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It beat ‘Shazam!’ into second place.

Hong Kong crime thriller P Storm fought off DC’s latest superhero film Shazam! for the top spot over the long weekend created by the Qingming (tomb-sweeping) holiday on April 5.

As it is not always a tradition to have a Friday opening in China, several new titles received a staggered release to take advantage of the Qingming holiday, with India’s Andhadhun opening on April 3, P Storm and Lou Ye’s The Shadow Play on April 4 and Shazam! on April 5.

Thanks largely to the Qingming weekend, the first week of April (April 1-7) enjoyed...

“P Storm,” the fourth installment of a Hong Kong crime thriller franchise, beat Warner Bros.’ new DC Comics superhero flick “Shazam!” by nearly $10 million over their three-day opening weekend in China, indicating a continued preference of Chinese audiences for local films over U.S. fare.

According to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway, “P Storm” took in $39.8 million over the weekend, which included Friday’s Tomb Sweeping Day, a national holiday in China during which families traditionally head home to pay graveside respects to their ancestors. The somewhat unfortunately named film stars Louis Koo as corruption investigator William Luk, who goes undercover at a prison. “P Storm” took pole position at the box office despite a South China Morning Post review that called it an “utterly silly” storyline “laughably detached from reality.”

Directed by David Lam and produced by Raymond Wong’s Hong Kong-based Pegasus Motion Pictures, the film is the...

S Storm is the sequel to the 2014 Hong Kong corruption thriller Z Storm. Director David Lam returns and the cast this time includes Louis Koo, Julian Cheung and Vic Chou.    Thanks to Magnum Films, we have Five double passes for the film to give away to our readers.    For a chance to win, all you have to do is to follow these two steps:   1) Like the Magnum Film Facebook page, and   2) Email your name and postal address to me at: hugo[at]screenanarchy.com   S Storm will open in Australian cinemas on September 15 and this competition will close at 3pm on September 14. Good luck!    ...

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