Member Cognoscente Posted June 11, 2021 Member Share Posted June 11, 2021 A July '87 issue of City Entertainment. It's funny that like Sammo for Eastern Condors (also 1987), Arnie had to lose weight so that he would be more convincing as a soldier. Predator earned HK$ 8,201,018 during its run from July 9 to July 29 whereas Eastern Condors earned HK $21,606,063 in that month. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Kwok Choi Posted June 11, 2021 Member Share Posted June 11, 2021 (edited) .............maybe it is a budget vs gross takings issue as it said that Eastern Condors "Bombed" flopped at the box office. Edited June 11, 2021 by Kwok Choi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cognoscente Posted June 11, 2021 Member Share Posted June 11, 2021 In Wong Jing's memoir, he talked about how he expected Eastern Condors to make more money than his own movie - The Romancing Star. He predicted that Eastern Condors would gross more than 30 million despite the fact that The Millionaire's Express took in 28 million locally. Consider this - Rambo: First Blood Part II pulled in HK$ 24,649,206 (in comparison to the 9,554,760 result of First Blood). You can imagine Sammo's surprise in 1988 when Rambo 3 had earned HK$ 27,735,764 in comparison to the 21 million take of Eastern Condors. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cognoscente Posted June 22, 2021 Member Share Posted June 22, 2021 The title would have been appropriate if he had played Tarzan. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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