銀河鉄道999実写映画計画 Galaxy Express 999 goes live-action (2005-06-21 17:29:42) ttp://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ Chinese director Jeff Lau plans to produce a loose adaptation of Leiji Matsumoto's Galaxy Express 999 manga. Titled "Galaxy Princess," it will star Sammo Hung, Gordon Liu, Yuen Wah, Bruce Leung, Stephen Fung, Gillian Chung and, Charlene Choi. Production is scheduled to begin in August, with a release tentatively set for early next year. Source: Kung Fu Cinema ttp://www.kungfucinema.com/
ttp://asianfanatics.net/forum/_Initial_D_box_office_reaches_flying_colors-talk114076.html 'Initial D' box office reach flying colours in Taiwan, HK, China, Singapore and Malaysia with the total of TWD$ 222,000,000. Reach the top of the chart in every Asian countries. Jay specially arrived in HK to attend the celebration party. Having a great result in his debut movie, Jay replied humble:' It's everyones effort!'
'Initial D' open screening on the 23th of June, Thursday in HK and within 4 days, the box office had accumulated 150 million, which accumulated 3.7 million average each day. From the movie's box office flying colours, it's not a problem for director Andrew Lau to achieve ' Fung Wan' box office which had 460 million .While in Taiwan, 'Initial D' open for screening on the Friday and within 2 days, the total amount collected is 2.5 million.
ttp://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/27/content_3141209.htm BEIJING, June 27 -- Taiwan pop star, Jay Chow's film "Initial D" has reached 7 million Yuan at box office takings in its opening day across China. This is the highest record in the mainland this year. The publisher said fifteen theaters respectively received 100 thousand Yuan at the box office at its premiere across China. Theaters alone in Guangdong province pocketed 1.4 million Yuan. It predicts that the gross box office takings will reach 40 million Yuan at the weekend.
ttp://www.lovehkfilm.com/ Initial D made over 15 million at the HK box office over the weekend, which is a great because now it will eclipse Himalaya Singh as the year's highest-grossing Hong Kong film.