让子弹飞 Let the Bullets Fly took 60 million yuan

让子弹飞 Let the Bullets Fly a period movie starring Yun-Fat Chow, Carina Lau, Xiaogang Feng, You Ge and other well known Chinese Actors opened last week. The movie is a set in the 1920’s about a bandit and the gentry (good guy and bad guy film where the lines blur between who is bad and who is good).  Its a film with action, kung-fu and comedy – a mix that has become very popular in Chinese films.

The movie took 60 million yuan on Saturday beating out Avatar for the record of one day takings [Xinhua]. Chinese film industry constantly grows and changes – more and more Hong Kong, Taiwanese actors are playing parts in Chinese films – this is due to market but also salaries where salaries on the Mainland are becoming larger than that in Hong Kong film industry.

I hope to see it on DVD or IPTV soon.