Chapter 73 Achievements
Five days after the release of "Police Story", because of the strong response from the audience, it began to increase the number of theaters released. In order to ensure the attendance rate of the movie, Jiang Ran finally decided to only add five theaters in Golden Harvest to participate in the release of the film, so far, the number of theaters where the movie is released has reached 28.
After increasing the number of theaters, "Police Story" continued to be popular in the second week of its release. Theater attendance continued to be full, and the box office of the movie had reached 10 million Hong Kong dollars on the seventh day of its release, that is, on July 7.
Jiang Ran was very surprised by this achievement in the movie. Although judging from the situation a few days before the release of the movie, Jiang Ran had already expected the popularity of the movie, but within a week of its release, the box office exceeded 10 million, which even Jiang Ran himself did not expect.
If Jiang Ran himself was only a little surprised by the results of "Police Story", then the Hong Kong media and filmmakers were completely shocked by the results of "Police Story".
"Police Story" began to be released this summer, and the box office exceeded 10 million in seven days after its release, and after "Best Partner" and "Shaolin Temple", another movie that is expected to have a box office of 20 million has appeared. ”
"Sing Tao Daily" predicted in a review that the final box office of "Police Story" will exceed 20 million Hong Kong dollars.
"In 1982, the year when Hong Kong films broke out, tens of millions of box office movies emerged one after another, and the golden age of Hong Kong films has come!"
"Ming Pao" reported in detail on the box office of Hong Kong films released since 1982, and finally analyzed that the golden age of Hong Kong films has come.
"Hong Kong's sluggish real estate market has made Hong Kong's economic situation not optimistic. With high-grossing films in the film market this year, can the film industry become a new fulcrum for Hong Kong's economy?"
In its report, Hong Kong Economic Journal focused on the possibility that the booming film industry could bring vitality to Hong Kong's sluggish economy.
"Jackie Chan's new movie "Police Story" has a box office of more than 10 million in seven days, establishing his status among kung fu stars and becoming the Bruce Lee of Hong Kong in the 80s!"
"Oriental Daily" reported on Jackie Chan's performance in the movie, commenting that Jackie Chan's kung fu movies already have their own characteristics and are expected to reach the heights of Bruce Lee and become an iconic kung fu superstar in Hong Kong in the 80s.
"Police Story" has a box office of more than 10 million in seven days, and after "Ghost Horse Smart Star" and "Nightclub", Burning Feng Film has once again produced a classic movie. ”
"Daily Daily" highlighted Ranfeng Film Company and Jiang Ran in the report, touting that Ranfeng and Jiang Ran are still so sparing.
The continued popularity of "Police Story" and the box office of the movie exceeded 10 million in seven days, which greatly increased the influence of Ran Feng Film and Jiang Ran in the Hong Kong film industry.
Since the establishment of Burning Feng Films, only three movies have been produced, one is tens of millions, one is twenty million, and now it is a movie that may be twenty million, and each movie has been a successful hit, and it feels terrifying to think about it.
And Jiang Ran is even more impressive, a year ago, he was a movie novice who didn't know anything, but now it's only a year, and the box office of the two movies he produced may both exceed 20 million.
How many film directors in Hong Kong have made movies all their lives and are still working hard for the box office of tens of millions, but here in Jiang Ran, tens of millions of box office movies have become guaranteed data.
The hit movie screening, in addition to Jiang Ran and Ran Feng, the biggest impact is Jackie Chan. Although Jackie Chan is also very famous kung fu stars in Hong Kong, there are also some kung fu stars whose fame is not weaker than him.
But after the release of "Police Story", Jackie Chan's fame began to skyrocket, and he was obviously better than other kung fu stars.
Jackie Chan's unique acting style in the movie, as well as Jiang Ran's life-fighting performance touted in the early stage, have made him more and more popular and prestigious in Hong Kong.
It is foreseeable that as long as Jackie Chan maintains his current state, it will not be long before he surpasses other kung fu actors of his generation and becomes the most unique kung fu superstar in Hong Kong movies.
The movie results are getting better and better, and Jackie Chan's fame is getting higher and higher. On this day, after the box office exceeded 10 million came out, Jackie Chan contacted Jiang Ran and Zhong Chuhong and invited them to come out to celebrate.
Jiang Ran didn't expect that the movie was not over yet, but Jackie Chan started to celebrate first.
That night, Jiang Ran and Zhong Chuhong came to the place set by Jackie Chan together, and after entering, Jiang Ran saw a lot of acquaintances, members of the family class, Sammo Hung brothers, and some movie stars of Golden Harvest Company.
When Jackie Chan saw Jiang Ran and the two coming in, he immediately greeted him, and said with a bright face: "Director Jiang, Honggu, you are finally here." Let's go in first, and the crowd is almost there. ”
Jackie Chan said, leading the way in front of Jiang Ran and the others, and turned back to introduce the people who participated in the celebration tonight to Jiang Ran and the others as he walked.
After walking into the hall, the people inside also saw Jiang Ran and the others, no matter whether they were familiar with it or not, all of them came over to greet Jiang Ran politely, hoping to take this opportunity to meet Jiang Ran. Taking a step back, even if it is just to leave a good impression on Jiang Ran, it is good to think of himself next time Jiang Ran's movie needs actors.
After all, whether it is Ran Feng or Jiang Ran, although there are not many movies produced, they are all great successes, and most of the people who starred in the movies took the opportunity to go to the next level in their careers.
After finally dealing with batches of people who came up to climb relationships, Jiang Ran and the others came to the place where Sammo Hung's brothers gathered, and Jiang Ran was familiar with Sammo Hung and others among these people.
Jiang Ran sat down in front of Sammo Hung, and then asked, "Brother Bao, what have you been busy with lately?"
Jiang Ran's status in the Hong Kong film and television industry has further increased, and Sammo Hung doesn't dare to ask Jiang Ran to continue to call him brother, after all, although he has a friendship with Jiang Ran, it has not reached the point of intimacy.
"Mr. Jiang, you still call me by my name, calling me brother with your status is too tormenting to kill me. I haven't had anything to do lately, I'm idle. What's the matter? Mr. Jiang has something to take care of?"
Jiang Ran heard Sammo Hung say that he didn't dare to call him a brother, and sighed very much in his heart, he finally had a certain status in the Hong Kong film and television industry. He also knows that as his status increases, everyone's attitude towards him will definitely change, and people like Sammo Hung will only have more in the future, not less.
Therefore, Jiang Ran didn't bother to argue, just smiled and said, "How can I take care of you, it's that I need you to take care of it." It took us half a year to make a movie, so Director Hong If you have a movie plan, you have to take care of us Ran Feng. ”
Jiang Ran is telling the truth, this year, Ran Feng has only produced the movie "Police Story" for half a year, which obviously does not meet the company's development requirements, so he mentioned this to Sammo Hung, not necessarily to invite Sammo Hung , just need to follow Sammo Hung's connections to release the news that Ran Feng needs the script and collaborators.
Sammo Hung snorted at Jiang Ran's words, and then said to Jiang Ran enviously: "Mr. Jiang, your movie will definitely be more than 20 million this time, and Ah Long will also follow you." ”
Sammo Hung is envious for a reason, his status in Golden Harvest was not as good as the Xu brothers, and after Jackie Chan passed Golden Harvest, his status further declined. Now that he has just crossed the threshold of 10 million box office, and seeing that the gap is about to narrow, Jackie Chan has begun to enter the ranks of 20 million.
The whole night, Jiang Ran spent the whole night in everyone's compliments and praises, watching Jackie Chan look proud in everyone's congratulations, but Jiang Ran was a little disappointed with such a party, and felt that it was not as good as being at ease with two or three friends.
Although Jackie Chan's celebration is over, the box office of "Police Story" is still strong, and it was not until more than half a month after the release of the movie that the popular movie-watching tide began to subside, and at this time, the box office of the movie has exceeded 20 million Hong Kong dollars.
On July 23, Golden Harvest's "Qimen Dunjia" began to be released, and "Police Story" also began to be painted in Hong Kong, and finally, the movie was fully painted in Hong Kong on August 2, with a total box office of more than 25 million, which made Jiang Ran a little regretful.