Hong Kong sci-fi film Back to the Past rakes in record HK$45 million in first week

Hong Kong science fiction blockbuster Back to the Past has overtaken A Guilty Conscience and The Last Dance to become the highest-grossing film in its opening week. Industry body Hong Kong Box Office Limited on Tuesday said that Back to the Past, starring Louis Koo Tin-lok and Raymond Lam Fung, had earned a cumulative HK$45.4 million (US$5.8 million) at the box office in Hong Kong and Macau as of Monday. Hong Kong cinema-goers accounted for more than HK$42.8 million of the total. “This figure...