The New King of Comedy
A young female actor dreams of becoming famous and building a successful career despite being a stand-in and extra on most sets.
- Director
- Stephen Chow
- Signature
- Humour · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $107M
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A young female actor dreams of becoming famous and building a successful career despite being a stand-in and extra on most sets.
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Box Office & Release
The New King of Comedy returned 13.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $8M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $107M
- Release date
- Feb 5, 2019
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- Cantonese, English
- Country
- China
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