周星馳最新電影《美人魚》領跑春節檔電影票房

Hong Kong film-maker Stephen Chow won the battle at the Chinese New Year box office , with his Movie Mermaid topping two others which boasted the heavyweight star power of Chow Yun Fat and Aaron Kwok.

在春節這場票房大戰中，香港電影製作人周星馳執導的電影《美人魚》大獲全勝，力壓另外兩位重量級對手周潤發和郭富城主演的影片，位居票房榜首。

Figures showed it debuting as box-office king in mainland China as 19 million Chinese went to the theatres on the first day of the holiday period.

數據顯示，《美人魚》於大年初一首映，僅首映當天，觀影人數已達1900萬人次，成爲票房冠軍。

The fantasy comedy set a new single-day record for China's homemade movies, collecting 276 million yuan ($59 million) in ticket receipts, said website NetEase. The previous record-holder was comedy Lost In Hong Kong, with a haul of 247 million yuan last year.

根據網易新聞報道，這部科幻喜劇於當日吸金2.76億（約5900萬美元），刷新了國產電影單日票房新記錄。之前，該記錄的保持者爲去年上映的《港囧》，單日票房達到2.47億。

From Vegas To Macau III, a comedy starring Chow, debuted in second place with 178 million yuan. Its cast includes Carina Lau, Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung and Nick Cheung.

而周潤發主演的全明星陣容賀歲喜劇《澳門風雲3》以1.78億的票房佔據第二位。該片陣容豪華，卡司包括劉嘉玲、劉德華、張學友以及張家輝。

The Monkey King 2 landed only at No. 3, with 170 million yuan on opening, even though it features top actor Kwok in the title role, Chinese heart-throb William Feng Shaofeng and international star Gong Li.

《西遊記之孫悟空三打白骨精》儘管以一線明星郭富城爲賣點，還有“大衆情人馮紹峯”以及國際巨星鞏俐的傾情加盟，但首映日僅獲得1.7億的票房，位居第三。

Total box-office receipts saw a new high for a single day by breaking 660 million yuan - a 77 per cent increase over last year's takings on day one of the Chinese New Year period.

數據顯示，大年初一總票房突破6.6億，創下單日票房最高記錄——同比去年春節檔期，增加了77%的票房收入.

But Mermaid, which stars Deng Chao and Show Lo, failed to overtake the highest single-day total in China, recorded last April by Hollywood's Furious 7, with 346 million yuan. On Monday, Kung Fu Panda 3, which was released late last month, was in fourth place with 20 million yuan.

但由鄧超和小豬羅志祥主演的《美人魚》卻未能突破去年4月上映的好萊塢電影《速度與激情7》單日票房3.46億元的最高記錄。而在當天，已於上月底上映的《功夫熊貓3》的週一票房僅爲2000萬，位列第四。