending atmosphere the box office performance was driven to improve.

As for the Lunar New Year box office, NIGHT KING and THE SNOWBALL ON A SUNNY DAY took the top two spots. The former's first 4 days in release accumulated HK$ 26.735 million on top, while SNOWBALL with 4.765 million ranked second. In third place was BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS (BIU YUN: FUNG HEI DAI MOK) with a box office of 2.586 million. BACK TO THE PAST (CHUM CHUN GEI) and the Hollywood animation GOAT came in fourth and fifth respectively with 2.111 million and 1.425 million.

The film company announced that NIGHT KING has exceeded HK$30 million at the cumulative box office as of 1 o'clock yesterday since its release in Hong Kong and Macau on Lunar New Year's Day, and the news brought excitement to the team. NIGHT KING not only set a new record for the Hong Kong Lunar New Year film opening, the single day box office, Wong Tze Wah's personal best opening and its 900 shows on opening day that set a new high in the past 10 years; but also set new records around the world. The film's 4 days box office in Malaysia is near 3 million MR (around HK$ 6 million). The film was released in the United States and Canada yesterday, sweeping more than 120 theaters in North America and setting a new record for Hong Kong Lunar New Year films in North America. The film was officially released in United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands and other European regions yesterday, and many advanced screenings in the UK were sold out.

Tomorrow, the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the "EJ" team will continue to thank everyone for their support. Director ack Ng Wai Lun said, "I'm very glad that the audience likes NIGHT KING. Recently I have seen many viewers' reviews and praises for the film online, and truly am endlessly grateful. I hope everyone will enjoy watching it, take away a bit of courage and spirit, continue to work hard for their lives in the Year of the Horse and fight back!" After completing a series of promotional activities non-stop before the Lunar New Year, Sammi took advantage of the New Year holiday to go to the theater with her family to watch NIGHT KING. She shared on social platforms that she laughed and was moved together with her sister, brother-in-law and younger brother. "From the start of filming to the madly intense publicity work a while ago, everything is still in my memory. Step by step, every step is in my heart. Brother Foon, Sister V and the people of EJ (including Prince Fung) would like to express their heartfelt gratitude to everyone for entering. This movie is the result of our efforts together."

In addition the stage actress who plays Kwai Fong in the film, Kay Choi Wai Kay broke through, left a deep impression on the audience and became the latest hot search topic on the Internet. She has been praised in particular for still being able to perform at ease in front of two masters Tze Wah God and Alan Yeung Wai Lun. A graduate of the School of Drama of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Kay said humbly after learning that everyone praised her, "What I want to say the most at this moment is to thank director Jack, producer Ivy and the promotion team. Without them there would be no appearance of this role of Kwai Fong. I'm also very grateful that this role has become a small milestone for me. The movie has a good box office, I hope NIGHT KING will continue to set new records like crazy!"

[2026.02.20] LOUIS KOO AND JESSICA HSUAN'S LIVESTREAM DRAWS 16,000 VIEWERS WITH FUNNY INTERACTIONS

Jessica Hsuan dances for Louis Koo

Louis Koo and Jessica Hsuan watch A STEP INTO THE PAST on a livestream
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Louis Koo props up his head with his hands and slowly sings POPULAR THIS WEEK, while Jessica Hsuan coordinates with a slow "worship" dance
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The Louis Koo Tin Lok and Jessica Hester Hsuan (Suen Huen) starred film BACK TO THE PAST (CHUM CHUN GEI) has been in release for over two months. On February 14th the BACK TO THE PAST "PLUS + Multiverse Edition" (Extended Version) was released and as of two days ago (the 18th) it has collected HK$ 93 million in Hong Kong and Macau. TVB started the Lunar New Year's Day early morning re-aired the television drama A STEP INTO THE PAST as the PAST fever continued to heat up. Koo Tin Lok and Suen Huen yesterday early morning started their livestream on time to watch their television drama with the audience, at its peak 160,000 people were watching. During the livestream the two were acting strangely to make the audience laugh. Koo Tin Lok on numerous occasions propped up his head with both hands and played cute. He also deliberately belched at Suen Huen. People said that they were just like an old couple. Many suggested for Koo Tin Lok to sing, and Suen Huen immediately assisted and aid, "You sing, I dance." Koo Tin Lok asked, "No matter what I sing, you are doing the 'worship' dance. Do you know BOYFRIEND?" At first he sang Happy Birthday, but Suen Huen refused to accept that. Finally he submitted and sang the super slow version of POPULAR THIS WEEK word by word, Suen Huen immediately coordinated with a slow "worship dance". Suen Huen joked that if Koo Tin Lok sang BOYFRIEND, she planned to "feel him" from behind. Koo Tin Lok joked, "Luckily I didn't sing that." She also pretended to complain to Koo Tin Lok, saying that the live broadcast in the early morning made her have to sleep late at night. She revealed her health habits such as soaking her feet and scrapping her face every night. Then they joked that they seemed to be selling products on the livestream.

During the live broadcast Koo Tin Lok asked Suen Huen to concentrate on watching TV from time to time, and their entire interaction was like an old couple. Soon Koo Tin Lok carefully asked Suen Huen if she wanted to drink water, but she said that she has prepared a health drink and said to the camera that she lacked qi and blood. In addition she did not want the audience to see her "wilt so quickly", so she had to take good care of her health. The live broadcast ended in nearly an hour.

Koo Tin Lok and Suen Huen's livestream appeared to have technical difficulties early on, first there was picture but no sound, then no picture no sound. Koo Tin Lok revealed that he has not done a livestream. He tested many times before hand but still problems were hard to avoid. "This is how the world is. When everything is ready, something would always happen. However we tried our best to resolve it, using the simplest way to interact with everyone." He compared it to BACK TO THE PAST finally being released after 20 years.