The director and leading cast members celebrated the milestone in Beijing. Director Gordon Chan, actors Donnie Yen, Zhao Wei, Chen Kun, Sun Li and Zhou Xun attended.

The box office for the "Painted Skin" broke 100 million yuan, or 14 million US Dollars six days after its premiere. That sets a new milestone in Chinese film.

The first day's box office of the movie was 15 million yuan, or 2 million US Dollars. That surpassed the epic films the "Assembly" and the "Warlords". Producers say there is no suspense about the inevitable result, the film's box office will surpass 200 million yuan, or about 30 million US Dollars.

Even the leading actors have no expectation of the huge success. Many who attended the event were asking if there will be a sequel. Gordon Chan says no.

At the wrap up of the party, cast and crew used hammers to smash an ice sculpture shaped in the form of the numerical milestone, 200-million.

(CCTV October 13, 2008)