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Line 3: |image=lostinhongkong.jpg |caption=poster |native_name={{Infobox |starring={{Unbulleted list|Xu Zheng|[[Zhao Wei]]|[[Bao Bei'er]]|[[Du Juan]]}} |director=[[Xu Zheng (actor)|Xu Zheng]] Line 16: |cinematography=Song Xiaofei |editing=Tu Yiran |budget={{USD|15.6 million}}<ref name="SCMP">{{cite web|url=http://m.scmp.com/lifestyle/film-tv/article/1879532/will-local-audiences-warm-chinese-filmmaker-xu-zhengs-lost-hong|title=Will local audiences warm to Chinese filmmaker Xu |gross= {{USD| }} '''''Lost in Hong Kong''''' is a 2015 Chinese [[comedy film]] directed, co-written and co-produced by [[Xu Zheng (actor)|Xu Zheng]], starring himself along with [[ It was released in China on September 25, 2015, and broke several national box office records ==Plot== Line 74: ==Soundtrack== *The end theme song in [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin]] is "Qing Feng Xu Lai" (清风徐来, The Breeze Cand Slowly), written by Zhao Yingjun, sung by China's pop diva [[Faye Wong]] who had a remarkable career in Hong Kong. This is Wong's only recording in 2015. The song title, taken from [[Su Shi]]'s 1082 masterpiece ''Qian Chibi Fu'' (前赤壁賦; ''[[Former Ode on the Red Cliffs]]''), can be translated as "the breeze blows gently". In this case, the title can also be interpreted as "Xu Lai the Breeze", a reference of the protagonist's name. *The film also features a number of [[Cantopop]] hits from 1980s and 1990s Hong Kong, summarised below:<ref name=bjnews/> {| class="wikitable" Line 108: ===Box office=== Buoyed by growing anticipation from fans, minor competition and the ever-growing expansion of the Chinese movie industry, ''Lost in Hong Kong'' is projected to be a box office success. It made more than half of what its immediate predecessor earned in its entire lifetime in just three days. Critics noted that the film will no doubt surpass its predecessor's US$208 million gross.<ref name="Forbes"/><ref name="HP2"/><ref name="TG"/> It had a worldwide opening of US$106.8 million, which is the second biggest of all time for a comedy film behind ''[[The Hangover Part II]]'' (US$177.8 million) in 2011, and the biggest for a non-English language film.<ref name="worldwide"/> Its worldwide opening was also the biggest of its release weekend (ahead of ''[[Hotel Transylvania 2]]'').<ref name="HP2">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-blockbuster-lost-hong-kong-827532|title='Lost in Hong Kong': 5 Things to Know About China's Latest Blockbuster|author=Patrick Brzeski|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=([[Prometheus Global Media]])|date=September 28, 2015|accessdate=September 29, 2015}}</ref> Although the film didn't face any serious competition with its fellow new releases during its opening weekend, it started facing competition from new releases—''[[Saving Mr. Wu]]'', ''[[Goodbye Mr. Loser]]'', and ''[[Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe]]''—on September 30, 2015, albeit none of them were able to outgross the former.<ref name="HP2"/><ref name="Forbes"/> In China, it made $1.8 million from midnight screenings and $32 million on its opening day on Friday, September 25, 2015, which is the biggest debut ever for a Chinese film and the third biggest debut overall in China behind ''[[Furious 7]]'' and ''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]''. It debuted with an unprecedented 100,000+ first-day screenings on nearly 20,000 screens—and surpassed all newcomers by occupying 87% share of the day's box office receipts.<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2015/09/26/lost-in-hong-kong-romps-to-new-china-box-office-record/|title='Lost in Hong Kong' Romps To New China Box Office Record|author=Rob Cain|work=[[Forbes]]|date=September 26, 2015|accessdate=September 29, 2015}}</ref><ref name="HP2"/><ref name="TG">{{cite In the United States and Canada, it opened to a [[limited release]] on the same day as its Chinese opening and made $559,000 from 27 theaters—at an average of $20,700 per theater—capturing the weekend's best opening per-theater-average. [[Well Go USA Entertainment]], the distributor of the film in the US said it was "thrilled" with the early results.<ref name="USA">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/lost-in-hong-kong-99-homes-stonewall-sicario-pecialty-b-o-1201553415/|title= ===Critical response=== The film received a 60% rating from critics on [[Rotten Tomatoes]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lost_in_hong_kong|title = Lost in Hong Kong (2015)| website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] }}</ref> Despite setting many records, the film has also attracted many negative reviews from Chinese critics and a more mixed reaction than its predecessor ''[[Lost in Thailand]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1864114/how-lost-hong-kong-found-secret-box-office|title=How Lost in Hong Kong found the secret to box office success|author=Alive Yan and Celine Sun|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=October 4, 2015|accessdate=October 5, 2015}}</ref><ref name="SCMP"/> Martin Tsai of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' called the film a "rollicking crowd-pleaser" that "might just be smart and substantive enough to be one of the year's best."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-lost-in-hong-kong-review-20150925-story.html|title=Review: 'Lost in Hong Kong' finds its way to be a major crowd pleaser|last=Tsai|first=Martin|date=2015-09-24|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> On the other hand, Helen T. Verongos of ''[[The New York Times]]'' was not impressed, labeling it "a very, very, very, long-feeling movie" that "tries too hard to be too many things".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/25/movies/review-lost-in-hong-kong-is-part-music-video-part-buddy-film.html|title=Review: ‘Lost in Hong Kong’ Is Part Music Video, Part Buddy Film|date=2015-09-24|last=Verongos|first=Helen T.|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>▼ Despite setting many records, the film has also attracted many negative reviews from Chinese critics and a more mixed reaction than its predecessor ''[[Lost in Thailand]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1864114/how-lost-hong-kong-found-secret-box-office|title=How Lost in Hong Kong found the secret to box office success|author=Alive Yan and Celine Sun|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=October 4, 2015|accessdate=October 5, 2015}}</ref><ref name="SCMP"/> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'''s Maggie Lee considered the film "tamer but still agreeable" compared to ''[[Lost in Thailand]]'', noting the comedy is particularly tailored to the [[mainland China]] market, "which even Hong Kong viewers will miss." She also predicted that "mainlanders in their 40s" will embrace it much more readily compared to "millennials".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/film-review-lost-in-hong-kong-1201598166/|title=Film Review: ‘Lost in Hong Kong’|last=Lee|first=Maggie|newspaper=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=2015-09-23}}</ref>▼ ▲ ▲''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'''s Maggie Lee considered the film "tamer but still agreeable" compared to ''[[Lost in Thailand]]'', noting the comedy's ==References== Line 128 ⟶ 132: [[Category:Chinese adventure comedy films]] [[Category:2010s adventure comedy films]] [[Category:Chinese films]]▼ [[Category:2015 films]] [[Category:Beijing Enlight Pictures films]] [[Category:2010s Mandarin-language films]] ▲[[Category: [[Category:Films set in Hong Kong]] [[Category:Films set in Shanghai]] [[Category:Films shot in Hong Kong]] [[Category:Films shot in Shanghai]] [[Category:Films directed by Xu Zheng (actor)]] [[Category:2015 comedy films]] |