Kung-Fu Hustle: $293,025 on SEVEN screens in U.S. Debut

[Brian Thibodeau]

Obviously, that's not enough for it to crack the top ten, and I'm sure those figures are from major metropolitan centres, but it's still phenomenal business. One can only hope now that Sony doesn't bungle this the way Miramax did with so many Hong Kong titles.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/10/box.office.ap/index.html

[leepifer]

If "KFH" got a marketing equal to "Sahara" for example,it would certainly rank the number ONE at the Box-Office don't you think?
7 theaters!!!!?!!!! For a movie with american production,it seems to be ridiculous if you compare the movie mediums!
So,are they afraid of something?
Maybe it is not the time for a comic-Chinese to hit the market....
Jackie Chan did it with "RITB" and it was great !
Now the "fruit got no more juice" and he's back to HK so they should need a new atraction shouldn't they?
It must be,it just can be stephen Chow.
He really deserves it.
Maybe he's just too BIG for them....

[Brian Thibodeau]

Seven theatres carried Kung-Fu Hustle in LIMITED RELEASE. The movie goes much, MUCH wider either this weekend or next (can't remember). The per-screen average in those seven screens has apparently given Sony an indication that this will do OK in a wider release. Commercials and trailers for it are all over the place over here and the studio is sponsoring various radio programs (most notably the top rated Howard Stern show) over here. I'm sure it won't debut at number one, but it looks set to do respectable numbers. Rumble In The Bronx was a well-timed late-winter fluke, as nearly all Jackie's other Asian movies released in the U.S. (not including Rush Hour) after it attested, with decreasing returns. I think Chow could make a real dent with KFH.