The Eighth Happiness | |||||||||||
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Director: | Johnnie To | ||||||||||
Producer: | Raymond Wong | ||||||||||
Starring: | Chow Yun-fat Raymond Wong Jacky Cheung Carol Cheng Cherie Chung Fung Bo Bo Fennie Yuen | ||||||||||
Cinematography: | Joe Chan Paul Chan | ||||||||||
Editing: | David Wu | ||||||||||
Music: | Tony Lo | ||||||||||
Studio: | Cinema City & Films Co. | ||||||||||
Distributor: | Cinema City & Films Co. | ||||||||||
Runtime: | 91 minutes | ||||||||||
Country: | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
Language: | Cantonese | ||||||||||
Gross: | HK$37,090,776 |
The Eighth Happiness (八星報喜) is a 1988 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Johnnie To and starring an ensemble cast of Chow Yun-fat, Raymond Wong, Jacky Cheung, Carol Cheng, Cherie Chung, Fung Bo Bo and Fennie Yuen. It was the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong at the time. The film centers around three brothers Fong Kim-long (Chow Yun-fat), Fong Kim-fai (Raymond Wong Pak-ming) and Fong Kim-sang (Jacky Cheung). One day, their telephone line failed, they meet their future wife because of this incident.
The film grossed HK$37,090,776 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 11 February to 30 March 1988 and was the top-grossing film of 1988 in Hong Kong[1] and the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong at the time.[2]