SEVEN SWORDS NOT CUTTING IT IN BEIJING

This story says that Tsui Hark's SEVEN SWORDS, which has been greeted with muted enthusiasm, is running into indifference in Beijing as well with only ten people attending the opening show over the weekend.

According to the distributor, SEVEN SWORDS made US$3 million (roughly) over the weekend in China and about US$300,000 in Hong Kong. Considering that the film cost US$18 million to shoot, they got a long row to hoe.