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Hong Kong

Now playing

My Wife is a Gangster (Korea)
Pokemon: Pocket Monsters (Japan)

Tiramisu
Princess D
Inner Senses
Wesley's Mysterious File
Big Shot's Funeral
July Rhapsody

My Sassy Girl (Korea)

The Time Machine
We Were Soldiers
Peter Pan II: Return to Never Never Land
E.T. the Extra Terrestrial
Ice Age
In the Bedroom
I Am Sam
A Beautiful Mind
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring

Hong Kong International Film Festival (March 27 - April 7)

sources/more information:
• CantonKid
• Hong Kong Entertainment News in Review
• Hong Kong Movie Database
• Netvigator

Coming soon
So Close

sources/more information:
• Another Hong Kong Movie Page
• CantonKid
• Hong Kong Movie Database

Box office results

Visit the best source:
• HK Film Top Ten Home Page

United States

Now Playing — nationwide release

(Top 10 American films playing nationwide,
  based on weekend box office for March 22-24)

#1 Blade 2
#2  Ice Age
#3  E.T. the Extra Terrestrial
#4  Showtime
#5  Resident Evil
#6  We Were Soldiers
#7  The Time Machine
#8  A Beautiful Mind
#9  Sorority Boys
#10  40 Days and 40 Nights

Source: Box Office Mojo

Now Playing — limited engagements

• Monsoon Wedding (directed by Mira Nair)
• Shiri  (Korean action)
• What Time is it There? (drama; directed by Ming-Liang Tsai)

Coming Soon

Updated March 25

American films opening nationwide March 29

•   Panic Room
•   Clockstoppers
•   The Rookie
•   Death to Smoochy

Asian films

In addition to Hong Kong films, releases are included below from China, India, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as U.S. productions featuring Hong Kong talent. Most will receive only limited releases in selected cities.

May 1
•  The Green Dragon (about Vietnamese refugees; directed by Timothy Linh Bui; limited release)

Spring — tentative
• Killing Me Softly (directed by Chen Kaige)

May 24
• Happy Times (directed by Zhang Yimou)

June 7
• The Tuxedo (Jackie Chan; directed by Kevin Donovan; will open nationwide)

June 14
• Windtalkers (directed by John Woo; will open nationwide)

July 12
• All About Lily Chou-Chou (Japan; directed by Shunji Iwai)

July 26
• The Warrior (directed by Asif Kapedia)

August 9
• Ring (remake of Japanese film; directed by Gore Verbinski; will open nationwide)

September 20
• The Transporter (action direction by Corey Yuen Kwai)

Fall — tentative
• 51st State (directed by Ronny Yu)
• Bulletproof Monk (Chow Yun-Fat; directed by Paul Hunter)
• Cradle to the Grave (Jet Li, Mark Dacascos; directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak)
• Shanghai Knights (sequel; Jackie Chan; directed by Tom Dey)
• So Close (formerly Virtual Twilight; Shu Qi, Vicky Zhao Wei, Karen Mok; directed by Corey Yuen Kwai; Official Website)

2003
• Hero (Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi; directed by Zhang Yimou)
• The Highbinders (Jackie Chan; directed by Gordon Chan; action director Sammo Hung; tentative February release date)
• Iron Fist (directed by Kirk Wong)
• Kung Fu Soccer (AKA Shaolin Soccer; directed by Stephen Chow; delayed at least until first quarter 2003)
• Kung Fu Theater (Parody about a man stuck in a kung fu movie; directed by Nick Quested)

No distribution confirmed and/or no specific release date set
• The Accidental Spy (Jackie Chan; directed by Teddy Chen; may go straight to video)
• Bhopal Express (directed by Mahesh Mathai)
• Black Mask 2: City of Masks (directed by Tsui Hark; will not receive theatrical release; will go straight to video)
• Flying Dragon, Leaping Tiger (Sammo Hung; directed by Allan Lan)
• Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah (directed by Shuseke Kaneko)
• Heroes of Heaven and Earth (Jiang Wen, Kiichi Nakai; directed by He Ping)
• Purple Storm (directed by Teddy Chan)
• Tears of the Black Tiger (directed by Wisit Sasanatieng)
• A Tibetan Monk in New York (Jet Li; action director Corey Yuen)
• The Touch (Michelle Yeoh; directed by Peter Pau)

Source: UpcomingMovies.com