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Chinese on a roll with Hong Kong help.(FILM)

Variety

| March 22, 2010 | Coonan, Clifford | COPYRIGHT 2008 Reed Business Information, Inc. (US). (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The galloping Chinese box office and 3D top the list of what the Asian biz will be buzzing about at Hong Kong's Filmart, which runs March 22 to 25.

A majority of the top 10 Chinese-language box office hits in China were Hong Kong movies or co-productions. The number of movies (70) that started lensing in 2009 was 30% higher than the previous year, and the council expects that number to increase in 2010.

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"Hong Kong movies, including the co-production of Chinese movies, have proven very popular in the Chinese market," says Jack So, chairman of the Hong Kong Film Development Council and prexy of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, …

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