Chapter 273: Breaking the Record Again
Regardless of the model after the misunderstanding, Duncan is busy, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is still being released. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info And the tide set off in the United States is also becoming more and more violent. Searchlight Pictures didn't even need to make much effort, and the media rushed to report the news.
The media in the United States have praised that this is a completely different Xia Guo movie, although it is still a kung fu movie, but it has refreshed their previous inherent impression of Xia Guo movies, and the director's freedom and pursuit of love expressed through the film also deeply moved the audience.
The word of mouth is booming, and the box office is naturally rising. Although there is "Transformers" on his head, this does not prevent "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" from moving forward step by step. On the second day of its release, the single-day box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" made another breakthrough, reaching 9.26 million meters, and on the third day, with word of mouth, the single-day box office on the third day broke through the 10 million meter yuan mark and won the box office of 10.8 million meters. Although it was only a flash in the pan and fell back on the fourth day, it was enough to shock people. A foreign movie can actually score more than 10 million in a single day in the United States, such a result is rare even in the local films of the United States.
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was a big hit in the United States, but in the Great Xia Kingdom, there was not such a big response.
For foreigners who are not familiar with Xia Guo, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is completely in line with their imagination of Xia Guo, and it can be said that it has touched their itch. But for Xia Guo audiences, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is not so amazing.
This is not to say that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is bad, the quality of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" itself has surpassed many films. But in the eyes of many viewers, the picture of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is not as good as Zhang Yimou's "Hero" and "The City is Full of Golden Armor", and the plot is not as good as his own "Great Detective" series, which seems a bit mediocre.
When it comes to the picture, Zhang Yimou has the most right to speak. Zhang Yimou, who was born as a photographer, has an innate talent for pictures, especially the control of color, which can be called the first person in China. Some scenes in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" are indeed amazing, but the overall comparison is still slightly inferior to "Hero" and "The City Full of Golden Armor". Let's talk about the plot, this kind of plot of stealing treasures and avenging the teacher is not novel to be honest, there are so many martial arts novels in Xia Kingdom, there are too many similar plots, and they are not at all comparable to Gu Wenwu's "The Great Detective", which is a meticulous, climaxing, and unstoppable detective story.
Therefore, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is indeed popular, but it is not a big hit. Except for the single-day box office exceeding 20 million in the first two or three days of its release, the single-day box office has been maintained at more than 10 million since then. When it was high, it was 189 million, and when it was low, it was only 123 million.
Such an achievement is enough to crush most film works. But it just so happens that "Rush Hour 3", which was released at the same time, is no longer on this list. The influence of the "Rush Hour" series in China is really not small, and Cheng Long, as an honorary director of the Star Review Association, has a lot of influence, so it is on par with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" with the blessing of many stars. The box office of the two movies is that you come and go, either I am two million higher than you, or you are one million higher than me, and the two movies are inseparable.
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" did not hit the box office, but it was still popular. So the media has nothing to criticize. In the end, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which was released for a month, achieved a success of 365 million. And this result is five million less than "The Great Detective".
Less is less, at least you can earn it, and you can make a lot of money. Gu Wenwu was not too disappointed with this result.
The domestic results are average, but the foreign ones are different. In the United States, which was released at the same time, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was released for a month, and finally won 270 million rice yuan, which is the best result achieved by Gu Wenwu's film in the United States, and it is also the best achievement of Xia Guo's film in the United States. And this achievement once again strengthened Moss's idea of running the Oscar for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Such talents must be well grasped.
When the news came back to China, everyone knew that Gu Wenwu had broken another record quietly. Why Gu Wenwu's movies are always so popular abroad, they are really a little difficult to understand. For the big sale of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", I don't understand it even more. At this time, some experts and scholars jumped out and expressed their opinions on the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
Some people say that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a highly artistic movie, which embodies the great spirit of people's pursuit of freedom and love under the heavy constraints of feudal etiquette, and is the embodiment of a director's artistic accomplishment, which is why this movie can be so successful. Some people also say that this is a film tailor-made by Gu Wenwu for Western audiences, dressed in the skin of Xia culture, but in essence, the spiritual core coincides with some Western views, and the plot in the movie also contains a lot of Western elements, which is the key to the success of this film in the West. Some people also say that the reason why Gu Wenwu was successful was because the previous two "Great Detective" movies made Gu Wenwu famous, so this movie can get so much attention, which has little to do with the quality of the movie.
The experts expounded their own views, which in turn sparked a big discussion on how to make Chinese films go global. And the center of this discussion is naturally the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". It's a pity that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has already been painted at this time, otherwise with the popularity of this topic alone, it would not be a problem to increase the box office by tens of millions.
"Xiao Gu, the movies screened out this year have been sent to the Oscars, now you can rest assured." Zhang Yimou took the initiative to call and talk to Gu Wenwu about the matter.
"Really, that's great." Gu Wenwu was handling some affairs in the office, and he was very happy to hear this.
"Xiao Gu, come on!" Zhang Yimou suddenly felt a little emotional, encouraged Gu Wenwu, and hung up the phone abruptly.
To be honest, Zhang Yimou's mood is very complicated now, he hopes that Gu Wenwu's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" can win glory for Chinese films and win the Oscars, but he also doesn't want a junior to press down on him, the honorary chairman of the Star Review Club. But in the end, he still cheered Gu Wenwu, and he could only say that this was the mind of an old filmmaker.
Gu Wenwu thought for a moment, then smiled and hung up the phone. Continuing to work on the paperwork on the table, a document on an offer for the acquisition of a certain point on a well-known domestic fiction website.
Gu Wenwu read it carefully, and finally wrote down two words with a pen - agree.