King of Mahjong

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King of Mahjong
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Traditional Chinese 麻雀王
Simplified Chinese 麻雀王
Hanyu Pinyin Má Què Wáng
Jyutping Maa4 Zeok3 Wong4
Directed byAdrian Teh
Screenplay byLai Chaing-ming
Agn Siew-hoong
Ho You-wang
Produced byAllyan Too
Lim Teck
Starring Chapman To
Mark Lee
Michelle Ye
Venus Wong
CinematographyYong Choon-lin
Edited byKeree Teh
Production
companies
Zingshot Productions
Rex Film Production
Luxury Watch Club
Across Solutions
Clover Films
Asia Tropical Films
Distributed byClover Films
Cathay-Keris Films [1]
Release dates
  • 19 February 2015 (2015-02-19)(Singapore)
  • 19 February 2015 (2015-02-19)(Malaysia)
CountriesSingapore
Malaysia
Languages Cantonese
Mandarin
Box officeRM$3 million (Malaysia) [2]

King of Mahjong is a 2015 Singaporean-Malaysian Chinese New Year comedy film directed by Adrian Teh and starring Chapman To, Mark Lee, Michelle Ye and Venus Wong. The film was released on 19 February 2015 marked the first day of Chinese New Year.

Contents

Plot

Cast

Guest appearance

Production

King of Mahjong was filmed in both Singapore and Malaysia. [3] [4]

Box office

When the film premiered in Malaysia on 19 February 2015, the film grossed RM$2.4 million at the box office after its first four days of release, leading the weekly box office. As of 6 March 2014, the film has grossed RM$3 million. [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "King of Mahjong Meet the Fans".
  3. "Chapman To, Mark Lee play mahjong rivals in new movie". TODAYonline.
  4. "King Of Mahjong's best buds Mark Lee and Chapman To". TODAYonline.