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The Mermaid (Chinese: 美人鱼) is a 2016 romantic fantasy comedy film directed, co-written and produced by Stephen Chow, which stars Lin Yun, Deng Chao, Zhang Yuqi and Show Lo. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film tells the story of a playboy businessman (Deng Chao) who falls in love with a mermaid (Lin Yun) sent to assassinate him. The film was released in China on 8 February 2016, and broke numerous box office records, including biggest opening day and biggest single-day gross through its seventh day of release. The Mermaid had the biggest opening week of all time in China and went on to become the highest-grossing Chinese film of all time until Wolf Warrior 2 surpassed it in 2017. It was also the highest-grossing non-English, non-Hollywood film worldwide from 2016 to 2019. A sequel is reported to have completed filming.