Two days ago, Johnnie To’s latest film Drug War <毒戰> premiered in Hong Kong. The film was first released in China last week and has received rave reviews from the mainland viewers. Playing a drug lord in the film, movie critics has praised Louis for his performance and said that it is by far his best represented film.
Responding to the praise by movie critics, Louis jokingly said, “I am not dead yet! Please do not say that.”
Recently, a Chinese netizen feedback that he had bought a ticket to watch Drug War, but his ticket printed the name of another mainland movie, The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel <廚子戲子痞子>. As every ticket accounts for the box office sales, the “theft” of the box office will cause losses for Drug War.
When asked to speak on the box office “theft”, Louis exclaimed, “If I see the box office thief, I will beat him up! We are already investigating the matter. I heard about the box office theft before and this time, I am the victim.”
Louis also hopes that this incident would not affect Drug War box office sales too much.
“Please report if you discover any box office theft. We work very hard to film a movie and hope that everyone can respect our job,” said Louis.
Despite the box office theft, Drug War has raked in over RMB 100 million of box office sales within 10 days in China.
Source: Ming Pao, Sina
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