Actor and comedian Dayo Wong Tze-wah’s drama, The Last Dance, has broken box office records as the highest-grossing Chinese-language film ever in Hong Kong after opening in cinemas four weeks ago.
Featuring Wong, veteran actor Michael Hui Koon-man and actress Michelle Wai, it had raked in more than HK$122 million as of Saturday morning, the film’s distributor said.
The figure beat the previous record holder, 2023 court drama A Guilty Conscience, which grossed HK$115 million locally and also starred Wong.
Directed and written by Anselm Chan Mou-yin, The Last Dance is a drama set around Hong Kong’s funeral trade and family traditions. It had the highest opening day for any Hong Kong film when it debuted on November 9.
It made history again on November 16 with box office takings of HK$9.18 million, the most ever on a single day for a Chinese-language film. More than 120,000 people watched the film in cinemas that day.
Including Hollywood blockbusters, The Last Dance ranks seventh in box office receipts, behind only Titanic, the Avatar franchise and three Avengers films.