[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!"