401 Xiaoyan, you need to wake up (15,000 will be delivered today, give me a ticket!)
On the first day after its premiere, the Hong Kong box office of "Dark War" exceeded 4 million and reached 4.05 million. This shocked the Hong Kong film industry. Everyone was speculating whether it was going to beat "Infernal Affairs".
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However, many people also think that there is a high probability that this movie will start high and then go low. Just like this year's "Heroes of China" by Zheng Yijian, the box office result of 4.75 million on the first day directly shocked the Hong Kong film industry. As a result, it plummeted in the next few days. Finally,
When it was released, the box office was only a little over 20 million.
Fortunately, although the reputation of "Dark War" is not as good as that of "Infernal Affairs", it is definitely much better than "Heroes of China". The box office decline in the following two days on Saturdays and Sundays should not be as bad as that of "Heroes of China"
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Sure enough, the box office results for the next two days came out, and there was indeed a big drop, but it still collected 5.5 million, and the three-day box office performance almost exceeded 10 million.
Therefore, relevant statistical agencies put the final box office of "Dark War" at about 35 to 40 million, which is about 30 million less than "Infernal Affairs".
I don’t dare to watch too much because the movie market this year is too sluggish.
But this number is also the box office champion this year.
Some media outlets that didn't mind the matter directly ran a headline: "Jiang Yan rules Hong Kong for the second consecutive year."
Although the word "rule" is used, the meaning of provoking trouble is very obvious.
But no one really thinks much about Jiang Yan, at least the big guys in the Hong Kong film industry are happy to see it happen.
Or because the market is so bad this year, everyone is eager for a movie to stimulate them.
Of course, the most important thing is that Yongsheng, Boss Yang, Yindu and other companies that invested in the film, as well as people from various theater chains and related industries, also made a lot of money from Jiang Yan.
Who would offend the God of Wealth for no reason?
In addition, Shuangyi Cheng and others currently have no projects. Even if they do, they are all in old Hollywood. There is no competition. How many opinions can you have?
If you really want to say it, Brother Long and Master Xing may have opinions, but they are both good friends of Jiang Yan. If Jiang Yan performs well, Brother Long will want to cooperate more than to suppress, while Master Xing will
He has been eyeing Jiang Yan's pocket for a long time. He wants Jiang Yan to make more money. As for the movie, Mr. Xing is what you beat you and I beat me. If he can really compete with a police movie, then he is not Mr. Xing.
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Therefore, in a harmonious environment, critics also gave "Dark War" a very high evaluation, saying that it is "one of the pinnacle works of two-hero dramas". The reason why it is called one is naturally because "Infernal Affairs" precedes it. As for the other
Which movies can be included on the list are currently hotly debated by critics.
This has also increased the popularity of "Dark War" a lot again. Many movie fans who were originally indifferent to the movie named after these two words can't help but become interested and go to the theater.
So in the next "Dark War", Andy Lau, Jiang Yan, and Johnnie To were praised to the sky by more fans.
Actually, before "Infernal Affairs" came out in the 1990s, "Dark War" was indeed the pinnacle, but peaks are always meant to be surpassed. Even "Infernal Affairs", which is recognized as the "insurmountable peak" in Original Time and Space,
It will definitely be surpassed one day, but Jiang Yan didn't see it before he traveled through time.
Nowadays, "Dark War" can have such a high evaluation. In the final analysis, firstly, it is the late 1990s, and Xiangjiang movies are still immersed in the old commercial entertainment movie model, intertwined with flying bullets, tumbling and exploding in the air.
Cars and over-the-top fights are still the standard features of cop and gangster movies.
Fans have never seen a genre film like "Dark War", which features a police duo and a cat-and-mouse game with a warm and subtle theme, and it is inevitable that the refreshing look and feel will bring high praise.
Secondly, he copied it, so no matter how much others praised it, Jiang Yan knew that he had to have a few tricks up his sleeve.
Therefore, Jiang Yan avoids interviews with the outside world as much as possible, and establishes himself as a cool and great person, and also avoids being quoted out of context.
"Dark War" is a huge hit in Hong Kong, and mainland movie fans are naturally looking forward to it.
At the Yindu company, Lao Fan and Jiang Yan discussed the release time of "Dark War" in the mainland. Jiang Yan proposed that it be released on New Year's Day in 2000. Lao Fan agreed. It was a good start to the new year. Yindu also quickly finalized the matter, but Jiang Yan
At this time, I realized something.
It seems that in the next few months, the mainland film and television industry will be dominated by itself.
Because "Born Out of the Sky" is scheduled to be released on December 12, 1999.
The mainland version of "Sha Po Lang" is scheduled to be released on December 8, 1999.
"That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" is scheduled to be released on December 25, 1999.
Another "Dark War" is scheduled to be released on January 1, 2000.
In addition to his own projects, there is also Feng Dapao's movie "Endless" in which he also has a guest appearance, and it will be released in late December.
Also in terms of TV series.
"Little Clueless" is scheduled to premiere on December 18, 1999 on Blue Channel and Magic City Channel.
"Spring Pig" is scheduled to be released in early January 2000.
"Journey to the West Sequel" is scheduled to premiere on Yangshi on January 28, 2000.
"Journey to the West" is scheduled to be released in mid-February 2000.
So Jiang Yan called him a good guy.
In the past three months, a series of high-reputation and high-viewing film and television dramas have been related to him. In addition, he will also participate in the Macau Return Gala on December 20 and the Spring Festival Gala.
If we do this, will there be a situation where everything that is beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind?
Jiang Yan asked Lao Fan with some uncertainty.
At first, Lao Fan wanted to say that there was no problem, but he still said: "Based on the current domestic market environment, if, I mean if, if all your projects explode, then you really have to shrink...
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Lao Fan's meaning is very clear. It doesn't matter how good Jiang Yan is, but with a group of people, he eats up all the cakes in the mainland. This is not a matter of making the cake bigger, even if it can really make the cake bigger.
Da, you must have offended others.
Therefore, it definitely makes sense that a tree that is beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.
When the time comes, public opinion, competitors, etc., all troubles will come to you.
Of course, after finishing speaking, Lao Fan smiled and shook his head: "But you don't have to be so confident. How can there be any reason to explode? In my opinion, except for "Dark War" and "Journey to the West Sequel", everything else is average. "
"Dark War" may not necessarily be a hit. As for your first starring movie "The Mountain", at most it will be a hit in the first few days, and it will probably be the same in the future. There is no possibility that this kind of movie will be a big hit in China.
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When Jiang Yan heard this, he nodded on the surface, but in his heart he was thinking, Lao Fan, you may have been wrong this time.
He didn't mention "Spring Pig" and "Journey to the West", both of which were hits.
In addition, the Neon release of "The Mountain" is also being discussed. It will probably be released in Neon in March. He thinks so that it will not be a hit in China, but it is not necessarily true in Neon.
So Jiang Yan still decided to postpone the third album originally scheduled to be released in March next year!
"Shaobao 2" has also been scheduled to be aired in the second half of next year.
"Kill Bill" is also as far back as possible.
After finishing filming "Infernal Affairs 2/3", I put it aside for half a year.
In short, I will free up the period from March until the Olympics, and force myself to be in a silent state.
When he gets to the Olympics and has the Olympic halo, he will compete in all the events.
By then he will no longer be afraid.
However, such questions still made Lao Fan aware of something.
Lao Fan then asked: "By the way, you still want to go to the Olympics, right?"
"yes."
"So confident?"
"certainly."
"Can you not go?"
"Of course not. The head coach is very optimistic about me and I have brought glory to the country. It doesn't matter if I push it away."
"Hey, I hope your luck will be better and you can score a few more goals by then, otherwise you just have to wait to be beaten mercilessly by public opinion."
Lao Fan sighed. He knew that Jiang Yan would not change his decision easily, but as an elder, how could he do it without persuading him?
Obviously, he felt that Jiang Yan had been a little arrogant recently, not a little, but very arrogant.
All projects are booming, and people will ask this question, what is not floating?
There is also a national basketball team. Your ability can attract the attention of the head coach, but you don’t know who you are?
As a big star in the entertainment industry, you are equipped with a super magnifying glass. Even if you don't make any mistakes at the time, public opinion will blame you for all the mistakes of the national team.
Unless you can make an extremely important contribution, your little arms and legs may indeed be able to keep up with the level of the national team, but there is more than one Chinese team in the Olympics!
Lao Fan felt that Jiang Yan had not failed much in more than a year. "Slaying the Wolf" could have brought him a little setback, but "Dark War" soon became a hit, so Jiang Yan's mentality was not settled at all.
Pass.
So Lao Fan finally said sincerely: "Xiao Yan, do you need to wake up?"