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Death Note Hits Big In Hong Kong
Date: 8/18/2006
The live action Death Note film opened in theaters across Hong Kong on August 10th through Golden Harvest. Starring Tatsuya Fujiwara and directed by Shusuke Kaneko ("Gamera" series, "Azumi 2: Death Or Love"), has become the Japanese film with the highest grossing first day ever there, drawing in 1,030,077 Hong Kong Dollars (15.45 million Yen). The Taiwanese opening is set for September 8th, followed by the Thai release at the end of September. South Korea rounds out major Asian theatrical openings in October.
Source: Anime News Service