Chapter 389: First Day Box Office
"A four-like film that can quite reflect the characteristics of Hong Kong films' "beading", "parody" and "element mixing", some deliberately imitating Hollywood jokes is really hilarious, and some original jokes - such as the exaggerated manners of rich fathers and sons, and a few MV-style songs and dances are also quite imaginative.
But it's only limited to occasional amusement.,The overall nonsense is greater than the humor.,There's no story at all.,Thinking of a play is a play.,There's no joke in the back.,It's all supported by convulsions and shouting.,The plot is a little incomprehensible.。
There is also a science fiction special effects that are claimed to have cost 6 million production costs, of which 3 million Hong Kong dollars were used to produce, I even wonder if Shaw Brothers has introduced the wrong film, whether 3 million has been spent on another movie, not to mention that the special effects production of "Interstellar Blunt Tire" is far from Hollywood, but compared with "New Shushan Swordsman" just released this year, I really don't know where the three million are spent.
Shaw Brothers' so-called sci-fi blockbuster of the year is really disappointing. - "Film Fortnightly"
"It's so funny, especially Zhong Chuhong, especially like the heroines in Masumura's films, the red round face is brainless but beautiful and lucky, and there are a lot of jokes in it, this is a sci-fi comedy that can make you laugh from beginning to end." - "Southland Movie"
"Zhong Chuhong amazed the film industry because of "The Story of Hu Yue", and vividly interpreted a Vietnamese girl in the film, proving that she is not only an actor with beauty, but also has good acting skills, but Zhong Chuhong in "Interstellar Blunt Fere" plays such a big-chested and brainless role, which is really disappointing." -- Cheng Pao
"The traces of imitation in the whole movie are too heavy, except for Zhong Chuhong, the only bright spot, there is nothing else." -- Oriental Daily
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After the premiere of "Interstellar Blunt Tire", many media paid close attention to this Shaw Brothers' strong annual blockbuster, after all, the previous publicity created such a big momentum, and the 6 million production cost of the publicity made everyone think that Shaw Brothers seemed to be revitalizing, and even New Arts City and Golden Harvest were nervous.
However, after secretly watching the premiere of "Interstellar Blunt Tire", Mecca and Zou Wenhuai were dumbfounded.
is not because of how wonderful and shocking the movie is, but because they were shocked by making such a film with 6 million Hong Kong dollars, and at the same time, the two are also convinced that Shaw Brothers is still sliding into the abyss, if this movie really costs 6 million, then Shaw Brothers may really be about to end.
After watching "Interstellar Blunt Tire", Mecca is very happy, maybe the triwizard competition that has been around is coming to an end, and now the only competitor in New Arts City is Golden Harvest.
Zou Wenhua is in a complicated mood, Zou Wenhua really showed his film talent from Shaw Brothers Film Company, and finally defected from Shaw Brothers for some reason and founded Golden Harvest, followed by competition that lasted for more than ten years.
In the past ten years, Golden Harvest has gradually developed and grown with Bruce Lee, and then with the continuous accumulation of capital, as well as the painstaking management of Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang, it has finally grown into the only film company that can compete with Shaw Brothers.
Looking back on the past ten years, Zou Wenhua sighed secretly, maybe he will have one less competitor in the future.
The media coverage of "Interstellar Blunt Tire" on the second day was almost one-sided, and only a few people thought that the film was very funny and worthy of the ticket price, but the special effects were completely nonsense, which was agreed by everyone.
Chen Lang looked at the newspaper in his hand, and his heart was excited, sure enough, this is a huge pit, it seems that history has not changed because of his appearance, "Interstellar Blunt Tire" is as bad as ever, perhaps history itself has a strong ability to repair.
When Chen Lang was secretly happy, Shao Tycoon frowned, he really didn't expect why the annual blockbuster he carefully prepared would be so unbearable in everyone's eyes, could it be that Shaw Brothers has really come to the end of history.
When Shao Daheng was thinking about his film career for more than ten years, Fang Yihua walked into the office.
"Uncle Six, these newspapers are pure nonsense, what really determines the success of the movie is the final box office, everything is unknown until the box office comes out." Fang Yihua walked to Shao Tycoon's side and smoothed Shao Tycoon's frowning brows with his hands that were no longer tender.
Shao Tycoon was stunned when he heard this, because Fang Yihua was in favor of closing Shaw Brothers Film Company before, and he had been persuading himself to pour all his energy into TVB, but at this time, he did not mention the idea of closing Shaw Brothers again, which made Shao Tycoon feel a lot of comfort, and patted his brows lightly.
"If this "Interstellar Blunt Tire" really fails, then give up!" Shao Tycoon sighed.
Fang Yihua was overjoyed when she heard this, she knew that this abandonment was not just giving up "Interstellar Blunt Tire", but giving up Shaw Brothers Film Company.
However, Fang Yihua did not show it, but continued, "Everything will wait for the box office to come out." ”
While Shao Daheng was waiting for the box office on the first day, Chen Lang and Wang Jing continued to edit their trailers in the editing room, preparing to continue their movie promotion after the box office of "Interstellar Blunt Tire" came out on the first day.
Although the media's review of "Interstellar Blunt Tire" is a one-sided bad review, there are still many people who were attracted to the cinema by the production fee of 6 million Hong Kong dollars, as well as the sci-fi blockbuster and the big beauty Zhong Chuhong to buy tickets to watch.
Many media are not optimistic about "Interstellar Blunt Tire", but when the box office did not come out on the first day, they were also bottomless, and they might be slapped in the face, after all, it is not uncommon for film reviews to go against the box office.
Chen Lang is also waiting for the box office of "Interstellar Blunt Tire" to plummet on the first day, so that he can win the bet and let "Happy Ghost" be released during the Spring Festival.
At the same time, Shaw Brothers will definitely lose money because of this movie, and then it will be the decline of Shaw Brothers, and then he will take advantage of the situation and take over the cinema chain and film talents of Shaw Brothers Films, which is the first stage of victory in his film career.
Finally, in everyone's anxious waiting, "Interstellar Blunt Tire" ended the first day of release, and Chen Lang didn't sleep at all at this time, just waiting for news from Wang Fatzi.
Shao Tycoon also rarely did not fall asleep on time, but waited for the final first-day box office statistics of Shaw Brothers Cinemas, and Wang Jing also used his connections to inquire about the box office of "Interstellar Blunt Tire".
"Manager Fang, the box office statistics have come out." The current Shaw Brothers Film Company is mainly responsible for Fang Yihua, so the staff handed over the statistical results to Fang Yihua as soon as possible.
Fang Yihua took over the box office statistics with an expressionless face, in fact, from the film reviews of major media and the mouths of several famous directors of the company, he knew that this movie would definitely not succeed, and now what he was holding in his hand was a straw that completely crushed Shaw Brothers Film Company.
"Interstellar Blunt Tire" claims to have a production cost of 6 million Hong Kong dollars, although film production companies have always had a habit of exaggerating costs, and Shaw Brothers is no exception, but the cost of the movie "Interstellar Blunt Tire" plus publicity expenses has also reached nearly 5 million Hong Kong dollars.
This is the largest film invested by Shaw Brothers Film Company so far, if it really fails, and Shaw Brothers has basically run at a loss in the past few years, then Shao Tycoon's movie heart will really be extinguished.
Although Fang Yihua guessed the result, he still glanced at the statistics, and after taking a look, he thought he was wrong, and then looked at it again, and after making sure that he was not wrong, he stood up directly in shock.
"Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?" Fang Yihua said in disbelief.
"Yes, there was no mistake, we thought it was wrong, so we confirmed it again and again with the theater chain, and the result was that there was no mistake, this is the first-day box office statistics of "Interstellar Blunt Tire"." The staff patted their chests and reassured.
The data statistics on the paper were written 1016584 yuan, Fang Yihua thought he was wrong at first glance, and after confirming it repeatedly, he realized that everyone guessed wrong, and the box office of "Interstellar Blunt Tire" actually broke one million on the first day, which is really surprising.
You must know that the current box office champion in 1983 is Xinyicheng's "Best Partner: The Great Miracle", which reached a box office of 23.27 million Hong Kong dollars.
As the current box office champion, and the second part of the series is extremely popular, its first-day box office is only 980,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the "Interstellar Blunt Tire", which has a bad review, actually surpassed "The Best Partner".
The first-day box office exceeded one million, which set a first-day box office record for a Hong Kong film.
Fang Yihua's mood at this time is really mixed, this news is naturally a great news for Shaw Brothers, but for her, who has always wanted Shao Tycoon to close Shaw Brothers Film Company and devote all her energy to TVB, it is really bad news.
However, it was impossible to hide this news, so Fang Yihua could only tell Shao Daheng about this statistics.
Shao Daheng's first reaction when he saw this statistic was impossible, and it wasn't until he was repeatedly sure that it was true, that he laughed, and then fell asleep with a smile on his face.
Twenty minutes later, Wang Jing also got the news, it was also unbelievable, and after confirming that it was correct, he took a deep breath and called Chen Lang.
"How? Does "Interstellar Blunt Tire" have a box office of 200,000? Chen Lang picked up the phone and asked with a smile.
"Not 200,000, but 1.01 million, Lang Lang, your bet is dangerous."
"What? 1.01 million? This...... How is this possible? Chen Lang stood up directly in shock, in disbelief.
"This data is the final statistics that have been confirmed repeatedly, there will be no mistake, who would have thought that a film that everyone is not optimistic about would set a box office record for Hong Kong films on the first day." Wang Jing sighed.
Chen Lang couldn't hear what Wang Jing was saying at this time, his mind was blank, and he muttered to himself, "How is this possible?" How can it be? ”