‘Cold War II’ smashing Hong Kong box office records
By Isaac Chambers | Jul 19, 2016
‘Cold War II’ has been smashing records at the Hong Kong box office since its release 10 days ago. It has now grossed over HK$ 40 million and looks to be on track to beat the record held by 2011’s ‘You Are the Apple of My Eye’ to become the all-time highest grossing Chinese-Language film in HK.
It is also doing very well in Mainland China and Taiwan, while in Australia where I am from, the film is currently in limited release and showing in packed cinemas.
And in case you think the 2 guys in this poster look rather familiar, that is because they are Chow Yun-Fat and Waise Lee, who starred together in John Woo’s seminal action classic ‘A Better Tomorrow’ 30 years ago in 1986.
Asian film lover. Lived in Hong Kong. Grew up watching Doraemon and Dr. Slump.
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