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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 webnews|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/sep/28/global-box-office-lost-in-hong-kong-the-intern-hotel-transylvania-2|title=China has last laugh as Lost in Hong Kong posts highest comedy debut ever|author=Phil Hoad|newspaper=The Guardian |date=September 28, 2015|accessdate=September 29, 2015}}</ref> It earned US$70.6 million in two days.<ref name="USA"/> During its opening weekend it grossed an estimated US$106.8 million from a massive 284,000 screenings in three days becoming the second Chinese film after ''[[Monster Hunt]]'' to open with more than US$100 million.<ref name="worldwide">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-box-office-lost-hong-827830|title=China Box Office: 'Lost in Hong Kong' Finds Massive $107 Million On Debut|author=Patrick Brzeski|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=([[Prometheus Global Media]])|date=September 28, 2015|accessdate=September 29, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/lost-in-hong-kong-scores-107-million-opening-weekend-1201604501/|title='Lost in Hong Kong' Scores $107 Million Opening Weekend|author=Patrick Frater|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=([[Penske Media Corporation]])|date=September 28, 2015|accessdate=September 29, 2015}}</ref> Its 3-day haul of US$106 million is also the second biggest 3-day gross of any film in China irrespective of any day. Only ''Furious 7'', which debuted to US$121 million in its Sunday-Tuesday opening in April, has ever notched a bigger 3-day opening in China.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2015/09/28/lost-finds-whopping-106-million-3-day-open-in-china/|title='Lost' Finds Whopping $106 Million 3-Day Debut In China|author=Rob Cain|work=[[Forbes]]|date=September 28, 2015|accessdate=September 29, 2015}}</ref> It topped the Chinese box office for the second weekend earning US$41 million.<ref name="Overseas10thOpening">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/10/martian-tops-100-million-55-million-international-box-office-the-walk-1201566927/|title='The Martian' Tops $100M Worldwide In Opening, $55M Abroad – Int'l Box Office|author=Anita Busch|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=October 4, 2015|accessdate=October 5, 2015}}</ref> It was then the second highest-grossing Chinese film of all time behind ''Monster Hunt'' and the third highest-grossing film in China in 2015 behind ''Monster Hunt'' and ''Furious 7''.<ref name="GML">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-box-office-ant-man-833176|title=China Box Office: 'Ant-Man' Goes Big With $43M Debut|author=Patrick Brzeski|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=([[Prometheus Global Media]])|date=October 20, 2015|accessdate=October 20, 2015}}</ref>

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.<ref name="USA">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/lost-in-hong-kong-99-homes-stonewall-sicario-pecialty-b-o-1201553415/|title='Lost In Hong Kong,' '99 Homes' Boast Solid Starts, 'Sicario' Fearsome In 2nd Frame: Specialty B.O.|author=Brian Brooks|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=([[Penske Media Corporation]])|date=September 27, 2015|accessdate=September 29, 2015}}</ref> Well Go USA Entertainment, the distributor of the film in the US said it was "thrilled" with the early results.<ref name="USA"/>

===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"/>