3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy beats Avatar opening weekend figures
In one of the most bizarre movie stories of the year, the publicist of contraversial porn movie
3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy has claimed that the film has managed to beat the previous opening weekend record of HK$2.6 million set by James Cameron's blockbuster
Avatar with figures of HK$2.8 million.
It has histroically been rare that a pornographic film has gone on to achieve anything even resembling these figures in the past, yet
3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy has caught the imagination of the Hong Kong public with people from all walks of life eager to check it out. The self-proclaimed "first 3D porn" has gone on to gross a total of more than HK$15 million so far. Featuring a number of graphic sex scenes, the movie takes place in the Ming Dynasty and looks set to be the first in a number of 3D pornos, with Hustler and Italian Director
Tinto Brass both planning to dip their toes into the market in the coming months