After the premiere of "The Royal Sister", major newspapers used entertainment page headlines to introduce this transformational work of Brigitte Lin, which was very well-known.
Those who attended the premiere also praised the movie after returning and strongly recommended their relatives and friends to go to the cinema.
Three days later, on Christmas Eve, "The Royal Sister" was officially released.
Even though the movie ticket price that had just been raised for one dollar, it still couldn't stop the audience's enthusiasm.
On the first day of the movie's release, the average attendance rate of 23 theaters reached more than 95%, and the theaters in some bustling areas were full of events.
On the second day of the movie's release, that is, on Christmas Day, the newly established Tenghui Theater Network has also joined the screening ranks, with 26 theaters showing "The Royal Sister" reaching 26.
At this time, it would be great if there were three or five theaters for ordinary movies in Hong Kong.26 theaters were released at the same time, which is really a horrible number for other directors.
What stunned the managers of various theaters was that as many as 26 theaters were released at the same time, and "The Royal Sister" was full on the second day of its release.
Even if it's Christmas holiday, it's impossible to have so many audiences!
The reason is very simple. "The Royal Sister" has a very good reputation. The audience who have watched the movie praised each other and brought their relatives and friends into the cinema together.
This is a story that spreads through ten or ten, and the audience who have watched it has bought tickets to re-watch it. Not to mention the 26 theaters, even 30 theaters will probably be full.
Since other movies were shown during Christmas, these 26 theaters only served three shows for "The Royal Sister" every day in the first two days.
But because there were too many viewers, the theater had to reduce the number of other movies to allow "Sister Royal" to be screened, and even the midnight show that night was arranged for "Sister Royal".
On the third day of the release of "Senior Sister Royal", 26 theaters screened an average of seven shows a day, with a terrifying screening rate of 82%. All other movies were forced to give way to "Senior Sister Royal".
(At this time, most of the cinemas in Hong Kong and Taiwan were single-hall cinemas, and one theater had only one screening hall.)
In just three days, the box office of "The Royal Sister" has reached 4.8 million.
The terrifying number of theaters released, combined with the terrifying screening rate, and the just-increasing ticket prices have caused such a terrifying box office data.
All Hong Kong filmmakers were stunned. Is this going to hit the box office of 30 million, including Kang Jianfei himself?
The biggest weakness of the Hong Kong film market is that the audience base is too small.
Even if babies and the elderly are included, all Hong Kong people go to the cinema to watch movies once, and the box office is only over 50 million.
At this time, if you want to get a box office of more than 30 million in Hong Kong, you must at least be able to perform Hong Kong people, each of whom can go to the cinema to watch it more than once.
However, judging from the current horrifying box office growth of "Senior Sister Royal", not to mention once, some movie fans have watched several games in a day.
There is no way, such a movie that was released several years ahead of schedule is completely super-economic.
The story structure, action scenes, and stunt scenes are completely beyond the times. The speed and explosion scenes made the audience in the screening hall climax together. Moreover, the plot and rhythm of the story are so attractive. There are also beautiful and handsome guys like Brigitte Lin and Hiroyuki Sanada show their skills. The scene where Kang Jianfei committed suicide to save his lover was even more touching.
Literary and martial arts and even humorous and funny dramas are so wonderful, how can they not be attractive?
Tang Shuxuan, who returned to Hong Kong to celebrate the New Year with her husband, wrote a film review in "Movie Biweekly" and said: ... From the perspective of commercial films, "The Royal Sister" has reached the world's top level.Especially the wonderful speed scenes inside, I'm sure there is no movie in the world that can match it... But what I want to discuss more is the plot of this movie.
Let’s take a look at its type first, it’s just a police and gangster film that has been around for a long time.
However, director Kang Jianfei chose to use women as the first protagonist, which is a big breakthrough and is also an extremely important selling point of this drama.
Before watching this movie, I could not imagine that Miss Brigitte Lin could also act in action scenes, and the fighting movements were so refreshing and graceful.
Not only men like to watch it, but as a woman, I also really like the image of Miss Lin in the film...
The fights, speeding and explosion scenes in this movie are very visually impactful.
But behind this visual stimulation, what is even more commendable is the characterization of the three protagonists, even several villains, who all have flesh and blood and their own feelings in the film.
Instead of being like other kung fu movies, the bad guys are extremely bad, and the mission of the positive characters is to defeat them...
Among the three protagonists, Hiroyuki Sanada plays a good man from the Gu family who cares about his wife and daughter.
In order to take care of his wife and daughter, this Japanese detective even quit his job as a police officer just to give his wife and daughter a peaceful life.
But on the day of his resignation, his wife and daughter were brutally killed by the villain. I think all the audience can feel the anger and sorrow in his heart.
The aircraft escort director Kang Jianfei played himself is a man who looks slick, romantic, and unreliable.
But at the most critical moment, he used his practical actions to tell the audience that he was actually a man who was extremely infatuated and worthy of entrusting.
In the whole film, this character is my favorite and the most successful in shaping.
As for the four villains, although they acted cruelly, their unswerving brotherhood was something that no one could deny...
……
Peninsula Hotel Tea Restaurant.
Kang Jianfei and Lei Juekun were sitting opposite the table, and Lei Juekun's assistant sat on the side in a regular manner.
The momentum of "Senior Sister Royal" is so strong. If you are still Ah Fei, you might be able to exceed 30 million box office.Lei Juekun smiled.
Don’t even think about it if you want to think about it for 30 million. Kang Jianfei didn’t listen to his tricks and said while drinking milk tea: The box office is rising so fast now because many viewers have watched it several times.After the New Year's Day holiday, everyone goes back to work and school, and the attendance rate will drop suddenly.
Of course Lei Juekun knew that he was just having nothing to say and just put on Kang Jianfei's hat.
Purely speaking, Kang Jianfei is on par with Lei Juekun.
Moreover, Kang Jianfei has money to make movies, so he doesn’t have to worry about not being released in theaters when he leaves Princess Jin, so he doesn’t have to look at Lei Juekun’s face. On the contrary, Lei Juekun’s Golden Princess Cinema must find ways to prevent Kang Jianfei from cooperating with other hostile theaters.
When the two met for the first time, Kang Jianfei had to pretend to barely win an opportunity to negotiate fairly with Lei Juekun.
But now, when the two talked about cooperation again, the balance of advantage had already tilted towards Kang Jianfei.
"The Royal Sister" has only been released for three days, and Jiahe and Shaw Brothers are already panicked.
Since most of the audience were snatched away by "The Senior Sister of the Royal", the two theaters have nearly 40 theaters in total, which can be described as "disappearance", and the attendance rate is so low.
Zou Wenhuai was ambitious to enter Hollywood. The investment in "Sky Speed" was different from last year's "Killer Trench".
Jackie Chan's "The Killer Trench" was jointly filmed by Jiahe and Hollywood, while "Sky" is solely owned by Jiahe. Just hiring Reynolds would cost $5 million in a film.
Perhaps it was learned from the lessons of the failure of "The Killer Trench", Jackie Chan and Xu Guanwen can only be regarded as supporting roles in "Skyline".
The male and female protagonists are still white, while Jackie Chan and Xu Guanwen can use this movie to get familiar with Western audiences.
But "Sky" has just been prepared and before the filming started, a super hot film "The Royal Sister" was released in Hong Kong.
Kang Jianfei deserves the name of director of a disaster film. This movie is even more powerful than the last time "Mr. Zombie". Not only did he kill few viewers from Jiahe and Shaw Brothers theaters, but even the movies released in Princess Golden theaters at the same time have also freed up canvases to make way.
This Christmas in Hong Kong seems to be able to accommodate Kang Jianfei alone, and other films can only eat leftovers from "The Royal Sister".
Hong Kong is Jiahe's old nest, and the ambitious Zou Wenhuai finally became anxious.
He called Jackie Chan overnight and asked Jackie Chan to finish his scenes in the United States as soon as possible, and he had to ensure that he could return to Hong Kong to film after the New Year.
After talking to Jackie Chan, Zou Wenhuai called He Guanchang again. The two discussed for a day and finally made a decision.
He Guanchang is responsible for planning the new film, and Zou Wenhuai personally went to find Sammo Hung, preparing to urge Sammo Hung to return soon, and then Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung join forces again, so he has the confidence to compete with Princess Jin next year.
Sammo Hung has not promised when he will go back to Jiahe to film, but Run Run Shaw actually called and asked Zou Wenhuai to have dinner.
The two of them have a deep grudge. Run Run Shaw has always regarded Zou Wenhuai as a traitor, but now he has taken the initiative to make an appointment with Zou Wenhuai. If it is rumored, it will probably make countless people confused.
This shows that Run Run Shaw was so anxious that he could even let go of his personal grudges with Zou Wenhuai.
Jiahe Pictures and Shaw Pictures, the two Hong Kong film giants, finally came together to cooperate because of the huge box office threat of "The Royal Sister" and prepare to fully snipe Oriental DreamWorks and Princess Golden in the next Spring Festival.
Zou Wenhuai and Run Run Shaw reacted so much, how could Lei Juekun do nothing?
After the two chatted, Lei Juekun finally proposed to use the shares of Princess Jin Cinemas in exchange for shares of Oriental Dream Factory.
When Kang Jianfei heard this, he suddenly asked with amusement: How to change the method?
Lei Juekun said: How about I use 15% of the shares of Princess Golden Cinemas to exchange for 40% of the shares of Oriental Dream Factory?You take advantage of it.
Kang Jianfei shook his head and said with a smile: How is this possible?If you exchange 40% of Princess Golden for 90% of Oriental Dream Factory shares, I can agree to you immediately.
When Lei Juekun heard this, his old face turned dark.
Those who attended the premiere also praised the movie after returning and strongly recommended their relatives and friends to go to the cinema.
Three days later, on Christmas Eve, "The Royal Sister" was officially released.
Even though the movie ticket price that had just been raised for one dollar, it still couldn't stop the audience's enthusiasm.
On the first day of the movie's release, the average attendance rate of 23 theaters reached more than 95%, and the theaters in some bustling areas were full of events.
On the second day of the movie's release, that is, on Christmas Day, the newly established Tenghui Theater Network has also joined the screening ranks, with 26 theaters showing "The Royal Sister" reaching 26.
At this time, it would be great if there were three or five theaters for ordinary movies in Hong Kong.26 theaters were released at the same time, which is really a horrible number for other directors.
What stunned the managers of various theaters was that as many as 26 theaters were released at the same time, and "The Royal Sister" was full on the second day of its release.
Even if it's Christmas holiday, it's impossible to have so many audiences!
The reason is very simple. "The Royal Sister" has a very good reputation. The audience who have watched the movie praised each other and brought their relatives and friends into the cinema together.
This is a story that spreads through ten or ten, and the audience who have watched it has bought tickets to re-watch it. Not to mention the 26 theaters, even 30 theaters will probably be full.
Since other movies were shown during Christmas, these 26 theaters only served three shows for "The Royal Sister" every day in the first two days.
But because there were too many viewers, the theater had to reduce the number of other movies to allow "Sister Royal" to be screened, and even the midnight show that night was arranged for "Sister Royal".
On the third day of the release of "Senior Sister Royal", 26 theaters screened an average of seven shows a day, with a terrifying screening rate of 82%. All other movies were forced to give way to "Senior Sister Royal".
(At this time, most of the cinemas in Hong Kong and Taiwan were single-hall cinemas, and one theater had only one screening hall.)
In just three days, the box office of "The Royal Sister" has reached 4.8 million.
The terrifying number of theaters released, combined with the terrifying screening rate, and the just-increasing ticket prices have caused such a terrifying box office data.
All Hong Kong filmmakers were stunned. Is this going to hit the box office of 30 million, including Kang Jianfei himself?
The biggest weakness of the Hong Kong film market is that the audience base is too small.
Even if babies and the elderly are included, all Hong Kong people go to the cinema to watch movies once, and the box office is only over 50 million.
At this time, if you want to get a box office of more than 30 million in Hong Kong, you must at least be able to perform Hong Kong people, each of whom can go to the cinema to watch it more than once.
However, judging from the current horrifying box office growth of "Senior Sister Royal", not to mention once, some movie fans have watched several games in a day.
There is no way, such a movie that was released several years ahead of schedule is completely super-economic.
The story structure, action scenes, and stunt scenes are completely beyond the times. The speed and explosion scenes made the audience in the screening hall climax together. Moreover, the plot and rhythm of the story are so attractive. There are also beautiful and handsome guys like Brigitte Lin and Hiroyuki Sanada show their skills. The scene where Kang Jianfei committed suicide to save his lover was even more touching.
Literary and martial arts and even humorous and funny dramas are so wonderful, how can they not be attractive?
Tang Shuxuan, who returned to Hong Kong to celebrate the New Year with her husband, wrote a film review in "Movie Biweekly" and said: ... From the perspective of commercial films, "The Royal Sister" has reached the world's top level.Especially the wonderful speed scenes inside, I'm sure there is no movie in the world that can match it... But what I want to discuss more is the plot of this movie.
Let’s take a look at its type first, it’s just a police and gangster film that has been around for a long time.
However, director Kang Jianfei chose to use women as the first protagonist, which is a big breakthrough and is also an extremely important selling point of this drama.
Before watching this movie, I could not imagine that Miss Brigitte Lin could also act in action scenes, and the fighting movements were so refreshing and graceful.
Not only men like to watch it, but as a woman, I also really like the image of Miss Lin in the film...
The fights, speeding and explosion scenes in this movie are very visually impactful.
But behind this visual stimulation, what is even more commendable is the characterization of the three protagonists, even several villains, who all have flesh and blood and their own feelings in the film.
Instead of being like other kung fu movies, the bad guys are extremely bad, and the mission of the positive characters is to defeat them...
Among the three protagonists, Hiroyuki Sanada plays a good man from the Gu family who cares about his wife and daughter.
In order to take care of his wife and daughter, this Japanese detective even quit his job as a police officer just to give his wife and daughter a peaceful life.
But on the day of his resignation, his wife and daughter were brutally killed by the villain. I think all the audience can feel the anger and sorrow in his heart.
The aircraft escort director Kang Jianfei played himself is a man who looks slick, romantic, and unreliable.
But at the most critical moment, he used his practical actions to tell the audience that he was actually a man who was extremely infatuated and worthy of entrusting.
In the whole film, this character is my favorite and the most successful in shaping.
As for the four villains, although they acted cruelly, their unswerving brotherhood was something that no one could deny...
……
Peninsula Hotel Tea Restaurant.
Kang Jianfei and Lei Juekun were sitting opposite the table, and Lei Juekun's assistant sat on the side in a regular manner.
The momentum of "Senior Sister Royal" is so strong. If you are still Ah Fei, you might be able to exceed 30 million box office.Lei Juekun smiled.
Don’t even think about it if you want to think about it for 30 million. Kang Jianfei didn’t listen to his tricks and said while drinking milk tea: The box office is rising so fast now because many viewers have watched it several times.After the New Year's Day holiday, everyone goes back to work and school, and the attendance rate will drop suddenly.
Of course Lei Juekun knew that he was just having nothing to say and just put on Kang Jianfei's hat.
Purely speaking, Kang Jianfei is on par with Lei Juekun.
Moreover, Kang Jianfei has money to make movies, so he doesn’t have to worry about not being released in theaters when he leaves Princess Jin, so he doesn’t have to look at Lei Juekun’s face. On the contrary, Lei Juekun’s Golden Princess Cinema must find ways to prevent Kang Jianfei from cooperating with other hostile theaters.
When the two met for the first time, Kang Jianfei had to pretend to barely win an opportunity to negotiate fairly with Lei Juekun.
But now, when the two talked about cooperation again, the balance of advantage had already tilted towards Kang Jianfei.
"The Royal Sister" has only been released for three days, and Jiahe and Shaw Brothers are already panicked.
Since most of the audience were snatched away by "The Senior Sister of the Royal", the two theaters have nearly 40 theaters in total, which can be described as "disappearance", and the attendance rate is so low.
Zou Wenhuai was ambitious to enter Hollywood. The investment in "Sky Speed" was different from last year's "Killer Trench".
Jackie Chan's "The Killer Trench" was jointly filmed by Jiahe and Hollywood, while "Sky" is solely owned by Jiahe. Just hiring Reynolds would cost $5 million in a film.
Perhaps it was learned from the lessons of the failure of "The Killer Trench", Jackie Chan and Xu Guanwen can only be regarded as supporting roles in "Skyline".
The male and female protagonists are still white, while Jackie Chan and Xu Guanwen can use this movie to get familiar with Western audiences.
But "Sky" has just been prepared and before the filming started, a super hot film "The Royal Sister" was released in Hong Kong.
Kang Jianfei deserves the name of director of a disaster film. This movie is even more powerful than the last time "Mr. Zombie". Not only did he kill few viewers from Jiahe and Shaw Brothers theaters, but even the movies released in Princess Golden theaters at the same time have also freed up canvases to make way.
This Christmas in Hong Kong seems to be able to accommodate Kang Jianfei alone, and other films can only eat leftovers from "The Royal Sister".
Hong Kong is Jiahe's old nest, and the ambitious Zou Wenhuai finally became anxious.
He called Jackie Chan overnight and asked Jackie Chan to finish his scenes in the United States as soon as possible, and he had to ensure that he could return to Hong Kong to film after the New Year.
After talking to Jackie Chan, Zou Wenhuai called He Guanchang again. The two discussed for a day and finally made a decision.
He Guanchang is responsible for planning the new film, and Zou Wenhuai personally went to find Sammo Hung, preparing to urge Sammo Hung to return soon, and then Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung join forces again, so he has the confidence to compete with Princess Jin next year.
Sammo Hung has not promised when he will go back to Jiahe to film, but Run Run Shaw actually called and asked Zou Wenhuai to have dinner.
The two of them have a deep grudge. Run Run Shaw has always regarded Zou Wenhuai as a traitor, but now he has taken the initiative to make an appointment with Zou Wenhuai. If it is rumored, it will probably make countless people confused.
This shows that Run Run Shaw was so anxious that he could even let go of his personal grudges with Zou Wenhuai.
Jiahe Pictures and Shaw Pictures, the two Hong Kong film giants, finally came together to cooperate because of the huge box office threat of "The Royal Sister" and prepare to fully snipe Oriental DreamWorks and Princess Golden in the next Spring Festival.
Zou Wenhuai and Run Run Shaw reacted so much, how could Lei Juekun do nothing?
After the two chatted, Lei Juekun finally proposed to use the shares of Princess Jin Cinemas in exchange for shares of Oriental Dream Factory.
When Kang Jianfei heard this, he suddenly asked with amusement: How to change the method?
Lei Juekun said: How about I use 15% of the shares of Princess Golden Cinemas to exchange for 40% of the shares of Oriental Dream Factory?You take advantage of it.
Kang Jianfei shook his head and said with a smile: How is this possible?If you exchange 40% of Princess Golden for 90% of Oriental Dream Factory shares, I can agree to you immediately.
When Lei Juekun heard this, his old face turned dark.