A Better Tomorrow
“Brothers by blood. Enemies by chance. Killers by nature.”
A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.
Genres
Action, Crime, Drama
Studio
Cinema City Company Limited
Language
cn
Status
Released
How A Better Tomorrow performed
Budget
$1.4M
Worldwide Gross
$4.5M
Gross Profit
$3.1M
Return
3.2× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$593K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~35/65, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Action) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Sung Chi Ho
Ti Lung
Sung Chi Ho
Mark Lee
Chow Yun-Fat
Mark Lee
Sung Chi Kit
Leslie Cheung
Sung Chi Kit
Jackie
Emily Chu Bo-Yee
Jackie
Shing
Waise Lee Chi-Hung
Shing
Mr. Sung
Tien Feng
Mr. Sung
Inspector Wu
John Woo
Inspector Wu
Mr. Yiu
Sek Yin-Tsi
Mr. Yiu
Kin
Kenneth Tsang
Kin
Boss Wang
Wang Hsieh
Boss Wang
Uncle Chan
Leung Ming
Uncle Chan
Boss Wang's Nephew
Chan Chi-Fai
Boss Wang's Nephew
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