{{Short description|Hong Kong film studio}} {{Infobox company | name = Edko Films Ltd. | logo = EdkoFilms.jpg | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | logo_padding = | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = <!-- Use ISO 639-1 code, e.g. "fr" for French. For multiple names in different languages, use {{lang|[code]|[name]}}. --> | former_name = | type = | industry = Film | founded = 1986 | founder = <!-- or: | founders = --> | hq_location = Mid-level, Macdonnell Rd, 21-2 12 Wan Building | hq_location_city = | hq_location_country = Hong Kong<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0489933D:HK|title=Edko Films Ltd - Company Profile and News|website=Bloomberg News |accessdate= March 25, 2023}}</ref> | area_served = <!-- or: | areas_served = --> | key_people = William Kong (executive director)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/exec/bill-kong/|title=Bill Kong - Variety500 - Top 500 Entertainment Business Leaders|date=26 September 2017 |accessdate= March 25, 2023}}</ref> | products = | brands = | services = Film production, film distribution | owner = <!-- or: | owners = --> | ratio = <!-- for BANKS ONLY --> | rating = <!-- for BANKS ONLY --> | website = <!-- or: | homepage = --><!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> }}
{{Infobox Chinese | t = 安樂影片有限公司 | s = 安乐影片有限公司 | j = Ngon1 Lok6 Jing2 Pin2 Jau2 Haan6 Gung1 Si1}}
'''Edko Films Ltd.''' ({{zh|安樂影片有限公司 }}) is a Hong Kong film production company and distributor.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.cbooo.cn/c/143304|title= 安乐（北京）电影发行有限公司（中国）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese|archive-date= October 27, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191027092434/http://www.cbooo.cn/c/143304|url-status= dead}}</ref>
== History == Edko Films was founded in 1959 by Kong Cho-yee.<ref name="SFGate_Yang2009">{{Cite news |last=Yang |first=Jeff |date=2009-07-22 |title=The rise and fall -- and rise? -- of Hong Kong cinema |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/The-rise-and-fall-and-rise-of-Hong-Kong-3306583.php |access-date=2024-04-20 |work=SFGate |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1989, his son William Kong took the business over.<ref name="Time_Walsh2005">{{Cite magazine |last=Walsh |first=Bryan |date=2005-10-03 |title=Bill Kong: Chinese Film Champion |url=https://time.com/time/asia/2005/heroes/bill_kong.html |access-date=2024-04-20 |magazine=Time}}</ref> In 1996, Edko opened the Broadway Cinematheque, a theatre specializing in showing art films.{{Sfn|Wong|McDonogh|2001|pp=100–101}}
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Title !! Release date !! Box office gross !! Ref. |- | ''The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'' || September 2, 2008 || $403.4 million USD || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/361634|title= 木乃伊3：龙帝之墓（2008）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''The Warrior and the Wolf'' || October 2, 2009 || {{CNY|11 million}} || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/573384|title= 狼灾记（2009）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''True Legend'' || February 9, 2010 || {{CNY|49 million}} || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/566782|title= 苏乞儿（2010）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''Ocean Heaven'' || June 18, 2010 || {{CNY|14 million}} || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/573589|title= 海洋天堂（2010）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''Together'' || December 1, 2010 || {{CNY|0.6 million}} || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/590027|title= 在一起（2010）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''Lover's Discourse'' || December 31, 2010 || {{CNY|4 million}} || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/589984|title= 恋人絮语（2010）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''Love for Life'' || May 10, 2011 || {{CNY|58 million}} || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/573978|title= 最爱（2011）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''Kora'' || November 3, 2011 || {{CNY|4 million}} || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/591749|title= 转山（2011）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''Nightfall'' || March 15, 2012 || {{CNY|48 million}} || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/594690|title= 大追捕（2012）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''First Time'' || June 8, 2012 || {{CNY|36 million}} || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/596552|title= 第一次（2012）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''Cold War'' || November 8, 2012 || {{CNY|253 million}} || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/596138|title= 寒战（2012）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''Finding Mr. Right'' || March 21, 2013 || {{CNY|520 million}} || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/596800|title= 北京遇上西雅图（2013）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''Singing When We Are Young'' || July 7, 2013 || {{CNY|2 million}} || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/616528|title= 初恋未满（2013）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''Firestorm'' || December 12, 2013 || {{CNY|308 million}} || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/614346|title= 风暴（2013）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''Up in the Wind'' || December 31, 2013 || {{CNY|80 million}} || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/615471|title= 等风来（2013）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''Coming Home'' || May 16, 2014 || {{CNY|291 million}} || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/616513|title= 归来（2014）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''Temporary Family'' || August 21, 2014 || {{CNY|101 million}} || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/626880|title= 临时同居（2014）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''Rise of the Legend'' || November 21, 2014 || {{CNY|184 million}} || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/617988|title= 黄飞鸿之英雄有梦（2014）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''Red Amnesia'' || April 30, 2015 || {{CNY|10 million}} || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/617612|title= 闯入者（2015）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''Monster Hunt'' || July 16, 2015 || {{CNY|2,440 million}} || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/627896|title= 捉妖记（2015）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''Go Away Mr. Tumor'' || August 13, 2015 || {{CNY|511 million}} || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/637578|title= 滚蛋吧！肿瘤君（2015）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''Everybody's Fine'' || January 1, 2016 || {{CNY|26 million}} || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/639519|title= 一切都好（2016）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''The Bodyguard'' || April 1, 2016 || {{CNY|324 million}} || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/628035|title= 我的特工爷爷（2016）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''Book of Love'' || April 29, 2016 || {{CNY|787 million}} || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/639261|title= 北京遇上西雅图之不二情书（2016）|accessdate= March 28, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''Cold War 2'' || July 8, 2016 || {{CNY|678 million}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/641077|title= 寒战2（2016）|accessdate= December 21, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese|archive-date= July 21, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160721214126/http://www.cbooo.cn/m/641077|url-status= dead}}</ref> |- | ''Cherry Returns'' || December 30, 2016 || {{CNY|33 million}} || <ref>{{cite web |url= http://cbooo.cn/m/656433|title= 那年夏天你去了哪里（2016）|accessdate= 5 January 2017|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref> |- | ''Full River Red'' ||January 22, 2023 || $662.5 million USD || <ref> {{cite web |author= Frater, Patrick|url= https://variety.com/2023/film/news/bill-kong-chinese-cinema-zhang-yimou-full-river-red-1235511625/|title= Zhang Yimou's Record-Breaking 'Full River Red' Snapped Up by Edko, Veteran Producer Bill Kong Optimistic for Chinese Cinema (EXCLUSIVE) |date= 3 February 2023| accessdate= March 3, 2023}}</ref> |- | ''The Furious'' || TBA || TBA || <ref>{{Cite web |last=Frater |first=Patrick |date=April 25, 2024 |title='Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' Producer Bill Kong Aims to Reset Martial Arts Genre With 'The Furious,' Directed by Tanigaki Kenji (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-bill-kong-the-furious-tanigaki-kenji-1235982055/ |access-date=April 26, 2024 |website=Variety}}</ref> |}
==References== {{reflist|2}}
=== Cited literature === {{refbegin|colwidth=30em|indent=yes}} * {{Cite encyclopedia |year=2001 |title=Consuming Cinema: Reflections on Movies and Market-places in Contemporary Hong Kong |encyclopedia=Consuming Hong Kong |publisher=Hong Kong University Press |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9789622095366/page/80/mode/2up |access-date=2024-04-20 |last1=Wong |first1=Cindy Hing-yuk |editor-last=Mathews |editor-first=Gordon |editor-last2=Lui |editor-first2=Tai-lok |series=Hong Kong Culture and Society |isbn=962-209-536-4 |last2=McDonogh |first2=Gary W. |ref={{harvid|Wong|McDonogh|2001}}}} {{refend}}
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