Since the Xiang brothers came forward to say hello to Ma Tingqiang, the bad reviews of "Ghost Horse and Flying Man" in the "Oriental Daily" disappeared overnight, making Xia envious.

You must know that "Oriental Daily" has sold more than 300,000 newspapers, and has been the No. 1 newspaper seller in Hong Kong for eight consecutive years, with more than 3 million readers, and has a huge influence in society. It is a veritable "uncrowned king".

It is precisely for this reason that although it is clear that the "Oriental Daily" was founded by Ma Xiru and Ma Xizhen, two big drug lords, with the help of black money obtained from drug trafficking, and that it is obviously involved in illegal money laundering, the Hong Kong government does not dare to touch this newspaper, and even the Hong Kong Governor, the Department of Justice, the Financial Secretary, the Chief Secretary, and members of the Legislative Council have to sell their face.

If he came forward in the summer and asked Ma Tingqiang to stop publishing bad reviews of "Ghost Horse Flying Man", people would not even dump him. And the Xiang brothers saw miraculous results as soon as they came out, which made Summer really envious.

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January 5th, January 6th, January 7th......

The single-day box office of "Ghost Horse and Flying Man" has been hovering around two million, and the average attendance rate is also above seventy percent.

In less than five days, it has already won tens of millions of box office, and the entire investment of "Ghost Horse and Flying Man" is only 3.7 million Hong Kong dollars, this time it is not only profitable but also a big profit, how can they not be ecstatic.

The Hong Kong film industry and the media were also shocked, calling it the first dark horse of the year, and it was so bright that it turned purple! You must know that before the release, almost no film critic had high hopes for "Ghost Horse and Flying Man".

Although this film has several red stars such as Zhong Chuhong, Zhong Zhentao, Xia Wenxi, and Zheng Zeshi joining, because the director Xia is just a nobody, and he has no experience in directing films before, people are very skeptical of his directing ability.

In addition, the Shaw Brothers Cinemas have been sinking for a long time, and there are always outrageous martial arts films. It is no longer in line with the taste of the public, and people are more inclined to go to Golden Princess or Golden Harvest Cinema to watch movies. Therefore, the release of "Ghost Horse and Flying Man" in Shaw Brothers theaters will definitely be affected, which will eventually affect the box office results.

The most optimistic movie by Hong Kong film critics in advance is "Happy Three Cannons" starring Zeng Zhiwei, Chen You, and Chen Baixiang.

This movie is the same as "Best Partner" in Xinyicheng, "Five Lucky Stars" by Golden Harvest, and "Brave Double Cannon" by Debao, which is the most popular police and bandit action comedy theme today.

The second movie is co-starred by Zeng Zhiwei, Chen You, and Chen Baixiang. All three of them are outstanding comedians, and with the three of them taking the lead, the box office is naturally very guaranteed.

The three films were released in Golden Harvest Cinemas. Because of the cooperation of Hong Jingbao, Cheng Long, Yuan Biao and other brothers, Golden Harvest Cinema Line has produced good films one after another, creating box office miracles one after another. This film will be released on Golden Harvest and will inevitably get the addition of theaters.

With these three reasons, the box office of "Happy Three Cannons" is naturally guaranteed. At least one more horse position than "Ghost Horse Flying Man".

But they didn't expect the final release result to be much beyond their expectations.

After the release of "Ghost Horse and Flying Man", the box office was unstoppable, far ahead, and unstoppable.

In contrast, the box office of Golden Harvest's "Happy Three Cannons" is dwarfed. The single-day box office basically hovers around one million, and the average attendance rate is only about fifty percent, although it can recover the cost. But it's no longer possible to make a lot of money.

Seeing such a slap in the face, the film critics, who were unwilling to fail, had no choice but to put the hope of a comeback on January 9. On "The Laughing Craftsman", which was released in the theaters of Xinyi City, I hope it can end the box office miracle of "Ghost Horse and Flying Man".

This play is director Wu Yusen's latest masterpiece, the script was created by the well-known screenwriter Huang Baiming, and the starring role is Taiwanese actor Sun Yue, who became famous with "The Wrong Car", and it was also well received at the midnight test screening, and all film critics have high hopes for this film.

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All eyes are on it. On January 9th, "The Laughing Craftsman" of New Art City was released as scheduled.

Although Xinyicheng promoted the film and called on the hardcore fan group "Friends of Xinyicheng" to come and support it, in the end, the attendance rate of the film was less than 40%, and the box office on the first day was even less than 200,000. is not even a fraction of "Ghost Horse and Flying Man", which suddenly made the owner of Xinyicheng and a group of film critics dumbfounded.

No one expected that Huang Baiming plus Sun Yue and Wu Yusen, the three in one, would be such a result. The box office on the first day was only 200,000 Hong Kong dollars, and if the bottom guarantee system was implemented before, this money would not even be enough for the bottom fee.

"Wu Yusen is really done, and he is no longer the comedy director who could shoot "Money is Strange" and "Money Cold". Film critics were unwilling to be slapped in the face and made excuses for their mistakes.

Huang Baiming is one of the CEOs of Xinyi City, a well-known screenwriter in Hong Kong, especially last year's self-written and directed "Happy Ghost", a knife and a big tree, with an investment of more than 1 million to win more than 17 million box office, is the biggest dark horse in 84. Of course, such a cow can't be black.

Sun Yue won the Best Actor at the 20th Golden Horse Awards for "Taking the Wrong Car", and his acting skills are obvious to all. And his performance in "The Laughing Craftsman" is also impeccable, and his acting skills have always been maintained at a high level, so naturally he can't be black.

Since this is the case, then the only way to blame Wu Yusen is to blame him, who let his previous movies such as "Eight Colorful Lin Yazhen" and "Two Tigers" also fail at the box office.

As a result, remarks such as "Wu Yusen's talent is exhausted", "Wu Yusen's box office poison", and "Wu Yusen's anger" filled the newspapers, degrading him to the biggest culprit of the box office failure of "The Laughing Craftsman".

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Seeing the criticism of him in the newspaper, Summer couldn't help but feel sad for Wu Yusen.

It is these film critics who, not long ago, had high hopes for him, hoping that he would be able to end the box office miracle of "Ghost Horse and Flying Man". Now, only a few days later, these critics have reduced him to the mud of the soles of his shoes.

"What a bunch of female cousins!" Summer scolded disdainfully, having no good opinion of these critics.

In fact, he only took Wang Qixian to watch this "Laughing Craftsman" yesterday, and to be honest, he thinks this movie is very good. The reason for the box office failure cannot be blamed on the director, the reason is in other aspects.

First, although the name of this film has the word "laugh", it is not a comedy, but a drama, especially at the end of the movie.

Such a movie may be able to achieve a good box office if it is placed in other schedules, but if it is released in this happy and peaceful Chinese New Year schedule, it will really be self-defeating. After all, the audience doesn't want to cry at the beginning of the new year.

Second, this movie is starring Tao Dawei and Sun Yue, although the two actors have good acting skills, they have no box office appeal. And the two of them are almost 100 years old together, so it is naturally difficult to attract the interest of young audiences.

Third, although this movie is invested by Hong Kong New Arts City Film Company, it was shot in Taiwan, and Taiwanese actors are also hired, and it is also a story from Taiwan, so it is naturally difficult to resonate with the Hong Kong people.

So with these three reasons, it is not surprising that the box office failure of the movie "Laughing Craftsman" is completely blamed on director Wu Yusen, which is obviously very unfair.

Perhaps it is this kind of training that makes him make a masterpiece like "The True Color of Heroes". Summer thought again.

Without a cold bone, how to get the fragrance of plum blossoms?

If he hadn't experienced such a setback himself, I believe it would be difficult for Wu Yusen to shoot the hero's lonely little brother so vividly. Without the grief and indignation that heroes are useless, presumably the movie "The True Color of Heroes" will lose a lot of color.

I hope that Director Wu Da can achieve phoenix nirvana and create more brilliance. "Pray for him in the summer.

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"The Laughing Craftsman" failed at the box office, and Xinyicheng hurriedly moved out of "Jiren Tianxiang" to save the battle. This movie is launched by Yongjia Film Company, a subsidiary of Golden Princess, starring well-known comedians Liao Weixiong and Wang Qing.

When I saw the screenwriter's signature of this movie in the summer, I almost went blind, and it turned out to be Wang Jiawei, the famous "King of Sunglasses" in later generations. I really didn't expect that this leader, who was vigorously respected by literary and artistic youth, would have such an unbearable past in his early years, which really surprised Summer.

And what surprised him even more was that in the cast list of this movie, he also saw the name of Liu Zhenwei, a good friend of the King of Sunglasses, in the summer.

"I want to find Wang Jiawei for the award, and I want to make money to find Liu Zhenwei, but I didn't expect the two of them to get together so early, what a coincidence. Summer couldn't help but laugh, already thinking about whether to dig into the corner of the two of them.

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Although Xinyicheng moved out of "Jiren Tianxiang" to save the battle, although this movie was written by Wang Jiawei and starring famous comedians Liao Weixiong and Wang Qing, it still did not help. The box office on the first day was 600,000, saving a little face, but it was still far inferior to "Ghost Horse and Flying Man", and even "Happy Three Cannons" was not comparable.

The box office of "Happy Three Cannons" has been stable and falling, and now the single-day box office is about 50,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the total box office is 5.6 million Hong Kong dollars in ten days of release.

"Ghost Horse Flying Man" was released for 11 days, with a box office accumulation of 17.8 million Hong Kong dollars, and the average attendance rate is still more than 60%, and it is estimated that the final box office may exceed 20 million.

For this result, not only the Xiang brothers were overjoyed, but even the Shaw Brothers, who were in charge of the release, were also overjoyed. Because of the previous agreement, the box office of the theater chain and the production company was divided fifty-fifty, and Shaw Brothers could also get a share of 10 million Hong Kong dollars, making a lot of money.

The Hong Kong film industry was surprised, no one expected that a small company with an unrecognizable reputation, a fledgling young director, could create such a box office miracle.

For a while, Yongsheng Film Company, as well as the summer, became the focus of attention in the industry, making a good start to the new year! )

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