Chapter 816: A Tragic New Year
The box office of "Painted Skin" went against the current at the last moment, making those bricks slapped in the face again. However, thick-skinned has become synonymous with brick families, and they successfully lifted it after coughing lightly. Now that "Painted Skin" has successfully concluded with $230 million, it has won a lot of applause from the Chinese people, and the sense of national honor is very great.
When the movie is released, when it encounters a Hollywood movie, it uses the national honor to thank the audience, let them contribute a movie ticket, and let them know that this movie ticket will surpass the rest of the movies in the world.
The final madness was nothing more than the brilliance before the fireworks wore off, and after a perfect ending, "Painted Skin" became a strong contender for the top spot at the box office this year. Whether you can be the king or not, you have to look at the battles of various films in the Chinese New Year.
The time has entered the middle of November, the weather has gradually become colder, the annual Chinese New Year is gradually approaching, and the publicity offensive of various movies is in full swing. Feng Xiaogang came with the momentum of "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb", as if he wanted to regain his title as the king of the Chinese New Year file, his "Assembly" last year was pressed by "Old Boy" in terms of word-of-mouth and box office, but at the 2008 awards ceremony, "Assembly" was proud.
Perhaps no year's Lunar New Year movies will be as lively as this year, if you start counting from the release of "Wolf's Teeth" on December 5, until the Lunar New Year in January 2009, a total of 20 Chinese and foreign films will be released in the 2008 Lunar New Year file, including many Chinese films of the year, such as "Red Cliff", "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb", "33 Days of Broken Love", etc. For audiences who like to watch movies, this Chinese New Year file is undoubtedly a bit overwhelming. What's more, if you want to watch all these 20 or so Chinese New Year movies, I'm afraid the cost is not a small amount
Although the economic crisis has had a great impact on the film industry this year, this year's Lunar New Year file is still full of blockbusters. At present, the highest-grossing domestic comedy film in China is only Mr. Feng's "Mobile Phone". The box office is more than 50 million, and this year's "Ten Perfect" broke out the best results of comedy films in the past two years with more than 40 million. Whether China can give birth to more than 100 million local comedies is up to the battle. At least one thing is certain, that is, Mr. Feng will definitely make everyone laugh a lot this time, what kind of chemical reaction will the partner of the goddess Shu Qi and Ge You have? This is what the audience is looking forward to. "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" is a comedy blockbuster that Feng Xiaogang has returned to the Chinese New Year file, and it is also Feng Xiaogang's biggest investment in Chinese New Year comedy. The movie is in the form of asking Ge You for marriage. It presents the various lifestyles and mentalities of urban men and women. Ge You, as a "Feng boy" who can't be shaken, showed himself as a returnee this time and launched a "blind date battle" with beauties from all walks of life. Shu Qi's addition is another major feature of this film, Shu Qi is very fond of Ge You, and there are a lot of highlights.
Among the movies released this year, romance films occupy half of the country, "33 Days of Broken Love" led by Yang Lin and Liu Yifei is known as an all-star crew, with a unique publicity method and a golden boy and jade girl combination and a boo-huhed broken love, this one seriously collided with "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" in a romantic comedy. When two tigers fight, one will be injured, either you die or I die.
The snipe and the clam compete, and the fisherman profits. Although the first part of "Red Cliff", which was released in the summer of 08, received mixed reviews after its release, it still can't stop people's expectations for his next part! The most expensive huge investment in Chinese films in history, the classic masterpiece is reappeared. Huge war scenes, a-list stars. In order to create water battle scenes such as burning ships, Wu Yusen spent 5 million yuan to build the scene and ships, of course, the most important thing that people can't miss is what the scene of burning ships is. Lin Chiling, who was angry, swore not to make vases.
The three strongest movies in the Lunar New Year file have set their schedules around Christmas, among which "33 Days of Broken Love" will be released on December 23, and "Red Cliff" will be released on December 24. "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" was released on December 24, and it was completely gathered, so the audience loved and hated it. The simultaneous attack of three films was unheard of in previous years. With such a fierce war, there is no doubt that this will be a crazy Chinese New Year.
In addition to these movies, there is also "Dragon and Phoenix" starring Liu Dehua and Shu Qi, directed by Liu Weiqiang, starring Liu Dehua, Shu Qi, and Zhang Hanyu, such a star lineup and production team ensure that it will be a standard Hong Kong ~ Hong Kong love movie of a higher level. Coupled with the operation and distribution strength of Huayi Brothers, it can also ensure that the film has a strong market influence, and the choice of the Spring Festival is of course out of rational commercial considerations, after all, there are already too many heavyweight films in December, and the Spring Festival is not so crowded, and it can almost be enjoyed exclusively.
Aside from these, another formidable enemy is "Ip Man" starring Donnie Yen. The film is directed by Yip Wai Shun. Because Bruce Lee worshipped Ip Man as a teacher when he was 18 years old, Ip Weixin said that there will be Bruce Lee's character in this film, but the story of the film will focus on the 30s of the last century, mainly telling the story of Ip Man and his wife before and after the Anti-Japanese War, the core is Ip Man's change from being obsessed with martial arts and having no time to take care of his son to a harmonious family. Donnie Yen's role as Ip Man will be a highlight of this film, he is a representative of the current tough guy and one of the few martial arts actors. "Ip Man", which was released in mid-December, is a suspected blockbuster in this year's Chinese New Year file, so it is said because this film is not the top in the Chinese film industry in terms of subject matter, starring and director. However, you can't underestimate it because of this, because Donnie Yen's new film is not only quite ambitious, but also has enough shelves, showing three axes in one go.
Three women in one play, "Women Are Not Bad" is directed by Tsui Hark himself, starring Zhou Xun, Zhang Yuqi, Gui Lunmei three goddess-level actors, three women, three encounters, happened in Beijing, which leads the Chinese fashion. It's a romantic, fun and stylish love adventure.
If there is something missing in this year's Chinese New Year stalls, it must be a Hollywood blockbuster. I have to admit that the financial crisis in 2008 brought a series of impacts, and there was no blockbuster movie released during the Chinese New Year or Christmas schedule. The only good movies are still cartoons. "Lightning Dog" is the second 3D stereoscopic film to land in China after "Adventure in the Center of the Earth", and it is also the first 3D stereoscopic animated film to be introduced to China. The film will be released nationwide on December 24. It is reported that "Lightning Dog" has achieved a box office of $80 million in North America, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Film along with "Robot Story" and "Kung Fu Panda".
This year's Chinese New Year stalls are wonderful and unstoppable. For the distributor of the film, it is not good news, the main films of the Chinese New Year file are all concentrated around Christmas, and such a fierce competition may make a good film lose money at the box office. And there are not enough films in the Spring Festival schedule to support the scene, which is not a good way.
At present, among the most anticipated Chinese New Year movie voting, "33 Days of Broken Love" leads more than 20 movies with 39%, and the second place is "Red Cliff", followed by "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb".
"When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins, what are we worried about?" Yang Lin didn't mind telling the reporter that he was now interviewed by a domestic media while filming in Inception.
Sitting in an open-air coffee shop on the streets of Paris, feeling the unique street culture, Yang Lin said this sentence domineeringly, and then took a sip of coffee. The schedule is set by myself first, since other movies are so confident to resist themselves, what are you worried about? He's looking forward to the show.
"Your competitors are quite strong this time, so can you predict the final box office of "33 Days of Broken Love"?" The reporter looked at Yang Lin's eyebrows dancing, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows to see Yang Lin's opinion on the rest of the movies.
"How so? The box office is naturally the higher the better, and the box office in my mind is to reach 500 million yuan. Maybe it's a bit big, but I'm confident that of course it's up to the market to test. Yang Lin didn't seem to be unpopular, he knew that if there were no other competitors, the box office might rise a little faster. John Woo and Feng Xiaogang are not cats and dogs, but some of the best figures in the Chinese film industry.
He tapped his fingers on the table and said with a smile: "This time I played against Mr. Feng, and I felt a little nervous in my heart. After all, Mr. Feng has dominated the Lunar New Year file for many years, and the grand occasion of "No Thieves in the World" is still vivid, and his appeal in the north is particularly strong. "Yang Lin has always been very grateful to Feng Xiaogang and Huayi Brothers, if it weren't for them, then he wouldn't be where he is today. So when talking about Feng Xiaogang, he has to be much more respectful, just like his own teacher.
The reporter smiled knowingly, looked at the recorder on the desktop, and continued to ask: "Since you estimate the box office of 500 million, how much do you think the box office of "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" can be?" ”
"Hehe, I have the same opinion as Director Feng, I believe in his vision, after all, only he knows his own movies best." Yang Lin played Tai Chi silently, he didn't want to get into some unnecessary trouble because of this.
The reporter's interview ended quickly, although he didn't get as many things as he wanted, but he also gained other things, such as the reason why Yang Lin contacted Tom Ford, such as his new film "Five Hundred Days with Shamo" has been successfully shortlisted for the Oscar Award, etc., these are all exciting and exclusive news.
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