{"id":26716,"date":"2026-01-08T08:11:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T00:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=26716"},"modified":"2026-01-08T08:11:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T00:11:34","slug":"what-to-know-about-back-to-the-past-record-breaking-new-hong-kong-film-starring-louis-koo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=26716","title":{"rendered":"What to know about Back to the Past, record-breaking new Hong Kong film starring Louis Koo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/01\/07\/7b1a9dc8-a1f4-41d0-834a-4898b28df6c3_be131963.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Hong Kong time-travel comedy film <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Back to the Past<\/em> \u2013 the big-screen adaptation of the 2001 TVB drama <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">A Step into the Past<\/em> \u2013 has, since its release on December 31, broken two local box office records and become the talk of the town.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">At the end of <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">its opening week<\/span>, it had taken HK$45.4 million in Hong Kong and Macau cinemas, another record-breaking number.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">For those who grew up watching Cantonese television shows, <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Back to the Past<\/em> strikes a nostalgic chord. To others, its soaring success may have come as a surprise.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Here are seven things you need to know about this blockbuster.<\/p>\n<h3 type=\"h3\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"eh0yk8h0 css-17x7qa9 e1pqa4re1\">1. The sequel<\/h3>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Back to the Past<\/em>\u2019s story picks up two decades after the 2001 TVB series, <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">A Step into the Past<\/em>, left off.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/article\/3339024\/what-know-about-back-past-record-breaking-new-hong-kong-film-starring-louis-koo?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong time-travel comedy film Back to the Past \u2013 the big-screen adaptation of the 2001 TVB drama A Step into the Past \u2013 has,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1900,3569,5231,14702,10307,15388,4733],"class_list":["post-26716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-film","tag-hong","tag-kong","tag-koo","tag-louis","tag-recordbreaking","tag-starring","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}