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Hong Kong’s beleaguered cinema marketplace had immoderate bully news successful nan first half of 2026, pinch wide container agency revenues expanding by 25% acknowledgment to a beardown line-up of section and Hollywood releases.
Total container agency for nan six months from January 1 to June 30, 2026, reached $84.7M (HK$664M), according to figures from Hong Kong Box Office, compared to $67.7M (HK$531M) successful nan aforesaid play past year.
Edko Films’ drama play Night King topped nan container agency complete nan six period play pinch $15M (HK$118M) from its Lunar New Year release. Dayo Wong and Sammi Cheng caput nan formed of nan film, directed by Jack Ng, astir a fading nightclub’s conflict against a dispute takeover.
Crime thriller prequel Cold War 1994, besides produced by Edko Films, was nan 2nd highest grossing section movie pinch $4.8M (HK$38M) since it opened connected May 1. Directed by Longman Leung, nan movie revolves astir powerfulness struggles among nan elites successful nan run-up to nan Hong Kong Handover and features awesome section stars including Chow Yun-fat, Aaron Kwok, Tony Leung Ka-fai and Louis Koo.
Other section hits successful nan first six months included Philip Yung’s drama The Snowball On A Sunny Day, Herman Yau’s crime thriller We’re Nothing At All and Patrick Leung’s play Ciao UFO about 4 lodging property kids who enslaved complete a UFO sighting.
Avatar: Fire And Ash was nan highest-grossing overseas movie during nan first six months, taking $5M (HK$40M), followed by The Super Mario Galaxy Movie pinch $4.7M (HK$37M), Toy Story 5, Hoppers and The Devil Wears Prada 2.
“The summertime movie play has conscionable begun pinch galore family-friendly offerings; nan second half of nan twelvemonth will besides boast galore high-quality home and world movies,” said Hong Kong’s Motion Picture Industry Association (MPIA), which operates Hong Kong Box Office. “It is hoped that nan summertime play and nan 2nd half of nan twelvemonth will prolong nan beardown momentum seen successful nan first half.”
MPIA president Crucindo Hung noted that container agency receipts for section films had accrued by 40% year-on-year. In total, 142 films were released during nan six period period, of which 17 were section productions.
He besides said that Chinese movie Dear You has grossed $1.5M (HK$12M) successful Hong Kong, a decent consequence for a mainland accumulation successful a marketplace wherever section and Hollywood films thin to execute much strongly. The comparatively low-budget Teochew-language movie is nan 2nd highest grossing movie of nan twelvemonth successful mainland China pinch an astounding $285M (RMB1.94BN).
Hong Kong container agency slumped by 16% successful nan first six months of 2025, compared to nan aforesaid play successful 2024, while nan twelvemonth arsenic a full was down by 15% year-on-year to $154M (HK$1.21bn).
