{"id":8694,"date":"2011-05-05T05:05:16","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T05:05:16","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-05T05:05:58","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T05:05:58","slug":"Chinese-Tour-Groups-Seek-Out-Sex-and-Zen-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=8694","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Tour Groups Seek Out \u2018Sex and Zen\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Visitors from mainland China flocked to Hong Kong to watch \u201c3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy\u201d over the May Day holiday. Box office sales for the three-day weekend totaled 2.8 million Hong Kong dollars (US$360,900), helped in part by viewers from the mainland, where the movie is banned for its explicit content.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One viewer, a 26-year-old assistant from China\u2019s Guangdong province who gave her name only as Pei Pei, traveled to Hong Kong to watch the 3-D film at the Pacific Place AMC Theater Saturday. Billed by its producers as the world\u2019s first 3-D erotic movie, the film has brought in US$6.7 million globally since opening in Hong Kong on April 14. \u201cI\u2019ve heard so much about this movie and I\u2019m curious,\u201d Pei Pei said. \u201cIt should be a unique experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ahead of the long weekend, Chinese online forums were abuzz about the movie. Some savvy marketers cashed in by organizing tours to Hong Kong to see the film. Guangzhou-based Tower Group \u2014 which sells discounted services at a group rate, similar to Groupon \u2013 was one such company. It charged 288 yuan (US$44) per person, which included the movie ticket (at HK$100), a round trip same-day bus fare from Guangzhou and travel insurance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

3D Porn Beats Avatar? (3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy)<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n