[2024.11.27] THE LAST DANCE EXCEEDS HK$ 95 MILLION AT THE BOX OFFICE

THE LAST DANCE continues its box office climb, after 18 days in release it has already exceeded HK$ 95 million and headed for HK$ 100 million

THE LAST DANCE's cadaver actor Maggie Yeung attends the celebration dinner and takes a photo with Dayo Wong
courtesy of mingpao.com

The Michael Hui Koon Man and Dayo Wong Tze Wah starred THE LAST DANCE (POR. DEI YUK). As of yesterday, the 18th day in release, the official website of the film announced that the box office has exceeded HK$ 95 million and moved towards a box office of 100 million. "Unstoppable, THE LAST DANCE has reached 95 million at the box office. We are very grateful to every viewer for accompanying us on this wonderful journey. Together we would continue to walk even further, continue to see each other at theaters. #ThisTimeReallyHasn'tShamedTheAncestors #TheJourneyTo100Million". According to the data, the highest box office record for Chinese films in Hong Kong was A GUILTY COSCIENCE (DUK SIT DAI JONG) with $115,060,394, TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN (GAU LUNG SING JAI JI WAI SING) ranked second with $107,190,733, and THE LAST DANCE is in 3rd place for the time being.

In the closing credits of THE LAST DANCE, there are special thanks to the actors who played "Remains", and director Chan Mou Yin also thanked them for their contributions at audience appreciation evecnts. Earlier Wong Tze Wah and Chan Mou Yin arranged a celebration banquet and invited the film team to attend, including special contract actors who played "The Remains". In the film, the young actor Cayson Yeung Tsz Hong who played the son of Miss Yen (Rosa Velasco), recently shared photos of the celebration banquet, and the cadaver actor Maggie Yeung Jing Man (Monkey), who played the "remains", happily took a photo with Wong Tze Wah; Yeung Jing Man also shared her production experience on social media platforms, mentioning that THE LAST DANCE on and off screen was also very warm, and the director, Wong Tze Wah and the staff respected the actors very much. She mentioned that she performed a cadaver make-up scene; she had to pretend that her mouth could not close, then Wong Tze Wah closed it with his hand and used a wooden stick to support the bottom of her chin to near her collarbone. During the shoot the director asked if she was uncomfortable numerous times and often comforted her, "It's hard on you! Almost done! Tough it out a little longer!" Tze Wah also asked her if she was uncomfortable, and said that she had worked hard. She was grateful to meet a director who cared about the team, no wonder he was able to make such a warm work. Her photo and name appeared at the end of the film, which also surprised her. She thanked the director for respecting each actor.

Some online found that Yeung Jing Man was unsuccessful at the 2015 Miss Hong Kong pageant, the same year as Louisa Mak Ming Sze. At the time she was called "counterfeit Eileen Yiu". She is currently an online influencer and aside from operating an online store, she also participates in film and TV performances, as well as commercial performances.