Chapter 106: Breaking the Billion
Action movies have always been a golden signboard for Chinese movies.
‘kongfu’ even became synonymous with the Chinese for a time.
From Mr. Bruce Lee to Brother Cheng and then to Li Lianjie, he entered Hollywood one after another, relying on real kung fu!
Later generations, Donnie Yen is also good!
Martial arts movies are kung fu movies, but their connotations are more oriental. Foreigners cannot understand internal strength, nor can they understand the characters that Mao can fly around...
At the beginning of two thousand years, Ang Lee won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". This is the first time that a Chinese martial arts film has received such a high-standard courtesy internationally.
The fame and fortune of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has allowed Zhang Yimou, who is eager to transform into a commercial genre, to see a new way out. In 2002, "Hero" was released, and it opened the commercial blockbuster model of Chinese martial arts with a domestic box office of 250 million yuan.
Later, Zhang Yimou followed suit and prepared the "Ten-sided Ambush" which was completely separated from the real historical background.
Everyone has a dream of martial arts in their hearts. Zhang Yimou's great victory in the box office finally stimulated the nerves of all the mainland leaders.
As a result, a series of Chinese-language films "tragedy" followed one after another. "Wuji" made Director Chen a laughing stock due to the "mantle bun murder", and "Night Banquet" also made Feng Xiaogang lose face.
After "Night Banquet", martial arts blockbusters officially became synonymous with bad movies.
This is also the reason why Huayi was so excited when Xu Hui proposed to film "The Embroidered Spring Sword".
Costume martial arts = bad movies!
It is already a consensus!
Fortunately, "The Embroidered Spring Sword" did not become a bad movie, and later "Huang Feihong" successfully entered the North American market and became another signature of Chinese-language films.
Unfortunately, although "Huang Feihong" has successfully entered the overseas market, most viewers only know Huang Feihong, played by Wu Jing. As for Xu Hui who created it, I’m sorry, if you ask foreigners who Xu Hui is, 80% of them are unclear...
He is quite recognized by the employment!
But the industry is different from the market, which is also the reason why Disney does not pay enough attention to "New Dragon Inn" is not enough. What newcomers are used for a mature kung fu superstar like Wu Jing?
That's right, Wu Jing has already formed a certain popularity around the world, and his appeal is much stronger than Xu Hui himself!
Therefore, it is normal for "The Wind of Kings" to share the box office!
To be honest, he did not directly ask for 20% of the box office dividends like Liang Tang, and there were 20% of the surrounding areas. The DVD dividends were considered very good!
After all, Huiwen Tianxia really hopes that he will initially establish export channels...
If you change an actor, you will definitely not have his influence!
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On July 27, "Huang Feihong: The Wind of the King" officially landed in mainland theaters.
The theaters directly gave 55% of the screening volume, which was completely a big deal.
On the first day, "The Wind of Kings" delivered a box office of 92 million yuan, crushing the second-ranked "Search"...
Although this result is amazing, when you think of the first day's pre-sale of 32 million yuan, 92 million yuan is actually nothing.
No one doubts Wu Jing and Huang Feihong's box office appeal, just like no one doubts Qianli of the domestic market!
In addition, Huiwen Tianxia has invested so much money and resources in "The Wind of the King".
Huiwen World's internal box office forecast for "The Wind of the King" is over 800 million in the mainland and 200 million overseas, which adds up to 350 million US dollars...
In fact, judging from the final box office results of "The Lion King Battle", such data should not be difficult to achieve, provided that the distribution can be coordinated well!
Xu Hui is still confident in "The Wind of the King".
This source of confidence is mainly Wu Jing!
After all, "Wolf Warrior 1" won a box office of RMB 540 million in "Fast and Furious 7", which is enough to prove that his ability in directors is still good. In addition, several mature deputy directors are in charge, the action core continues to the design team of the previous few movies!
There is no reason to collapse!
Moreover, "Quick Chase" won a box office of US$80 million after its release in North America, and even won a total box office of US$200 million worldwide.
In terms of box office appeal, Wu Jing is definitely not inferior to Li Lianjie at his peak!
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"The Wind of the King" has a reputation, with a Douban score of 7.8 points, and a Time Network score of 8.4 points.
As expected, a bunch of messages questioned whether they had seen the fake Huang Feihong...
"The Wind of the King" is completely different from the first three parts, creating more of an atmosphere of sternness and personal heroism!
"As a matter of fact, after losing Xu Hui, the "Huang Feihong" series lost its soul!"
"My girl is gone! Aunt Thirteen has been replaced by Aunt Thirteen..."
"I used to think that it was meaningless to always shoot reality invisible, but now I suddenly feel that if Huang Feihong doesn't say a few big words, the whole movie will be meaningless!"
"Hey, the lines are much worse. The first part contains 'If there really is a gold mountain in this world, why would these foreign ships come to our port? Maybe we have already stood on the gold mountain.' The second part contains 'I hope the sun will always shine on my soil; don't forget the blood of the martyrs.'. At this point, there is only 'winning one gold medal but losing the entire country'."
Film critics also need to show their presence at this time.
"The King's Wind can't see the so-called 'king' at all! In the final analysis, it is because it lacks the most important link, director!"
"The reason why the first three movies of "Huang Feihong" are classic is that Xu Hui transplanted his personal interpretation of the history of the late Qing Dynasty to the Chinese in that era represented by Huang Feihong. We can feel the process of the Chinese in that era slowly moving to the world through Huang Feihong's changes. Wu Jing abandoned all this and simply interpreted Huang Feihong into a superhero character..."
"A typical dog-tailed marten!"
These critics have no room for criticism to break up "The Wind of the King". It is obvious that the release of "The Wind of the King" and the huge disturbance it caused will rage the film market for at least half a month!
What to do with a newly released movie?
The confirmed releases in August include "The Lost Bullet", "The Wind Listener" and "Hedong Lion Roar 2"…
These are all production funds of at least 50 million yuan, and the market price is so big. What should they do if "The Wind of Kings" take all of them?
Waiting for loss?
Fortunately, Huiwen is prepared for the whole world.
Three thousand navy troops were dispatched in time.
"In my opinion, "The Wind of the King" can be regarded as a classic and boldly launched new things!"
"Hot-blooded, lively, such a movie is worth watching!"
In short, bad reviews and good reviews are flying together.
The box office has been breaking records all the way!
On July 28, "The Wind of Kings" won 105 million yuan, and on July 29, it continued to be unstoppable, winning 110 million yuan again, and the box office exceeded 300 million yuan in the first weekend!
Even if it enters the working day, the box office in a single day is still 50 million!
This situation is definitely worth breaking one billion, and it may not be possible to break the box office record that "Avatar" has always maintained...
Chapter completed!