Andy Lau and Louis Koo's "Drug War 2" was released today and the box office exceeded 100 million on the first day

The movie "Drug War 2: The King of Drug Lords" was released nationwide on July 5, and the box office exceeded 100 million on the first day of its release. The last domestic film to break the 100 million yuan box office in a single day was "Anti-Corruption Storm 4", which landed in mainland China on April 4 and created a single-day box office of 104 million the next day. After a lapse of 3 months, the mainland film market finally ushered in a strong domestic film with an impressive first-day box office performance. It is worth noting that the starring actors of these two crime action films are both Louis Koo.

According to Maoyan data, "Drug War 2" accounted for 39.4% of the screenings on the first day of its release, higher than the 26.2% of the Marvel superhero blockbuster "Spider-Man: Far From Home". Maoyan's real-time prediction is that the final box office is expected to exceed 600 million yuan. The new film "The Secret Life of Pets 2" released on the same day has not yet exceeded 20 million, and the domestic animation "Pig Man: The Incredible World" has earned more than 6 million yuan, all of which are inferior to "Drug War 2". In terms of the film's reputation, Tao Piaopiao has 8.8, Maoyan has 9.2, and Douban has 6.7.

"Drug War 2" is the sequel to "Drug War" directed by Benny Chan in 2013, but the main creative team and the story have all been replaced, and it is now directed by Herman Yau. This is the first time that the leading actors Andy Lau and Louis Koo have collaborated again in 12 years since "The Disciples".

In the film, Louis Koo subverts his image and plays the drug lord Dizang, and Andy Lau plays the anti-drug pioneer Yu Shuntian. He offers a reward of 100 million to hunt down Dizang, but the two actually have a twenty-year brotherhood behind them. Michael Miu, played by the policeman Lam Ching-fung, intervenes and launches a "drug" pursuit operation.

"Drug War 2" was originally scheduled to be released on July 12, but was moved to July 19 and then advanced to July 5. There were no strong competitors in this schedule, so "Drug War 2" took the lead.