As of July 23, the martial arts comedy "The Kungfu Women's Football Team" directed by Stephen Chow, starring Zhang Xiaofei, Dilireba and Zhang Yixing, has surpassed the box office revenue milestone of 1.7 billion RMB (about 6,600 billion VND) on its 13th day in theaters.
The film is currently ranked 3rd in the Chinese box office chart in 2026 and has entered the Top 53 highest-grossing films in Chinese box office history.
According to the current trend, Maoyan predicts that the total film revenue will exceed 2.9 billion CNY.
When revenue reached 1.7 billion RMB, the revenue divided among investors reached about 600 million RMB. Bingo Group, controlled by Stephen Chow, is also one of the producers and participated in sharing the film's revenue.
At a movie promotion, when he heard a young child calling "Tinh Gia", Stephen Chow, at the age of 64, turned to look and choked up and said: "I am just an ordinary creative person, based on what did I receive so much support from everyone?".
The whole auditorium fell silent for a few seconds. Then, he continued: "Every time I see this affection, I feel very guilty... But it is also that that has become my motivation. Without your support, we are nothing.
According to the media, Stephen Chow's humility has been deeply ingrained in him.
Looking back at his interviews over the past 30 years, it can be seen that Stephen Chow always repeats familiar sayings: "I am just an ordinary creative person", "I am just lucky", "The audience has favored me"...
To complete "The Kungfu Women's Football Team", Stephen Chow spent 5 years preparing, 2 years filming and 1 year post-production.
At the age of 64, he still works about 16 hours a day, and still demonstrates each movement himself on the film set.
A female actress revealed that when directing the reverse kick scene, Stephen Chow fell 7-8 times, his knees swollen. However, he has never complained. What he cares about is: "Is this scene funny? Do the audience like it? ".
When "The Kungfu Women's Football Team" was released, there were many controversies and doubts. A part of the audience commented that the film's script still had unreasonable points, many familiar humorous segments, and the topic of women's football was also suspected of exploiting nostalgic elements.
However, impressive box office revenue is proof that the support for Stephen Chow and his works is still very large. Many people admit that what they find is not just a film, but the feeling that they are being treated by the filmmakers with seriousness.
At the age of 64, Stephen Chow does not make films superficially, he still constantly tries and takes care of every scene and frame.
