The Eighth Happiness
Film poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	八星報喜
Simplified Chinese	八星报喜
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bā Xīng Bào Xǐ Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Baat3 Sing1 Bou3 Hei2
Directed by	Johnnie To
Written by	Philip Cheng Raymond Wong
Produced by	Raymond Wong
Starring	Chow Yun-fat Raymond Wong Jacky Cheung Carol Cheng Cherie Chung Fung Bo Bo Fennie Yuen
Cinematography	Joe Chan Paul Chan
Edited by	David Wu
Music by	Tony Lo
Production company	Cinema City & Films Co.
Distributed by	Cinema City & Films Co.
Release date	11 February 1988 (1988-02-11)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$37,090,776

The Eighth Happiness (八星報喜) is a 1988 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Johnnie To and starring an ensemble cast of Chow Yun-fat, Raymond Wong, Jacky Cheung, Carol Cheng, Cherie Chung, Fung Bo Bo and Fennie Yuen. It was the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong at the time.^[1] The film centers around three brothers Fong Kim-long (Chow Yun-fat), Fong Kim-fai (Raymond Wong Pak-ming) and Fong Kim-sang (Jacky Cheung). One day, their telephone line failed, they meet their future wife because of this incident.

Cast

• Chow Yun-fat as 'Handsome' Fong Kim-long
• Raymond Wong as Fong Kim-Fai
• Jacky Cheung as Fong Kim-sang
• Carol Cheng as DoDo
• Fennie Yuen as Ying-ying
• Cherie Chung as Beautiful
• Michael Chow as Ying-ying's boyfriend
• Lawrence Cheng as Beautiful's boyfriend
• Charlie Cho as DoDo's prospective suitor
• Fung Bo Bo as Ng Fan-fong
• Teddy Robin as Fan-fong's husband
• Wong Kwan-yuen as Ming-ming
• Cheng Mang-ha as Old woman driver
• Ying Sau Hui as Old man driver
• Ringo Lam as Audience member (cameo)
• Karl Maka as Audience member (cameo)
• John Shum as Audience member (cameo)

Box office

The film grossed HK$37,090,776 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 11 February to 30 March 1988 and was the top-grossing film of 1988 in Hong Kong^[2] and the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong at the time.^[1]