Chapter 293: Zombies vs. Happy Ghosts

“…… July 1983 was a time of youthful restlessness. Countless boys and girls have graduated or gone on to higher education, staging scenes of tragicomedy of life. It was also in this month that the film industry also staged a ghostly 'farce' drama, so that everyone could show more laughter and laughter in this July of crying and laughing.

First of all, Golden Harvest's "Zombie Family" was released first, and the director and screenwriter who had eaten the three-year-old book found that they could no longer shoot the same as before, and it was rare to replace the old boos of some zombie movies.

For example, the vicious zombies who had no thoughts and humanity in the movie before also began to talk about warmth at this time. The family affection between the zombie family of three, the friendship between the little zombie and the child, is really embarrassing and envious, but it has gained the tears of a large number of audiences.

As for the newly established Wanda Cinema Line, it was also menacing from the beginning, and immediately became the third largest cinema chain in Hong Kong.

And the films under Mr. Li Xuan's name have always had word-of-mouth protection, and this time "Happy Ghost" is indeed the same. The whole movie is full of laughter, without the slightest sense of dullness. The true performances of several leading actors show these clever girls vividly, which makes people love them very much.

However, except for a happy ghost, the male protagonist in this film did not leave any impression on the author. But thinking that this movie is about three girls and a ghost, the author can understand.

This movie is a precedent for Hong Kong youth school comedy, and it made those boys and girls laugh when it was released, and it is really an excellent comedy. It's just that the fights in this movie are young boys and girls, but I don't know how many early loves will be born.

Of course. Joke Hughty.

Anyway, this July. Hong Kong has become a world of zombies and happy ghosts. Countless children are jumping up and down to learn how to walk with zombies, and many people are humming the song "Happy Ghost" to invite friends.

The old and the new Golden Harvest and Wanda, the zombies and ghosts wearing the same clothes, and the prosperity and prosperity of Hong Kong movies seem to be fully expressed in this hot July.

Zombies vs. Happy Ghosts, this is a rather funny name, but it is a true portrayal of this enthusiastic July......"

This is an essay from the Film Fortnightly. is a film review that is not a film review, and in just three words, Chen Baisheng almost explained everything like July.

However, this July, not only the two movies "Zombie Family" and "Happy Ghost" were released to fight in the ring, but also "Young Master Weiwei" and Shaw Brothers' "Six Finger Piano Demon" in Xinyi City. However, the box office of the latter two movies combined is just over 10 million Hong Kong dollars, which is not comparable to the first two movies, so there is no need to mention it.

"Zombie Family" is another zombie film directed by Liu Yiwei, starring Lin Zhengying and produced by Hong Jingbao, just like Chen Baisheng said, the three of them actually took the warmth card this time, which made the box office of the movie rise all the way.

This time, Jiahe didn't know if he wanted to suppress Wanda or what. actually put the premiere date of "Mr. Zombie" on the same day as the premiere of "Happy Ghost". It's just that Wanda Cinemas didn't open until nearly four o'clock in the afternoon, so "Happy Ghost" was screened a few hours later than "Zombie Family".

It's really the rhythm of zombie vs. happy ghosts! And what makes many Hong Kong film critics feel funny. This zombie and ghost are wearing the same clothes.

However, the premiere day of "Happy Ghost" is not full or more than ninety percent, because people's consumption concepts generally have the same old heart. Just like there are two supermarkets in front of your house, you usually go to the one you frequent. Wanda Cinemas also suffered from this problem, because a small half of the theaters in the cinema chain have only been built for two years.

So the attendance rate on the first day averaged just 80%.

This is a very good start, and Li Xuan is extremely satisfied with this result, because as soon as the good reputation of "Happy Ghost" spreads, the attendance rate of the theater will skyrocket immediately.

Who has the most people in the summer file? Not a student yet!

The next development turned out to be like this, the youth campus comedy "Happy Ghost" was aimed at students, and the student audience attracted was not a little bit. Therefore, on the second day of the release, the average attendance rate of the theater soared to more than 90%, and on the third day, the theater began to fill up.

Here, the "Zombie Family" family bought 3 tickets, and over there, a student in "Happy Ghost" bought 7 tickets, all for classmates and friends.

'Zombie' director Liu Yiwei looked extremely jealous, you must know that the investment of "Zombie Family" is nearly 3 million, and it can't compete with a movie that costs only 1 million, which makes him embarrassed.

"Wang Jin, this kid, is really fucking shit lucky!"

As a result, his jealous speech somehow broke out in the newspaper, which made him embarrassed fiercely, and he hurriedly made two phone calls to apologize to Li Xuan and Wang Jin afterwards.

Of course, this is not mentioned......

On the first day of Zombies vs. Happy Ghosts, "Happy Ghosts" lagged slightly behind, only achieving a box office of 720,000. And Golden Harvest's "Mr. Zombie" obviously started better, getting 880,000 Hong Kong dollars, nearly 160,000 more. Considering that Wanda's attendance rate and theater seating are not as good as Golden Harvest's, the difference in these figures is understandable.

As a result, from the second day, "Happy Ghost" has been catching up bravely. On the second day, it got a score of 810,000 Hong Kong dollars, and on the third day, it directly surpassed "Zombie Family" and successfully got a box office of 900,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Next, "Happy Ghost" continued to be popular, and it received a box office of 6.03 million in just one week, nearly one million Hong Kong dollars more than the first week score of "Zombie Family" of 5.08 million.

Now, Wang Jin is crazy!

He saw the hope that the box office of the movie was expected to exceed 20 million, and Wang Fatzi, the 10 million director, was tired of sitting down, so he naturally wanted to go further. So in the next few weeks, he ran to Wang Liquan almost every day, asking about the total box office of the previous day, which made Wang Liquan, who was busy taking care of the theater, annoyed and annoyed.

Ye Zhiming is also crazy!

Originally, he was still not interested in this movie with an investment of only one million yuan, even if Li Xuan asked him to release a promotional album of the same name, he had little interest, and it has always been carried out slowly and step by step. As a result, when "Happy Ghost" became popular, this guy was in a hurry, and immediately took the whole company with his whole company and began to hurry up the production of the album of "Happy Ghost".

The owners of those who joined the theater are also crazy!

They used to be second-round theaters and theaters that specialized in ** films, or new theaters that had just been built. These people know that the enlargement film makes money, but how do they know that it makes so much money. This is simply sitting at home waiting for money to fall from the sky, and the explosion of "Happy Ghost" has strengthened their determination to hug Li Xuan's thighs.

The Hong Kong media is also crazy!

They didn't expect this year's summer file to be so exciting, as soon as it opened, there were films with a box office of 20 million, and the cost of this movie was only more than one million. Thinking about the silence of last year's summer file, and then looking at the popularity of this summer file, I really don't know what kind of sparks will erupt when the two top stars Chenglong and Zhou Yanfa collide in August.

The three heroines of the Happy Girl Group are also crazy!

Countless films floated towards the three of them like snowflakes, and these three girls became the idols of countless boys and girls. Now if the three of them walk on the street without makeup, they will be surrounded by fans who have gathered around in a few moments. However, the three of them are now stepping up the production of records at Ye Zhiming's place, and they are more tired than filming all day long, and they are almost tired and crazy, but they don't have much time to go shopping.

Here's:

Li Xuan smiled;

Zou Wenhuai was depressed;

Lei Juekun was bitter;

Shao Yifu ......, hehe, I continue to drink tea and I don't speak, what should you do."

Since the second week, "Happy Ghost" has continued to maintain its lead over the box office of "Zombie Family" of about one million. Because both movies are comedies, the stamina has been maintained. "Happy Ghost" received a box office of 5.98 million in the second week, and "Zombie Family" was also good, continuing to receive 4.91 million Hong Kong dollars.

According to this momentum, this zombie vs. happy ghost, happy ghost has won a big victory! (To be continued......)