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The overall situation of the Hong Kong film market of 2021

The overall situation of the Hong Kong film market of 2021, the total number of films released in the first run in Hong Kong is 278, of which 46 are Hong Kong films and 232 are non-Hong Kong films.

In order to cooperate with the government's anti-epidemic policy, theatres have closed for 48 days from January 1, 2021, losing the golden period of the Lunar New Year.  Even theatres resume business later, the attendance rate still restricted by the anti-epidemic policy i.e. limited to 50% (from February 18 to March 31 day), 75% (April 1 to July 7) and 85% (July 8 till now), so the total box office revenue for the whole year of 2021 is HK$1,208,971,838, compared with the same period last year in 2020, the total box office revenue of HK$536,925,187, which was affected by the epidemic and theatres were ordered to close for three times for a total of 116 days, it is of little significance if compare with 2020. However, compared with the total revenue of HK$1,923,194,409 in 2019, it has dropped by 37.14%. It can be seen that the situation in 2021 has not yet returned to the pre-epidemic situation. In the next year, it is still unknown when eating and drinking in theaters will be resumed and other restrictions will be lifted. There are still unstable factors in the theatre and film industry, and operations are still difficult.

 

 

The following is the box office revenue data of the top ten Hong Kong movies and ten non-Hong Kong movies for the whole year from January 1 to December 31, 2021:                              

                        
        

 

                                               

Top 10 HK Films Title Screening Period

Accmu. BO (HK$)

till 31 Dec 

 Anita 12/11/2021 Screening 61,343,257
Zero To Hero 12/8/2021 28/12/2021 28,062,281
 Raging Fire 19/8/2021 2/11/2021 26,374,851
Shock Wave 2 18/2/2021 7/5/2021 19,387,097
One Second Champion 11/3/2021 16/7/2021 16,984,021
The Way We Keep Dancing 18/2/2021 23/5/2021 8,740,681
Hand Rolled Cigarette 17/6/2021 16/9/2021 8,003,119
Showbiz Spy 25/11/2021 Screening 7,823,432
Drifting 3/6/2021 14/8/2021 6,515,485
Dynasty Warriors 29/4/2021 9/6/2021 6,473,934

Top 10 Non-HK FilmsTitle Screening Period Accmu. BO (HK$)
till 31 Dec 
 Spider-Man: No Way Home 15/12/2021 - Screening 111,317,623
 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 2/9/2021 - 28/11/2021 63,079,202
 No Time To Die 30/9/2021 - 30/12/2021 54,043,194
 Eternals 3/11/2021 - Screening 50,446,704
 Black Widow 7/7/2021 - 21/9/2021 49,518,996
Godzilla Vs Kong 24/3/2021 - 26/5/2021 35,172,424
Fast & Furious 9 19/5/2021 - 15/8/2021 34,329,685
Soul 18/2/2021 - 28/7/2021 30,791,906
Venom: Let There Be Carnage 13/10/2021 - 14/12/2021 28,112,094
Dune 16/9/2021 - 12/12/2021 25,405,673

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