December 2012, a memorable month, saw the birth of the first film in the history of domestic films to gross over 1 billion.
At first, no one expected that "Journey to Thailand" would perform so wildly at the box office, not even Xu Zheng, the director and starring actor himself.
The film premiered on December 12, and after the midnight screening took in a box office of 1.017 million, it got out of hand. It made a box office of 38.715 million on the first day, a further 39.093 million on the second day, and a box office of 53.792 million on the third day.
The film's box office revenue exceeded 100 million.
The scariest thing is Saturday, the fourth day. Due to the good reputation, the box office has increased significantly. It took 90.517 million box office on that day, and another 85.362 million box office on Sunday. The box office in the first week reached 308 million.
After its first week, the power of "Journey to Thailand" has not diminished, and it continues to play in theaters, causing a huge impact on other films in the Lunar New Year period, including Brother Cheng Long's new movie "Zodiac".
"Zodiac" was released on December 20, and "Unfortunately" still took in a box office of 36.136 million on that day. The day before, "囧" had a box office of 50.447 million. The two films collided on the first day
, "Zodiac" was slightly better, with a box office of 44.045 million on the first day, winning the day's box office championship.
This week, two films competed fiercely. On the 21st, "Twelve Zodiac Signs" grossed a box office of 48.413 million, barely retaining the box office championship of the day. However, due to the mediocre reputation and average box office growth of "Twelve Zodiac Signs", it grossed a box office of 69.417 million on Saturday, the 22nd.
, on Sunday the 23rd, it achieved a box office of 58.92 million, losing its title as the weekly box office champion.
"Zodiac" was the first film that Lee Hyuk starred in. There was some unpleasantness during the filming, and Lee Hyuk almost lost the male lead in "The Dragon King" because of this incident. Later, there was a quarrel in the promotion.
Something happened, which caused Li He to have a bad impression of "Twelve Zodiacs", including Cheng Long.
But after all, this is also a work that he starred in. Li Hyuk still did his part to promote the movie on Weibo and called on fans to watch the movie.
In fact, movies are an obvious manifestation of the box office appeal of stars. In the past, people divided stars into those who can resist the box office and call them stars, and those who cannot resist are called actors.
Perhaps due to the influence of Lee Hyuk's call, the box office of "Zodiac" did not drop much and maintained pretty well. Seeing that the box office of "Embarrassed in Thailand" has exceeded 1 billion, "Zodiac" is working hard
Maybe we can break through.
With more investment and more output, several major investors and producers have increased their investment in publicity. Brother Cheng Long, who is in his fifties, has to travel around the country to promote his own movie, which is hard enough.
Li He was not spared either. Although he was filming in Hengdian, he was also asked to stand on the platform during the promotion of Shanghai in Jinling, Hangzhou. During the promotion of Shanghai, his eldest brother Cheng Long apologized to Li He.
"I'm sorry, Xiao He, I didn't expect that incident to cause you such a big trouble." The eldest brother Cheng Long's attitude was very sincere.
There is no need to say which one that happened. Everyone knows it well. Old Monster Xu must have asked his eldest brother Cheng Long.
Li He waved his hand and said, "It's okay, brother, nothing happened, right?"
"You are a good actor. The people under my command are not strict. Go back and discipline them properly." Cheng Long said.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. We all work together, and sometimes it's normal to have disagreements." Liao Fan was trying to smooth things over. As both mainland actors, Liao Fan and Li He got along better.
Liao Fan stayed longer and felt the arrogance of those Hong Kong filmmakers the most.
Cheng Long patted Li He on the shoulder and revealed the matter: "Next time I prepare a new film, I will ask you to be the starring role."
After saying that, Cheng Long went out. Liao Fan looked at Li He enviously: "Okay, Brother Cheng Long's new movie will make you more prosperous." Gu Xiao
Li He smiled and said: "It's okay, brother Liao Fan, next time we have a drink together, I have to go back to Hengdian, so I won't stay any longer."
"Okay, walk slowly..."
This is Li Hyuk's first feeling that his eldest brother is old. Cheng Long is worthy of being a superstar in the Chinese film industry, and his achievements are unmatched. However, people will eventually grow old and change. Li Hyuk had a premonition, and then
When he comes down, he will probably witness a story about the twilight years of a superstar.
Back on the set, Feng Shaofeng came over and asked him how he felt about being on the set of "Twelve Zodiac Signs".
Li Hyuk replied: "What else can I do? That's it!"
"Will "Twelve Zodiac Signs" be my last work?" Feng Shaofeng asked curiously.
Li Hyuk shook his head and said: "Whether or not the last film is here, maybe I will turn to the background like Master Xing, or retreat to the second line. When Shang Hai was promoting, my eldest brother even invited me to participate in his next film."
"Damn it, you are so prosperous. Big brother's movies have attracted so much attention at the box office. Now "Twelve Zodiac Signs" has exceeded 500 million." Feng Shaofeng said enviously.
Li He shook his head and said nothing more. "Twelve Zodiac Signs" may be the last glory of the elder brother. Let's watch and cherish it...
In addition to movies, "The Legend of Chu and Han" starring Li Hyuk has also officially landed on major TV stations. This historical drama directed by the well-known director Gao Xixi has received a lot of attention since the beginning of preparations.
The production cycle is as long as one and a half years, which makes the TV series strive for excellence, grand scenes, and excellent production. These are the slogans shouted by the film crew. But after watching it, the audience felt that this TV series was not as well-made as advertised.
Li Hyuk played the absurd second emperor Hu Hai in it. He had just entered the industry when he filmed this movie, but there was no need to worry about Li Hyuk's acting skills.
Perhaps he was too confident, coupled with the mixed filming of the two scripts, which made the plot of "Legend of Chu and Han" seem a bit messy. Chen Daoming was highly praised for his acting skills in the past, but in this drama he was criticized, thinking that his performance as Liu Bang was not good enough.
Like Liu Bang.
The same goes for Peter Ho. He is used to playing the role of a fierce general, but Peter Ho obviously does not have the temperament of a fierce general. Xiang Yu is not what the audience wants at all. However, he has received less criticism than Chen Daoming. He is the taller among the short guys. He Rundong is actually the best in the whole drama.
A pretty good one.
On the contrary, the second emperor Hu Hai played by Li Hyuk was highly praised. The audience said that Li Hyuk brought Hu Hai to life, as if this is what Hu Hai looked like in history.
Coupled with the support of Li He's fans, the ratings of "Legend of Chu and Han" are extremely weird. They rise when Hu Hai is present and fall when there is not.
This abnormal phenomenon has attracted the attention of many people in the industry. Considering that Li Hyuk has a drama king-level performance in the TV drama market, "Star You", everyone knows that Li Hyuk is the lucky star in the ratings.
"Legend of Chu and Han" also knows how to promote the character of Hu Hai in an attempt to save the ratings. However, Hu Hai has few opportunities and not many scenes, and in the 38th episode, Hu Hai was offline.
So far, the average ratings of "Legend of Chu and Han" are only 0.86. For a year-end drama, such ratings are not satisfactory. Fortunately, the producers have made money. Thanks to the popularity of the TV series market, the price of a single episode of the TV series
Staying at a high level has allowed "Legend of Chu and Han" to recover its original investment and make a small profit.