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Hong Kong Box Office Became More Diverse as Releases Slumped in 2020
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variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe coronavirus outbreak caused a 72% slump in theatrical box office in Hong Kong last year.
It also caused audiences in the city to embrace a more diverse selection of films, especially those from Asia.Hong Kong traditionally has one of the world’s highest per capita cinema attendance rates.
That means that in conventional years it usually ranks among the world’s top 20 box office markets, despite its lowly 7.5 million population.Data published Monday by Hong Kong Box Office Ltd.
showed gross revenues last year slumped to HK$536 million ($69.2 million), down from HK$1.92 billion ($248 million) in 2019 as releases dried up and social distancing measures cut into already limited seating capacity.
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