Fans don’t ‘Rush’ in Hong Kong

Jackie Chan’s new action comedy “Rush Hour 3” may have performed well at the U.S. box office, but it apparently hasn’t clicked with his fellow Hong Kongers.

The movie has made only $512,000 in the five days since it opened Thursday in Hong Kong, distributor Celestial Pictures said Tuesday.

By comparison, Chan’s action comedy “Rob-B-Hood” made $807,000 in Hong Kong in its first three days last year, as did his 2005 action epic “The Myth.”

Chan won’t be able to test “Rush Hour 3” on the larger Chinese audience because the leading distributor in mainland China has decided not to import it. An executive at the state-run China Film Group said the company didn’t think the film had a market in China.