Chongqing Hot Pot (film)

Chongqing Hot Pot
Poster
Chinese	火锅英雄
Directed by	Yang Qing
Produced by	Tao Kun James Li Chen Kuofu[1]
Screenplay by	Yang Qing
Starring	Chen Kun Bai Baihe Qin Hao Yu Entai
Music by	Peng Fei Zhao Yingjun[1]
Edited by	Li Nanyi[1]
Production companies	Wanda Pictures New Classics Pictures CKF Pictures Hehe (Shanghai) Pictures K. Pictures (Beijing) Heyi Pictures Easy Entertainment Haining[1]
Distributed by	Wuzhou Film Distribution
Release dates	March 2016 (HKIFF) April 1, 2016
Running time	94 minutes[1]
Country	China
Language	Mandarin
Box office	CN¥370.5 million[2]

Chongqing Hot Pot (Chinese: 火锅英雄) is a 2016 Chinese caper screwball comedy film written and directed by Yang Qing and starring Chen Kun, Bai Baihe, Qin Hao and Yu Entai.^[1] The film had its world premiere in March 2016 at the 2016 Hong Kong International Film Festival and was released in China by Wuzhou Film Distribution on April 1, 2016.^[3][2]

Cast

• Chen Kun as Liu Bo^[1]
• Bai Baihe as Yu Xiaohui^[1]
• Qin Hao as Xu Dong^[1]
• Yu Entai as Four Eyes^[1]

Reception

Box office

The film grossed US$5.7 million on its opening day in China.^[4] It grossed a total of CN¥370.5 million in China.^[2]

Critical response

James Marsh of Screen Daily said that "while scant characterisation and flailing tonal shifts may prevent the film from standing up to serious scrutiny, Yang is clearly out to have fun, and on that front his belated second feature certainly delivers."^[1]

See also

• One Night in Supermarket, a 2009 film by the same director

References

1. Marsh, James (March 23, 2016). "'Chongqing Hot Pot': HKIFF review". Screen Daily. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
2. "火锅英雄（2016）". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved May 6, 2016.
3. Shackleton, Liz (February 24, 2016). "HKIFF to open with Trivisa, Chongqing Hotpot". Screen Daily. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
4. "Box office data for Friday, 1st April 2016 (Estimates as of 21:30 CST)". Box Office China. Retrieved April 1, 2016.