With three great Chinese Blockbuster Movie challenging for the top honour in this year's Chinese New Year period , the battle for the top prize is expected to be the fiercest in recent years ! Stephen Chow's CJ 7 , Jack Neo's Ah Long PTE LTD and Jay Chow's Basketball Movie , Kung Fu Slam Dunk is currently in neck and neck , challenging each other very closely in a three horse race !
And after the first week of intense showdown , the latest figures revealed showed that Stephen Chow is king as his CJ7 movie comes up tops with a whopping $2 million box office earnings . Following closely in second place is Jack Neo Ah Long Pte Ltd with $1.47 million and in third is surprise ... surprise Jay Chow's Kung Fu Slam Dunk Movie , who lost by slightly a bit at $1.4 million reports MY PAPER in yesterday's Edition .
Jack Neo Sliences His Critics !
Despite being on the receiving end of some nasty comments and earning bad reviews from some Movie Reviewers recently , Jack Neo has once again proved that he still has what it takes to stand a foothold in the Movie industry , as far as local audiences are concerned . The massive earnings of $1.47 million just from the opening first week alone says it all . As far as his Movie is concerned , Jack still has a large number of followers and supporters who will still patronize the cinemas and are not easily put off just because of some bad comments .
Considering that there were reports earlier that a particular Movie reviewer had said that his Movie only deserved half a star ratings and some had even written off his Movie as ' Lousy ' , this is indeed a morale boost for Jack , given the circumstances it has been .
On what he has to say and what he feels about being able to defeat what some may consider as one of his strongest and closest ' rivals ' Jay Chow to claim second spot , ' this shows that Singapore is still my home ground ' , Jack was quoted as saying in a phone interview with MY PAPER yesterday .
He felt that Jay Chow's film targets the teenage audience which could be smaller than the family crowds who turned out in force over the holidays . And he has strong words for his critics too and gave them a stern warning : ' When I made a film , I insist on quality . My movies are not rubbish . I made them with a conscience . '
' I think my detractors are very disappointed . ' - Jack Neo on his critics who had written off his movie as lousy after earning the second place spot in the latest box- office figures announced .
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