If you want to know how bad the box office of the 1993 summer movies were, you can check out the movies released at the same time as "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural".
Johnnie To invites three stars, Anita Mui, Michelle Yeung and Maggie Cheung, to film "The Three Heroes of the Orient" for Wong Pai-ming's New City Film Company. The combined pay for these three female stars alone is more than 8 million.
After the release of "The Three Heroes of the East", it sold 810,000 yuan on the first day, 640,000 yuan on the second day, and more than 200,000 yuan on the third day.
After 5 days of reducing the number of games, Xincheng Cinema had to decline "The Three Heroes of the East" in advance, with only 1.93 million box office in the city.
"One Sword" directed by Sammo Hung is slightly better. The starring of this movie is Di Long, Anita Yuen and Yang Lijing, who beat "The Three Heroes of the Orient" with a box office of 1.97 million yuan.
Celebrity director, a movie has a box office of 1.93 million, and a movie has a box office of 1.97 million. It’s so much that I’m crying to death. I’ve lost my way out of a new realm.
If you look at the box office of these two movies, you will understand why so many Hong Kong film production companies have gone bankrupt this year. Who is willing to do the losing business?
In comparison, "Chasing Boys", invested by Taiwan's Changhong Company and Wang Jing invited many celebrities from Hong Kong and Taiwan, has a vulgar plot and old jokes, but the box office still exceeded 10 million mark.
Adding to the Shanghai box office, sales of videotapes and VCDs, "Chasing Boys" can still make a small profit.
It is worth mentioning that Liu Zhenwei helped Wong Kar-wai make up for his missed son.
This movie, which was filmed in the free time by the original cast of "East Evil and West Poison", took only more than 20 days to complete the filming, and the box office even sold for more than 24 million yuan.
In terms of actors, besides Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow, Jet Li is the one with the strongest box office appeal.
"Fang Shiyu" and "Fang Shiyu Sequel" filmed by Yang Dengkui sold more than 30 million and more than 20 million respectively, all of which entered the top ten box office list in Hong Kong this year.
As for Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung, the box office of the movies starring them fluctuated, with high comedy and action types, while the literary and artistic genres were relatively low.
Just as the summer vacation in Hong Kong was in a state of sorrow, Kang Jianfei's new film "The Sixth Sense" was released.
In sharp contrast to the failures of "One Sword and the Three Heroes of the East", "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" was released and there were crowds of viewers on the first day of its release.
Although many viewers think it’s not good-looking, they like it more, with the box office in the first week reaching 16.92 million.
"Movie Biweekly" published the special topic of this movie at the first time, with as many as four reviews on the light and shadow, which conduct in-depth analysis from different perspectives such as plot, light and shadow, composition, sound effects, and acting skills.
It has to be said that Kang Jianfei has already received the treatment of an international master, and many details in the new film have been over-interpreted by film critics.
In addition to the excellence of the movie itself, the acting skills of Anthony Wong and the little girl Charlene Choi were also particularly pointed out, and a film review reads:
After ten years of hardship, Anthony Wong's acting skills are no longer the same as before. He played Dao Zai in "God of Gambling", and his acting skills are immature and immature, but his performance in this film is extremely vivid.He showed the psychologist's pride, regret, persistence, giving up, pain and relief in a slight way. The whole process of transformation was natural and profound, especially the look he looked at his ring finger at the end, and the shock and suddenness were deeply rooted in people's hearts.
The young actor Charlene Choi is another highlight of the film.
It is hard for you to imagine that the introvert and indifference that is inconsistent with your age will appear on a 10-year-old girl. There is a chill that pierces the soul in Cai Charoen’s eyes, which will make your vest suddenly chill.
There is a joke in Hollywood: Don’t act in movies with children or dogs.
The reason is that they will have unexpected performances, either ruining the entire film and causing everyone to give up; or performing extremely well and stealing the protagonist's lottery.
The most exciting part in this film is the rivalry between Anthony Wong and Charoen Choi.In the church, the confession scene between two actors, one big and one small, is definitely one of the most classic scenes in Hong Kong in the past decade...
This film review highly praised Charlene Choi's acting skills, believing that Kang Jianfei has discovered a good seedling for the Hong Kong film industry, but he didn't know that the little girl often NG dozens of times gave Kang Jianfei a headache.
Even if it is a dog, every shot is shot dozens of times or dozens of times, it can still be photographed with amazing acting skills.
Fortunately, Charlene Choi suddenly became enlightened halfway through the filming, otherwise this film would not be able to catch up with the summer season, and it would have to be filmed in the second half of the year before it could be completed.
Unfortunately, Hong Kong movies emphasize the word "fast", and there are few directors who can tolerate dozens of actors.
Attitude determines everything, why did Hong Kong films decline this year?
It's because the attitude of the filmmakers has changed.
In another time and space, "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" was the second largest annual box office in North American films in 1999, with a box office of nearly US$300 million and a global box office of nearly 700 million.
Products produced by famous artists must be high-quality products, which is the subconscious idea of people.
Kang Jianfei's fame has attracted countless viewers to watch this movie seriously, otherwise Hong Kong audiences would not have such good patience to watch slow-paced movies.
So even if many people don’t like it, “The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural” has a very high evaluation among film critics and ordinary audiences. This good reputation has been converted into a box office driving force through publicity, which is such a virtuous cycle.
Taiwan has a very shortage of film sources this summer. Half a month after "The Sixth Sense of Supernatural" was released in Hong Kong, Judeng Company completed the Mandarin dubbing and was released in Taipei in a hurry.
Compared to the Hong Kong market, "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" is obviously more in line with the appetite of Taiwanese audiences, and this film is praised over the crowd.
Coupled with the craze for the director of "Jurassic Park", Taiwanese media have both made Kang Jianfei and "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural".
Initially, "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" was only released on Oriental Cinema (Taiwan) and China Cinema. Perhaps because there are no good movies to play, several other theater companies asked to screen the film after seeing the popular sale of "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" one after another.
Taiwan originally had five major theaters. Two years ago, Kang Jianfei and Yang Dengkui jointly built an Oriental theater chain. In total, there are six large theater chains.
"The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" is now released in these six theaters at the same time. Taiwanese audiences can see this film whenever they enter a theater, completing an unprecedented feat of Hong Kong films!
Even though the other four theaters have relatively low screen volumes, it still causes insufficient copies of "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural".
It is too late to make copies temporarily, and major theaters can only arrange copies through the number of sessions. A copy basically needs to be rotated to be screened in three different theaters.
Other movies sell for celebrities, and Kang Jianfei’s movies sell for directors.There is no doubt that Kang Jianfei is the favorite director of Taiwanese audiences, no doubt about it."Zhongshi Evening News"
Kang Jianfei's films have a charm, which will attract you to watch them patiently, which is very different from those Hong Kong films that rely on fighting and funny as their selling points.United Daily
Some people find it difficult to understand why Brigitte Lin and Lin Fengjiao chose a married man at the same time. The answer is already very obvious.Talented men and beautiful women are naturally attractive."Star Entertainment Weekly"
The praise of "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" by Taiwanese media is somewhat abnormal, thanks to the poor quality of Hong Kong films released in Taiwan recently.
I am not afraid of not knowing the goods, but I am afraid of comparing goods. When compared with those bad movies, I instantly become taller.
On the plane from Taipei to Hong Kong, three SHE girls were flipping through several newspapers, and each of the entertainment pages had articles praising Kang Jianfei.
Xie JinYàn said admiringly: Godfather is so amazing, his new film is selling well again.
This girl has an unreliable father, and her mother divorced and remarried early.
When life was in despair, Kang Jianfei came to help and wrote a song himself to praise her as a popular singer, which moved Xie JinYàn very much.
After Kang Jianfei occupied her body, Xie JinYàn tied all his feelings to Kang Jianfei, treating him as a lover, as his brother and kind father.
In Xie JinYàn's heart, Kang Jianfei is the most perfect and excellent man, so he should obey his words for granted.
Yang Caini had a charming smile on her face. She looked at the photo of Kang Jianfei in the newspaper and said to herself: We have been to Japan for so long, I wonder if my godfather thinks of us. I must give him a surprise when she goes back this time.
Xie JinYàn also smiled and said: Yes, a big surprise.Originally, my godfather wanted to deflower Xuanxuan last time, but unfortunately I was delayed because I had something to do, so I must make up for it this time.Hehe, by then, the three sisters will all be godfather’s women.
It's going to die. Say this on the plane, beware of being heard.Vivian Hsu blushed and said shyly, thinking that she couldn't help feeling in her heart when she was played with by her godfather.
Speaking of which, although the three girls are famous Asian stars, their personal lives are very pity.
I spend a lot of time in dancing, practicing songs, recording songs, promoting, notifications, and commercial performances. I have very little free time and it is difficult to communicate and contact with outsiders.
The most private entertainment activity of the three girls is to use the method taught by their godfather to comfort each other by playing homosexual games in bed, and while being intimate, fantasizing that they are having sex with their godfather.
Vivian Hsu heard the two little sisters talk about the beauty of having sex with her godfather countless times, and she said it all the time, and regretted why she didn't beg her godfather a few times before, asking her godfather to enjoy her body and let her experience the joy of being a woman.
This time I must give myself to my godfather, Vivian Hsu thought silently.
Johnnie To invites three stars, Anita Mui, Michelle Yeung and Maggie Cheung, to film "The Three Heroes of the Orient" for Wong Pai-ming's New City Film Company. The combined pay for these three female stars alone is more than 8 million.
After the release of "The Three Heroes of the East", it sold 810,000 yuan on the first day, 640,000 yuan on the second day, and more than 200,000 yuan on the third day.
After 5 days of reducing the number of games, Xincheng Cinema had to decline "The Three Heroes of the East" in advance, with only 1.93 million box office in the city.
"One Sword" directed by Sammo Hung is slightly better. The starring of this movie is Di Long, Anita Yuen and Yang Lijing, who beat "The Three Heroes of the Orient" with a box office of 1.97 million yuan.
Celebrity director, a movie has a box office of 1.93 million, and a movie has a box office of 1.97 million. It’s so much that I’m crying to death. I’ve lost my way out of a new realm.
If you look at the box office of these two movies, you will understand why so many Hong Kong film production companies have gone bankrupt this year. Who is willing to do the losing business?
In comparison, "Chasing Boys", invested by Taiwan's Changhong Company and Wang Jing invited many celebrities from Hong Kong and Taiwan, has a vulgar plot and old jokes, but the box office still exceeded 10 million mark.
Adding to the Shanghai box office, sales of videotapes and VCDs, "Chasing Boys" can still make a small profit.
It is worth mentioning that Liu Zhenwei helped Wong Kar-wai make up for his missed son.
This movie, which was filmed in the free time by the original cast of "East Evil and West Poison", took only more than 20 days to complete the filming, and the box office even sold for more than 24 million yuan.
In terms of actors, besides Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow, Jet Li is the one with the strongest box office appeal.
"Fang Shiyu" and "Fang Shiyu Sequel" filmed by Yang Dengkui sold more than 30 million and more than 20 million respectively, all of which entered the top ten box office list in Hong Kong this year.
As for Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung, the box office of the movies starring them fluctuated, with high comedy and action types, while the literary and artistic genres were relatively low.
Just as the summer vacation in Hong Kong was in a state of sorrow, Kang Jianfei's new film "The Sixth Sense" was released.
In sharp contrast to the failures of "One Sword and the Three Heroes of the East", "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" was released and there were crowds of viewers on the first day of its release.
Although many viewers think it’s not good-looking, they like it more, with the box office in the first week reaching 16.92 million.
"Movie Biweekly" published the special topic of this movie at the first time, with as many as four reviews on the light and shadow, which conduct in-depth analysis from different perspectives such as plot, light and shadow, composition, sound effects, and acting skills.
It has to be said that Kang Jianfei has already received the treatment of an international master, and many details in the new film have been over-interpreted by film critics.
In addition to the excellence of the movie itself, the acting skills of Anthony Wong and the little girl Charlene Choi were also particularly pointed out, and a film review reads:
After ten years of hardship, Anthony Wong's acting skills are no longer the same as before. He played Dao Zai in "God of Gambling", and his acting skills are immature and immature, but his performance in this film is extremely vivid.He showed the psychologist's pride, regret, persistence, giving up, pain and relief in a slight way. The whole process of transformation was natural and profound, especially the look he looked at his ring finger at the end, and the shock and suddenness were deeply rooted in people's hearts.
The young actor Charlene Choi is another highlight of the film.
It is hard for you to imagine that the introvert and indifference that is inconsistent with your age will appear on a 10-year-old girl. There is a chill that pierces the soul in Cai Charoen’s eyes, which will make your vest suddenly chill.
There is a joke in Hollywood: Don’t act in movies with children or dogs.
The reason is that they will have unexpected performances, either ruining the entire film and causing everyone to give up; or performing extremely well and stealing the protagonist's lottery.
The most exciting part in this film is the rivalry between Anthony Wong and Charoen Choi.In the church, the confession scene between two actors, one big and one small, is definitely one of the most classic scenes in Hong Kong in the past decade...
This film review highly praised Charlene Choi's acting skills, believing that Kang Jianfei has discovered a good seedling for the Hong Kong film industry, but he didn't know that the little girl often NG dozens of times gave Kang Jianfei a headache.
Even if it is a dog, every shot is shot dozens of times or dozens of times, it can still be photographed with amazing acting skills.
Fortunately, Charlene Choi suddenly became enlightened halfway through the filming, otherwise this film would not be able to catch up with the summer season, and it would have to be filmed in the second half of the year before it could be completed.
Unfortunately, Hong Kong movies emphasize the word "fast", and there are few directors who can tolerate dozens of actors.
Attitude determines everything, why did Hong Kong films decline this year?
It's because the attitude of the filmmakers has changed.
In another time and space, "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" was the second largest annual box office in North American films in 1999, with a box office of nearly US$300 million and a global box office of nearly 700 million.
Products produced by famous artists must be high-quality products, which is the subconscious idea of people.
Kang Jianfei's fame has attracted countless viewers to watch this movie seriously, otherwise Hong Kong audiences would not have such good patience to watch slow-paced movies.
So even if many people don’t like it, “The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural” has a very high evaluation among film critics and ordinary audiences. This good reputation has been converted into a box office driving force through publicity, which is such a virtuous cycle.
Taiwan has a very shortage of film sources this summer. Half a month after "The Sixth Sense of Supernatural" was released in Hong Kong, Judeng Company completed the Mandarin dubbing and was released in Taipei in a hurry.
Compared to the Hong Kong market, "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" is obviously more in line with the appetite of Taiwanese audiences, and this film is praised over the crowd.
Coupled with the craze for the director of "Jurassic Park", Taiwanese media have both made Kang Jianfei and "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural".
Initially, "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" was only released on Oriental Cinema (Taiwan) and China Cinema. Perhaps because there are no good movies to play, several other theater companies asked to screen the film after seeing the popular sale of "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" one after another.
Taiwan originally had five major theaters. Two years ago, Kang Jianfei and Yang Dengkui jointly built an Oriental theater chain. In total, there are six large theater chains.
"The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" is now released in these six theaters at the same time. Taiwanese audiences can see this film whenever they enter a theater, completing an unprecedented feat of Hong Kong films!
Even though the other four theaters have relatively low screen volumes, it still causes insufficient copies of "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural".
It is too late to make copies temporarily, and major theaters can only arrange copies through the number of sessions. A copy basically needs to be rotated to be screened in three different theaters.
Other movies sell for celebrities, and Kang Jianfei’s movies sell for directors.There is no doubt that Kang Jianfei is the favorite director of Taiwanese audiences, no doubt about it."Zhongshi Evening News"
Kang Jianfei's films have a charm, which will attract you to watch them patiently, which is very different from those Hong Kong films that rely on fighting and funny as their selling points.United Daily
Some people find it difficult to understand why Brigitte Lin and Lin Fengjiao chose a married man at the same time. The answer is already very obvious.Talented men and beautiful women are naturally attractive."Star Entertainment Weekly"
The praise of "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" by Taiwanese media is somewhat abnormal, thanks to the poor quality of Hong Kong films released in Taiwan recently.
I am not afraid of not knowing the goods, but I am afraid of comparing goods. When compared with those bad movies, I instantly become taller.
On the plane from Taipei to Hong Kong, three SHE girls were flipping through several newspapers, and each of the entertainment pages had articles praising Kang Jianfei.
Xie JinYàn said admiringly: Godfather is so amazing, his new film is selling well again.
This girl has an unreliable father, and her mother divorced and remarried early.
When life was in despair, Kang Jianfei came to help and wrote a song himself to praise her as a popular singer, which moved Xie JinYàn very much.
After Kang Jianfei occupied her body, Xie JinYàn tied all his feelings to Kang Jianfei, treating him as a lover, as his brother and kind father.
In Xie JinYàn's heart, Kang Jianfei is the most perfect and excellent man, so he should obey his words for granted.
Yang Caini had a charming smile on her face. She looked at the photo of Kang Jianfei in the newspaper and said to herself: We have been to Japan for so long, I wonder if my godfather thinks of us. I must give him a surprise when she goes back this time.
Xie JinYàn also smiled and said: Yes, a big surprise.Originally, my godfather wanted to deflower Xuanxuan last time, but unfortunately I was delayed because I had something to do, so I must make up for it this time.Hehe, by then, the three sisters will all be godfather’s women.
It's going to die. Say this on the plane, beware of being heard.Vivian Hsu blushed and said shyly, thinking that she couldn't help feeling in her heart when she was played with by her godfather.
Speaking of which, although the three girls are famous Asian stars, their personal lives are very pity.
I spend a lot of time in dancing, practicing songs, recording songs, promoting, notifications, and commercial performances. I have very little free time and it is difficult to communicate and contact with outsiders.
The most private entertainment activity of the three girls is to use the method taught by their godfather to comfort each other by playing homosexual games in bed, and while being intimate, fantasizing that they are having sex with their godfather.
Vivian Hsu heard the two little sisters talk about the beauty of having sex with her godfather countless times, and she said it all the time, and regretted why she didn't beg her godfather a few times before, asking her godfather to enjoy her body and let her experience the joy of being a woman.
This time I must give myself to my godfather, Vivian Hsu thought silently.
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