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"Lust, Caution" May Take in 100 Million at Box Off

 
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:56 am    Post subject: "Lust, Caution" May Take in 100 Million at Box Off

"Lust, Caution" May Take in 100 Million at Box Office

2007-11-05 16:48:42 Shanghai Daily

Oscar-winning director Ang Lee's spy thriller "Lust, Caution" is expected to hit 100 million yuan (US$13.41 million) in ticket sales on the mainland as it has taken in 40 million yuan in the first week, Sina.com reported Monday.

The strong sales triggered forecasts from theater managers who anticipated the sales to surpass 100 million yuan, well above the original forecast of 60 million, the report said.

A cinema officer said "Lust, Caution" could be the biggest box-office performer in 2007 though it will have to face "The Warlords" and "The Assembly," two films scheduled to hit screens by the end of this year.

Based on Shanghai writer Eileen Chang's novel, "Lust" revolves around a group of revolutionary students bent on killing a powerful political figure who collaborates with invading Japanese forces during World War II. It is shown in Chinese with both English and Chinese subtitles.

A cinema spokesman said the strong performance has been helped by the film's Golden Lion award at the recent Venice Film Festival and the numerous fans of writer Eileen Chang who yearned to see the movie based on her novel.

The strong reputation of director Ang Lee and praise heaped on performers, especially actress Tang Wei has also helped at the box office.

By Deng Kajia



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:07 pm    Post subject:

Patrons lust after Ang Lee's latest film

Created: 2007-11-6

Author:Yao Minji



OVER the past weekend, Chinese audiences have lusted after Ang Lee's new film "Lust, Caution," which premiered in Shanghai last Wednesday.

The film has taken 5.35 million yuan (US$717,600) at the box office of the city's largest chain, Shanghai United Cinema Lines. And national ticket sales for the first week hit 40 million yuan, lower than Zhang Yimou's "Curse of the Golden Flower" and Chen Kaige's "The Promise," respectively 96 million yuan and 74 million yuan.

According to theater managers, "Lust, Caution" is the only new release over the weekend, while other films like "Ratatouille" and "Brothers (Xiong Di)" have been playing for more than two weeks.

"Ticket sales for 'Lust Caution' definitely took the largest share of the weekend market," said Wu Hehu, Shanghai United's deputy general manager. "The highest sales for other films are less than 10 percent of that."

Based on Shanghai writer Eileen Chang's novel, "Lust" revolves around a group of revolutionary students bent on killing a powerful political figure who collaborates with invading Japanese forces during World War II. It is shown in Chinese with both English and Chinese subtitles.

Theater managers said there were many reasons behind the strong sales - the film's Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival, the reputation of director Ang Lee, the all-star cast of Tony Leung and pop singer Lee-Hom Wang, and the numerous fans of writer Chang, who was popular in the 1930s.


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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:10 pm    Post subject:

14:26, November 05, 2007

Lust, Caution premieres on mainland

The spy thriller "Lust, Caution," directed by Oscar winner Ang Lee, has raked in more than 600,000 yuan (US$80,000) in Shenzhen since opening on the Chinese mainland midnight Thursday.

The blockbuster, which won this year's Golden Lion award at the Venice International Film Festival, was finally screened on the mainland after a number of delays.

Taiwanese director Lee, and the film's cast members Tang Wei and Wang Lee-hom, were present at the Shanghai premiere, the only promotion for the film on the mainland.

The mainland version of the film is 145 minutes long, with several sex scenes having been deleted.

"Lust, Caution" is vying for this year's Golden Horse Film Awards, the winners of which will be announced Dec. 8 in Taiwan.

The film is based on a novella of the same name, written by the famous Chinese author Zhang Ailing (1921-1995).


Source: Shenzhen Daily


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:00 am    Post subject:

"Lust, Caution" brings in 40 mln on Chinese mainland


www.chinaview.cn 2007-11-06 21:16:45

BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Ang Lee's new spy thriller "Lust, Caution," has taken a remarkable 40 million yuan (5.4 million U.S. dollars) at Chinese mainland box offices in its first four days, proving to be a hit despite significant cuts to meet mainland censorship requirements.

The film opened on the mainland on Nov. 1. "It is possible that the movie's box office would top 100 million yuan given the current fervor among the audience," said a source with the China Film Group Corporation, the mainland distributor.

Set during World War II in Shanghai, "Lust, Caution", starring by novice mainland actress Tang Wei and Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai, is about a sexually charged relationship between an undercover female student activist and the Japanese-allied intelligence chief.

"The movie has so far had the best box office returns of all the movies shown in our theatre over the past three months," said Chen Ji, a manager with the Oriental New Century Theatre in Beijing.

Chen said the movie had reaped 500,000 yuan for his theatre over the past five days.

He said the box office takings lagged behind Zhang Yimou's "Curse of the Golden Flower" shown at the end of last year, which brought in more than 700,000 yuan in five days for his theatre.

"But still, 'Lust, Caution' is excellent in terms of market performance considering that it is a love story and its target audience might be smaller than martial arts blockbusters or war epics," Chen said.

Zhang's "Curse of the Golden Flower" earned 250 million yuan, topping the mainland box office in 2006.

Lee's movie, called "Se, Jie" in Chinese, has been a hot topic among the mainland media and the public long before its official screening here due to its bold sex scenes. The movie has been given the restrictive NC-17 label in the United States, banning viewers under 17.

In order to get approval for release on the mainland, Lee himself cut about seven minutes from the movie. Despite being shorn of some of its sexual scenes, the film's mainland version still won acclaim from most audiences.

"It is a pity that the film was cut, but I think the cutting doesn't affect my understanding of the story. It still has its strength," said a viewer surnamed Liu.

"The movie is typical of Ang Lee's style, reserved but powerful. It gives a vivid and in-depth description of the complicated feelings between men and women," another viewer surnamed Meng said.

The film was voted 4.5 out of five points by 3,017 Internet users, according to a poll conducted by the movie channel at www. sina.com.

"Lust, Caution" has proved to be a box office success in Taiwan and Hong Kong since it opened in September.

It won the top Golden Lion prize at the Venice Film Festival in September, Lee's second win in Venice following "Brokeback Mountain" in 2005.


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:22 pm    Post subject:

"Lust" flares up passion and business in China

Written by Clifford Coonan

Wednesday, 07 November 2007


BEIJING – It was a long time coming, but Taiwanese helmer's erotic spy thriller "Lust, Caution" is inflaming passions and B.O. alike in mainland China, taking in $5.3 million in its first week on Chinese screens and prompting lively debate about on-screen sexuality.

Chinese auds are unused to the kind of sexy content seen in "Lust, Caution" even though Ang cut seven minutes of the film himself. Two scenes have been excised – a scene of violent sex and one particularly graphic coupling. Blurry and comically sped up versions of the two scenes were proving hugely popular on websites around China, having miraculously rounded the Great Firewall of China somehow.

The website Sina.com said forecasts were for the movie to garner 100 million yuan ($13.4 million) in ticket sales on the mainland in the next while, after a strong opening. Shanghai Media Group, which is one of the co-producers of the movie, declined to comment on B.O. figures when contacted.

The strong sales triggered forecasts from theater managers who anticipated the sales to surpass 100 million yuan, well above the original forecast of 60 million, the report said.

Pic is based on a novel by Eileen Chang, a popular figure in China, and its tale of a group of revolutionary students plotting the downfall of a powerful collaborator with the Japanese has struck a chord in China.
"Lust, Caution," which has done very well at Hong Kong's theaters, is shaping up to be a big performer this year, and widespread media coverage for the fact that pic won a Golden Lion at Venice also boosted auds.

Two other big titles, "The Warlords" and "The Assembly," are lined up for the end of the year. Pic is shown in Chinese with both English and Chinese subtitles.

China does not have a classification system and predictably enough, "Lust, Caution" has prompted a major row over what is suitable viewing and how to control access to movies with adult content. Some webizens said "Lust" was an artistic triumph, and blamed media hype for blowing its sexy content out of proportion, while others said it was just Ang Lee's name which stopped the movie being branded as pron.
"Shameless! Actors would do anything for money!" wrote one outraged bulletin-board poster.

Piracy had been another concern for Lee, given the earlier release of ``Lust, Caution'' in other parts of Asia, but there were no signs of pirated copies in Beijing's DVD shops on Tuesday.


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