China News Agency, Hong Kong, February 9th (Reporter Liu Dawei) The Hong Kong premiere of "The Wandering Earth 2" was held at the Emperor Theater in Times Square, Causeway Bay on the evening of the 9th.
After the film was released during the Lunar New Year festival in mainland China, word-of-mouth and box office have soared, and the cumulative box office has exceeded 3.5 billion yuan (RMB, the same below).
"The Wandering Earth 2" is directed by director Guo Fan, supervised by the famous science fiction writer Liu Cixin, starring actors such as Wu Jing, Li Xuejian, Sha Yi, Ning Li, Wang Zhi, and Hong Kong film actor Andy Lau. It is honored to be released by Emperor Films.
The film tells the story that the "sun 'helium flash' crisis" is about to strike, the world is in a panic, and human beings will face the dual challenges of doomsday disaster and life survival.
At the premiere that day, Andy Lau shared the fun and feelings of filming.
In his sixties, he plays a scientist who studies digital life in the film.
In the movie, he had a long-shot water scene, and his choking and choking performance attracted attention.
Andy Lau said bluntly that "The Wandering Earth 2" can be described as "large" both in terms of production and scene.
Especially when shooting water scenes, the shooting time, method, on-site protection and facilities all made me feel fresh after 40 years of filming, and I still remember every scene fresh.
In the movie, in addition to the "hardcore" high-tech scenes such as space elevators and planetary engines, Hong Kong citizens are even more impressed by the little people's family and country feelings and the "Chinese wisdom" of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Yang Shoucheng, chairman of Emperor Group, said after watching the movie: "I am amazed and shocked by the wonderful sci-fi scenes in the movie. From it, I can see the fighting spirit of the Chinese people without hesitation in the face of sacrifice. "The Wandering Earth 2" will bring Chinese Science fiction movies have been raised to a world-class level, and through movies, they interpret the profound connotation of a community with a shared future for mankind."
Mr. Zhou, a citizen, told a reporter from China News Agency that he had watched "The Wandering Earth" in 2019. He was deeply impressed by the shocking scenes in the film and the unprecedented special effects in Chinese science fiction movies.
The scene in "The Wandering Earth 2" that moved him the most was the scene where many astronauts sacrificed themselves to blow up the moon under the crisis of the moon colliding with the earth. ".
Yang Zhenglong, vice chairman of Emperor Group, said that the "Wandering Earth" series of films is a milestone in Chinese science fiction films, and "The Wandering Earth 2" also achieved a score of more than 3.5 billion yuan during the Spring Festival period in the Mainland.
"Nowadays, both Hong Kong and the mainland have entered the stage of returning to normal. With the reopening of movie theaters, the flow of people watching movies is bound to increase. I believe that the movie markets of the two places will also become more and more prosperous." (End)