Golden Princess Film Production

Golden Princess Film Production (Chinese: 金公主電影製作有限公司) was a Hong Kong production company and film distributor.

Golden Princess Film Production Ltd.

Company type	Production company
Industry	Hong Kong cinema
Headquarters	Hong Kong

The company was established as Golden Princess Amusement Co. Ltd., which originally distributed Western films and ran a circuit of theatres located on the major streets of Hong Kong in the late 1970s, with the backing of Lawrence Louey, a director of Kowloon Development whose family then owned Kowloon Motor Bus.

Having invested in independent film companies like Cinema City in the 1980s, Golden Princess began to distribute Chinese language films and, in conjunction with Cinema City, became the third major distributor of Hong Kong cinema, competing with Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest for nearly a decade.

Later, when Cinema City's productions slowed down, Golden Princess set up its own company, Golden Princess Film Production Ltd. The first film made was I Love Maria/Roboforce. It also produced many films directed by John Woo before his transition to Hollywood, including The Killer, Bullet in the Head, Once a Thief and Hard Boiled.

With the decline of the Hong Kong film market in the mid-1990s, Golden Princess eventually withdrew from the film theater, film distribution and production businesses. Its last film Peace Hotel was released in 1995 , which was also Chow Yun Fat´s last starring role in Hong Kong before his transition to Hollywood. Its film library was acquired by Star TV.^[1]

Home video company Shout! Studios announced in 2025, that they had acquired the worldwide rights (outside select Asian countries) for 156 Hong Kong films from the Golden Princess library, with the intention of releasing them on physical media and on their streaming service. This will be the first time in these titles will be available in the United States .^[2] British film distributor Arrow Films reached a deal with Shout! Studios to bring over the entire library to the United Kingdom. Arrow is aiming for a 2026 release with the first wave of titles through their own Arrow Video label.^[3]