This kind of thing happens often in reality. A recognized classic and good song is not as good as a popular and saliva song when it is released. A good movie that can score 9 points is often crushed by a commercial film that can only score 6 points.
In fact, the reason is very simple. Putting aside factors such as luck, the most important thing is the popularity issue.
Popular culture does not require too deep thought. Sometimes being too thoughtful will affect the popularity of a work.
Kang Jianfei traveled through several years and counted the increase in movie ticket prices. The lowest box office among the movies he made was "Dao Madan", but "Dao Madan" was the movie he won the most awards.
Let’s talk about the movie “Shushan”. After Kang Jianfei’s strict control and the collective efforts of Tsui Hark and DreamWorks screenwriters, it is impeccable in terms of plot.
Especially the 120-minute theatrical version of "Shushan", which removes the literary style of the 3-hour director version, and the rhythm of the whole movie is so smooth that it is said.
During the two-hour movie screening time, either the wonderful special effects technology, the beautiful landscape of the motherland, or the joyful battles. In the middle, love, friendship, inspiration and punishment of evil will be linked together, and there will be no time for the audience to slack off or even think. You just need to sit in the cinema and watch the movie obediently, and from time to time, you will be amazed and cheered, and two hours will pass in a blink of an eye.
Although the plot of "The Rich Train" is also very attractive, and the comedy film has a natural advantage in Hong Kong, it is still much worse than "Shushan".
The overwhelming publicity in the early stage allowed Hong Kong people who watched TV to see the trailer of "Shushan" every night. Coupled with the halo on the Venice Film Festival and Tokyo Film Festival Grand Prix, as well as the good reputation after the release of "Shushan" has made the box office myth of "Shushan" directly point out. Many Hong Kong people have been brainwashed by the information about "Shushan" around them. When it comes to watching movies during this period, their first choice is "Shushan" from DreamWorks.
Comedy movies are available every year in Hong Kong, but god-level special effects blockbusters are rare. The momentum and box office of "Shushan" become as big as snowballs.
In order to continue to build momentum for "Shushan", not only did the specific box office data be given to "Oriental Daily", but even the news program of Feng Huáng Channel is broadcasting: According to data provided by Oriental Cinemas, "Shushan" had a box office of 3.32 million on the first day and a weekly box office of 17.36 million, which is by far the best record of opening a Hong Kong movie.Because "Shushan" was full from 6:00 to 10:00 pm, Oriental Entertainment Distribution Company once again rented four theaters in Yindu Cinemas, and the number of theaters released by "Shushan" reached 32...
"The Rich Train" was defeated and lost very thoroughly. The two theaters in Jiahe and Xinbao were screened together. Although the box office on the first day also reached 2.74 million, the box office in the first week was only 12.91 million. In the first week of release, it was dumped by "Shushan" with more than 5 million.
As for other Hong Kong films released during the Christmas season and the Hollywood film "The City of War" introduced by Anle Theater, its attendance rate can no longer be described as a word of miserable, and it is simply miserable.
In another time and space, "The City of War" can get a box office of nearly HK$13 million in Hong Kong, but because "Shushan" and "The Rich Train" snatched the audience away, the box office was less than 3 million in one week of release, and it is hard to say whether the box office will exceed 10 million in the final box office.
"Shushan" is undoubtedly a milestone movie. I dare not say that it will open the era of special effects blockbusters in Hong Kong films, but "Shushan" will definitely inject a new vitality into the Hong Kong film market where comedy and kung fu films are flooded.
"Movie Biweekly".
It turns out that Chinese-language movies can also be shot at the level of "Star Wars"."Wenhui Daily".
Tsui Hark is undoubtedly the best Chinese director. He can perfectly combine the commercial and artistic elements of the film and win double box office trophys all over the world."Daily Express".
The "Shushan" model cannot be replicated. Because Hong Kong films rely too much on overseas markets, high-investment blockbusters have great investment risks, which is almost no different from stock trading."Hong Kong Business Daily".
From Christmas to New Year's Day, news about "Shushan" can be seen everywhere in Hong Kong, spreading the "Shushan" craze like a plague.
What made Kang Jianfei laugh and cry was that "Shushan" did not open up the so-called blockbuster era of Hong Kong movies. The most direct impact of its hot sale was that in the next few years, countless follow-up Swordsman movies were born.
Some of them are also gimmicks of special effects, but the content in it is Shaw's set level. Putting a few balls of fireworks is a battle, but you can just trick the audience into the cinema anyway.
My good friend, Eric Tsang, is receiving Sammo Hung and Mai Jia in his office.
The copyright of the movie "Fugui Train" belongs to Tsang Eric Tsang's good friend Film Company, but there are quite a lot of investors behind it. Taiwan Scholars Company has one, Tsang Eric Tsang, Sammo Hung and Mai Jia each, and then Jiahe added part of the investment through Baohe Company.
"Shushan" has a box office of 30 million, right?Sammo Hung said, peeling the peanut shell.
It only took 30 million yesterday, and it was only 20 days after it was released, so the fans were like crazy.
Mai Jia sighed that in fact, he also contributed more than ten yuan to "Shushan" and had to admit that other people's movies were indeed well made.
It's almost over. Hong Kong has only so many people. Those who should go to the theater have gone in to watch it. "Shushan" has also been decreasing in the number of scenes in recent days.
Eric Tsang was open-minded. The purpose of his visit to Sammo Hung and Mai Jia to film "The Rich Train" was actually to make money.
Now this goal has been achieved. "The Wealthy Train" has a box office of over 20 million in Hong Kong, and the Nanyang, South Korea, Taiwan and Australia markets can still bring back a lot of money, and even a few people can make a fortune.
Zeng Zhiwei was very open-minded, but Chen Rongmei and Zou Wenhuai were quite disappointed. They fought Kang Jianfei not only with box office, but with reputation and momentum.
Can Tsui Hark be invited to make a movie?Cai Songlin, who came to Hong Kong to buy films in person again, asked.
Feng Bingzhong said hesitantly: Tsui Hark's current director's pay has risen so much, and he will definitely not look down on investments of ordinary scale. It is probably a risk to ask him to make a movie.
Cai Songlin said: I don’t really want Tsui Hark to direct it himself, just pay him some money to get the title of producer.
If Zou Wenhuai really treats movies as a career, then people like Chen Rongmei and Cai Songlin only treat movies as tools to make money.
Cai Songlin is better. After all, he started out by publishing movies. If he wants to do well in the future, he has to continue making movies. The two young men, Chen Rongmei and Feng Bingzhong, even have the idea of making money. The future of Hong Kong movies has nothing to do with them. Anyway, try to make money as much as possible, and withdraw if you can’t make money.
For this reason, Chen Rongmei and Feng Bingzhong agreed with Cai Songlin's proposal. The three of them jointly discussed investing in a special effects swordsman blockbuster, and then spent 200,000 to ask Tsui Hark to be the producer's name for promotion.
200,000 yuan as a producer?In the tea restaurant, Tsui Hark looked at Feng Bingzhong with a strange smile, then shook his head and refused, "Sorry, I'm very tight next year and I don't have time to cooperate with Mr. Feng."
Feng Bingzhong pushed Tsui Hark's check and said: There is no need to delay Director Xu's time. As long as you agree to us sign your name in the production column, the 200,000 will be yours.
Forget it, you will not receive any reward without merit.Tsui Hark refused without any hesitation.
If Feng Bingzhong had found Tsui Hark with a check of 2 million, he would probably have considered it seriously, but 200,000 would be too cheap.
Those inferior followers are really a scam. They have to damage the reputation they have finally saved for 200,000 yuan, unless Tsui Hark’s brain is broken.
How about 300,000?Feng Bingzhong saw that Tsui Hark thought there was little money.
Tsui Hark stood up and said: Sorry, Mr. Feng, I will say goodbye first if I have something to do.
300,000 is really nothing to Tsui Hark today. Judging from the current global box office trend of "Shushan", he can get at least HK$5 million. After all, he is the nominal owner of Tsui Hark Studio.
For Hong Kong directors, the income of 5 million yuan for a movie is considered awesome at this time.
In the original time and space, Wang Jing was so popular in 1992 that she could only get 4 million yuan for a movie, but now there are almost no pure directors who can get more than 1 million yuan.
For example, Kang Jianfei, Xu Guanwen, Mai Jia, Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan and others, directors will definitely earn more than 1 million yuan for a movie, but their identities are not just directors, they are also the bosses of film companies.
After New Year's Day, the New Year's Day holiday lasted for half a month. "Shushan" was screened from December 20 to January 25, and the release lasted for 36 days.
However, starting from January 5, as fans' enthusiasm for watching movies decreased, "Shushan" has gradually reduced the number of scenes.
From 32 theaters at its peak, it has been reduced from five shows a day to two shows in 8 theaters a day. The free theater resources are used to show another movie from DreamWorks.
Until the complete release of "Shushan" film, Hong Kong won 38.84 million yuan in box office, breaking the Hong Kong movie local box office record again.
As for "The Rich Train", it also won a good box office of 26.79 million, which was enough for investors to make a lot of money.
However, the situation in overseas markets is somewhat different. When "Shushan" was released in Europe, America and Asia, audiences from all over the world also showed different attitudes.
In general, it is North America's cold reception, European pursuit, and Asian fanaticism.
In fact, the reason is very simple. Putting aside factors such as luck, the most important thing is the popularity issue.
Popular culture does not require too deep thought. Sometimes being too thoughtful will affect the popularity of a work.
Kang Jianfei traveled through several years and counted the increase in movie ticket prices. The lowest box office among the movies he made was "Dao Madan", but "Dao Madan" was the movie he won the most awards.
Let’s talk about the movie “Shushan”. After Kang Jianfei’s strict control and the collective efforts of Tsui Hark and DreamWorks screenwriters, it is impeccable in terms of plot.
Especially the 120-minute theatrical version of "Shushan", which removes the literary style of the 3-hour director version, and the rhythm of the whole movie is so smooth that it is said.
During the two-hour movie screening time, either the wonderful special effects technology, the beautiful landscape of the motherland, or the joyful battles. In the middle, love, friendship, inspiration and punishment of evil will be linked together, and there will be no time for the audience to slack off or even think. You just need to sit in the cinema and watch the movie obediently, and from time to time, you will be amazed and cheered, and two hours will pass in a blink of an eye.
Although the plot of "The Rich Train" is also very attractive, and the comedy film has a natural advantage in Hong Kong, it is still much worse than "Shushan".
The overwhelming publicity in the early stage allowed Hong Kong people who watched TV to see the trailer of "Shushan" every night. Coupled with the halo on the Venice Film Festival and Tokyo Film Festival Grand Prix, as well as the good reputation after the release of "Shushan" has made the box office myth of "Shushan" directly point out. Many Hong Kong people have been brainwashed by the information about "Shushan" around them. When it comes to watching movies during this period, their first choice is "Shushan" from DreamWorks.
Comedy movies are available every year in Hong Kong, but god-level special effects blockbusters are rare. The momentum and box office of "Shushan" become as big as snowballs.
In order to continue to build momentum for "Shushan", not only did the specific box office data be given to "Oriental Daily", but even the news program of Feng Huáng Channel is broadcasting: According to data provided by Oriental Cinemas, "Shushan" had a box office of 3.32 million on the first day and a weekly box office of 17.36 million, which is by far the best record of opening a Hong Kong movie.Because "Shushan" was full from 6:00 to 10:00 pm, Oriental Entertainment Distribution Company once again rented four theaters in Yindu Cinemas, and the number of theaters released by "Shushan" reached 32...
"The Rich Train" was defeated and lost very thoroughly. The two theaters in Jiahe and Xinbao were screened together. Although the box office on the first day also reached 2.74 million, the box office in the first week was only 12.91 million. In the first week of release, it was dumped by "Shushan" with more than 5 million.
As for other Hong Kong films released during the Christmas season and the Hollywood film "The City of War" introduced by Anle Theater, its attendance rate can no longer be described as a word of miserable, and it is simply miserable.
In another time and space, "The City of War" can get a box office of nearly HK$13 million in Hong Kong, but because "Shushan" and "The Rich Train" snatched the audience away, the box office was less than 3 million in one week of release, and it is hard to say whether the box office will exceed 10 million in the final box office.
"Shushan" is undoubtedly a milestone movie. I dare not say that it will open the era of special effects blockbusters in Hong Kong films, but "Shushan" will definitely inject a new vitality into the Hong Kong film market where comedy and kung fu films are flooded.
"Movie Biweekly".
It turns out that Chinese-language movies can also be shot at the level of "Star Wars"."Wenhui Daily".
Tsui Hark is undoubtedly the best Chinese director. He can perfectly combine the commercial and artistic elements of the film and win double box office trophys all over the world."Daily Express".
The "Shushan" model cannot be replicated. Because Hong Kong films rely too much on overseas markets, high-investment blockbusters have great investment risks, which is almost no different from stock trading."Hong Kong Business Daily".
From Christmas to New Year's Day, news about "Shushan" can be seen everywhere in Hong Kong, spreading the "Shushan" craze like a plague.
What made Kang Jianfei laugh and cry was that "Shushan" did not open up the so-called blockbuster era of Hong Kong movies. The most direct impact of its hot sale was that in the next few years, countless follow-up Swordsman movies were born.
Some of them are also gimmicks of special effects, but the content in it is Shaw's set level. Putting a few balls of fireworks is a battle, but you can just trick the audience into the cinema anyway.
My good friend, Eric Tsang, is receiving Sammo Hung and Mai Jia in his office.
The copyright of the movie "Fugui Train" belongs to Tsang Eric Tsang's good friend Film Company, but there are quite a lot of investors behind it. Taiwan Scholars Company has one, Tsang Eric Tsang, Sammo Hung and Mai Jia each, and then Jiahe added part of the investment through Baohe Company.
"Shushan" has a box office of 30 million, right?Sammo Hung said, peeling the peanut shell.
It only took 30 million yesterday, and it was only 20 days after it was released, so the fans were like crazy.
Mai Jia sighed that in fact, he also contributed more than ten yuan to "Shushan" and had to admit that other people's movies were indeed well made.
It's almost over. Hong Kong has only so many people. Those who should go to the theater have gone in to watch it. "Shushan" has also been decreasing in the number of scenes in recent days.
Eric Tsang was open-minded. The purpose of his visit to Sammo Hung and Mai Jia to film "The Rich Train" was actually to make money.
Now this goal has been achieved. "The Wealthy Train" has a box office of over 20 million in Hong Kong, and the Nanyang, South Korea, Taiwan and Australia markets can still bring back a lot of money, and even a few people can make a fortune.
Zeng Zhiwei was very open-minded, but Chen Rongmei and Zou Wenhuai were quite disappointed. They fought Kang Jianfei not only with box office, but with reputation and momentum.
Can Tsui Hark be invited to make a movie?Cai Songlin, who came to Hong Kong to buy films in person again, asked.
Feng Bingzhong said hesitantly: Tsui Hark's current director's pay has risen so much, and he will definitely not look down on investments of ordinary scale. It is probably a risk to ask him to make a movie.
Cai Songlin said: I don’t really want Tsui Hark to direct it himself, just pay him some money to get the title of producer.
If Zou Wenhuai really treats movies as a career, then people like Chen Rongmei and Cai Songlin only treat movies as tools to make money.
Cai Songlin is better. After all, he started out by publishing movies. If he wants to do well in the future, he has to continue making movies. The two young men, Chen Rongmei and Feng Bingzhong, even have the idea of making money. The future of Hong Kong movies has nothing to do with them. Anyway, try to make money as much as possible, and withdraw if you can’t make money.
For this reason, Chen Rongmei and Feng Bingzhong agreed with Cai Songlin's proposal. The three of them jointly discussed investing in a special effects swordsman blockbuster, and then spent 200,000 to ask Tsui Hark to be the producer's name for promotion.
200,000 yuan as a producer?In the tea restaurant, Tsui Hark looked at Feng Bingzhong with a strange smile, then shook his head and refused, "Sorry, I'm very tight next year and I don't have time to cooperate with Mr. Feng."
Feng Bingzhong pushed Tsui Hark's check and said: There is no need to delay Director Xu's time. As long as you agree to us sign your name in the production column, the 200,000 will be yours.
Forget it, you will not receive any reward without merit.Tsui Hark refused without any hesitation.
If Feng Bingzhong had found Tsui Hark with a check of 2 million, he would probably have considered it seriously, but 200,000 would be too cheap.
Those inferior followers are really a scam. They have to damage the reputation they have finally saved for 200,000 yuan, unless Tsui Hark’s brain is broken.
How about 300,000?Feng Bingzhong saw that Tsui Hark thought there was little money.
Tsui Hark stood up and said: Sorry, Mr. Feng, I will say goodbye first if I have something to do.
300,000 is really nothing to Tsui Hark today. Judging from the current global box office trend of "Shushan", he can get at least HK$5 million. After all, he is the nominal owner of Tsui Hark Studio.
For Hong Kong directors, the income of 5 million yuan for a movie is considered awesome at this time.
In the original time and space, Wang Jing was so popular in 1992 that she could only get 4 million yuan for a movie, but now there are almost no pure directors who can get more than 1 million yuan.
For example, Kang Jianfei, Xu Guanwen, Mai Jia, Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan and others, directors will definitely earn more than 1 million yuan for a movie, but their identities are not just directors, they are also the bosses of film companies.
After New Year's Day, the New Year's Day holiday lasted for half a month. "Shushan" was screened from December 20 to January 25, and the release lasted for 36 days.
However, starting from January 5, as fans' enthusiasm for watching movies decreased, "Shushan" has gradually reduced the number of scenes.
From 32 theaters at its peak, it has been reduced from five shows a day to two shows in 8 theaters a day. The free theater resources are used to show another movie from DreamWorks.
Until the complete release of "Shushan" film, Hong Kong won 38.84 million yuan in box office, breaking the Hong Kong movie local box office record again.
As for "The Rich Train", it also won a good box office of 26.79 million, which was enough for investors to make a lot of money.
However, the situation in overseas markets is somewhat different. When "Shushan" was released in Europe, America and Asia, audiences from all over the world also showed different attitudes.
In general, it is North America's cold reception, European pursuit, and Asian fanaticism.
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