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"CJ7" takes top spot in 2008
Written by Marcus Lim
Tuesday, 06 January 2009

HONG KONG – Hong Kong funnyman Stephen Chow's "CJ7" was the top grossing Chinese-language film in Hong Kong for 2008, according to data released by the territory's Motion Picture Industry Association (MPIA).

Pic, about a poor Chinese laborer who learns important life lessons when his son gets a strange new toy, took HK$51 million ($6.6 million) at the box office from a seven week run in early 2008.

The fantasy film's gross put it miles ahead of the next highest grossing Chinese-language film, John Woo's period actioner "Red Cliff: Part 1" which managed a respectable $3.1 million cume.

Overall, Chinese-language films did marginally better year on year. 2008 saw 53 Mandarin and Cantonese-language films released in Hong Kong, a slight increase from 50 in 2007. Chinese-language film grosses also grew 8% to $32.4 million last year.

TOP TEN GROSSING CHINESE-LANGUAGE FILMS OF 2008 (HK)

1. CJ7 ($6.6 million)
2. Red Cliff ($3.1 million)
3. Ip Man ($2.3 million)
4. Three Kingdoms – Romance of the Dragon ($2.2 million)
5. Connected ($1.8 million)
6. L for Love, L for Lies ($1.6 million)
7. Painted Skin ($1.3 million)
8. Kung Fu Dunk ($1.1 million)
9. La Lingerie (1.1 million)
10. Beast Stalker ($1.03 million)

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