Hong Kong 3D porn film to screen in US
2011-05-26 08:30
Hong Kong - A hit Hong Kong 3D erotic comedy that has wowed viewers in Asia has secured US and Canadian distribution, as the pioneering film's international rollout gains momentum.
China Lion Film Distribution said in a statement on Wednesday that it bought the North American rights to 3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy at the film market at the recently concluded Cannes Film Festival.
The company, a Chinese-New Zealand joint venture that specialises in releasing Chinese films in the US and Canada, said it was still deciding on the date and size of the release.
Sex and Zen, a remake of a 1991 Hong Kong movie by the same name, follows a sexually frustrated Chinese scholar who loses his way in the harem of a duke he befriends. The morality tale stars Japanese porn stars Hara Saori and Suo Yukiko as well as Hong Kong actress Vonnie Liu.
The film features orgies, swinging and some very graphic sex scenes.
The $3.5m Cantonese-language production got off to a roaring start when it debuted in Hong Kong on April 14, beating the opening-day box office record previously held by the James Cameron 3D sci-fi epic Avatar with a first-day take of $360 000, and went on to post strong results in Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand.
In Hong Kong, its latest gross was $4.9m as of Wednesday, making it the southern Chinese territory's most popular release so far this year, publicist Carmen Wong said on Thursday.