Chapter 287: Saving the "Embarrassment" Series
Li Mu is still catching up with the filming progress, but the situation in the domestic film market has taken a sharp turn.
After the box office exceeded 200 million for two consecutive days and reached 750 million on the fourth day of release, "Hong Kong Embarrassment" has become the darling of all media and reporters.
All kinds of praise directly blew Xu Zheng and "Hong Kong Embarrassment" into god-like existences, as if they have broken the total box office record now.
However, only a small number of people find that "Hong Kong Embarrassment" is so lively now because of the media.
Most of the praise from major websites, forums and even Weibo came from reporters, and the audience's response was not very high, and many people said that they were completely aiming for the name of Xu Zheng and "Thai Embarrassment", but the result was disappointing.
The most intuitive performance is that at a previous fan meeting, in Chaoyang District, Beijing, in a movie theater located in the center of the city, the occupancy rate of the movie theater with less than 500 seats was less than half.
Although the scene was quite lively because of the large number of reporters, the empty act was a good indication that the enthusiasm of the audience was not very high.
On January 16, the day of the New Year, the fifth day of its release, "Hong Kong" ushered in a big jump in the box office, and the single-day box office directly fell below the 100 million yuan mark, and only received 70 million box office, a shocking drop of 65%.
For a while, the entire entertainment industry lost its voice, and the media and reporters who were still singing praises didn't react for a while.
However, Li Mu thinks that this number is quite normal, 160 million on the day of release is the real strength of "Hong Kong", and the box office of 200 million for the next two consecutive days is just too much praised by the media, and the audience just joins in the fun.
Even the box office of 1.6 billion on the first day was because of the previous work.
In addition, the film schedule once reached 80%, and the potential has been completely overdrawn.
And the reputation of this movie is really not very good, the success of "Thai Embarrassment" has family and friendship in addition to the hilarious plot and the performances of the three leading actors.
And Xu Zheng painted the scoop according to the gourd, adding elements of nostalgia and first love in "Hong Kong", but the effect was not very good, and the whole thing became a hodgepodge.
The whole movie is actually a middle-aged literary youth's dating trip, and some funny and nostalgic complexes are forced into the middle, which does not reflect the essence of the word "feelings" at all.
Although the box office of "Hong Kong Embarrassment" plummeted, reporters and media are still confident and do not look down on "Hong Kong Embarrassment" because of this, but the intensity of praise is much less.
From Monday to Saturday, "Hong Kong Embarrassment" did not rebound as they expected, but declined steadily every day.
60 million on Tuesday, 70 million on Wednesday, 70 million on Thursday, 60 million on Friday, and Saturday because it was the last day of the year, most people were rushing home, and the box office hit a new low since its release, only 50 million box office.
In the entire six-day working day, only 380 million was harvested, and 750 million in the four days last weekend, and the total box office exceeded 1 billion in 10 days of release, reaching 113 million.
1.1 billion in 10 days!
This result can be called a big hit on 199% of movies, after all, there is no movie in the entire Chinese New Year file except for "Journey to the West: Daughter Country" with a box office of more than one billion.
Even Zhang Yimou's "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" only gained more than 700 million points at the box office.
Xu Ke + Li Lianjie + martial arts only won 800 million at the box office.
At this time, not many people would believe that "Hong Kong Embarrassment" could break the box office record of 2.3 billion yuan of "Wolf Warrior".
Although it is only one day later than "Wolf Warrior" in seven days and billion, and it still has a seven-day Spring Festival holiday, "Hong Kong Embarrassment" still has a glimmer of possibility.
However, everyone understands that this possibility is very low, unless it can win eight or nine billion at the box office in these seven days.
900 million in seven days! If "Hong Kong" had just been released at this time, it would still be possible, but now, the previous ten days have overdrawn the potential of this movie, and it will be too difficult to maintain a box office of more than 100 million per day in the future.
And there are five or six new films to be released on the first day of the Lunar New Year this year, although it is not a blockbuster, but it is always necessary to divide part of the film schedule.
Time passed minute by minute, and on the Chinese New Year's Eve Chinese New Year's Eve day of January 22, 2012, the film schedule of "Hong Kong" plummeted from 80% to 50%, and the single-day box office rebounded with the holiday, but it still failed to return to the 100 million yuan mark, and only received 80 million box office.
Now those who still have a glimmer of hope are completely dead, let alone breaking the record of "Wolf Warrior", whether they can break through two billion is enough.
With the changes in the box office, the rumors in the domestic entertainment industry have taken a sharp turn, and the originally well-received "Hong Kong Embarrassment" has begun to have a lot of critical news and posts.
""Hong Kong Embarrassment" lacks stamina, and there is no hope of breaking the box office record of domestic films set by "Wolf Warrior"!"
""Hong Kong" suffered a box office waterloo, and the magic is not there!"
"A movie made up of too many vulgar jokes, "Hong Kong" has squandered the popularity accumulated by "Thai Embarrassment"!"
"It's not funny and the rank is not high, there are a lot of low-level jokes, and the feelings are just a little bit of water. The first love that "can be put down" is just a superficial concept, and the embarrassment and relief of meeting again are fake, only "can't kiss" is real and credible. At the end, "Mom and wife fell into the water together" was replaced with "Wife and first love". Xu Zheng took it for Tao Hong to see, and in the end, Tao Hong also gave an award, and Bao Beier's performance was too contrived and more annoying than Wang Baoqiang..."
"Hong Kong" is a film that is difficult to classify, as a comedy, also known as my wonderful brother-in-law, as a ***, also known as the best relatives, as an action movie, also known as running Bao Bell, as a documentary, also known as Cailala's success as a love film, also known as an unsuccessful date to find true love, as a youth film, also known as the regretful kiss in pursuit of first love, as a feature film, also known as the derailment crisis of middle-aged childlessness, but as a comedy, "Hong Kong" Obviously failed, because the whole film is really superb!
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A large number of bad reviews began to spread all over the Internet, and if the audience was afraid of being slapped in the face by the box office before, now they are unscrupulously expressing their opinions.
In addition to the media beginning to sing about "Hong Kong", the media is also analyzing why this movie failed to continue after experiencing a rebellious beginning.
After several days of arguing, everyone agreed that the biggest reason, in addition to the plot of the movie itself, was the problem of the actors.
The audience and reporters believe that if this movie continues to invite Chen He and Wang Baoqiang to participate, and then ask Li Mu to write a script, it will definitely not be the current situation.
For a while, the Internet was full of news calling for Li Mu to take action again to save the "Embarrassment" series of movies!