After the premiere of "The Royal Sister", major newspapers used entertainment headlines the next day to introduce Lin Qingxia's transformational work, which was full of praise and praise.
Those who attended the premiere praised the movie highly after returning home and strongly recommended their relatives and friends to go to the cinema.
Three days later, on Christmas Eve, "The Royal Sisters" was officially released.
Even though the movie ticket price has just been raised by one yuan, it still cannot stop the enthusiasm of the audience. On the first day of the movie's release, the average attendance rate of 23 theaters reached more than 95%, and some theaters in prosperous areas even had
The venue was full.
On the second day after the movie was released, which was Christmas Day, the newly established Tenghui Cinemas this year also joined the screening ranks, bringing the number of theaters showing "The Royal Sisters" to 26.
At this time in Hong Kong, it would be good for a typical movie to be released in three or five theaters. 26 theaters would be released at the same time. For other directors, this is really a terrifying number.
What shocked the theater managers was that as many as 26 theaters were showing it at the same time, and "The Royal Sisters" was fully booked on the second day of its release.
Even if it’s the Christmas holiday, it’s impossible for so many viewers to come!
The reason is very simple. The reputation of "The Royal Sister" is so good that audiences who have watched the movie praised it and brought their relatives and friends to the cinema.
Word of it spreads like this, and the audience who had originally watched it bought tickets to watch it again. Not to mention 26 theaters, even 30 will probably be full.
Since there were other movies being screened during the Christmas period, these 26 theaters only scheduled three shows a day for "The Royal Sisters" in the first two days. However, due to too many viewers, the theaters had to reduce the number of other movies to accommodate "The Royal Sisters".
"Royal Senior Sister" was shown, and even the midnight show that night was arranged for "Royal Senior Sister".
On the third day of the release of "The Royal Sister", 26 theaters showed an average of seven shows a day, and the film scheduling rate reached a terrifying 82%. All other movies were forced to make way for "The Royal Sister". (At this time, most of the movie theaters in Hong Kong and Taiwan
They are all single-screen cinemas, and each theater has only one screening room.)
In three days, just three days, the box office of "Royal Senior Sister" has reached 4.8 million.
The terrifying number of theaters, the terrifying film schedule, and the just-increased ticket prices have resulted in such terrifying box office data.
All Hong Kong filmmakers were dumbfounded, including Kang Jianfei himself - is this going to hit a box office of 30 million?
The biggest weakness of the Hong Kong film market is that the audience base is too small. Even if infants and the elderly are included, all Hong Kong people have gone to the cinema to watch a movie once, and the box office is only a little over 50 million.
At this time, if a movie wants to get more than 30 million yuan in box office in Hong Kong, at least Hong Kong people with the ability to do so must go to the cinema to watch it more than once.
However, judging from the current terrifying box office growth of "The Royal Sisters", some fans may have watched it several times a day, not to mention just once.
There is no way, such a movie, which was released several years in advance, is completely ahead of its time. The story structure, action scenes, and stunt scenes are completely ahead of its time. Just the speeding car and explosion scenes made the audience in the screening room excited, not to mention
The plot and rhythm of the story are so attractive, and there are beauties and handsome guys like Lin Qingxia and Hiroyuki Sanada showing off their martial arts, and a scene where Kang Jianfei commits suicide to save his sweetheart, which is even more touching.
Literary dramas, martial arts dramas and even humorous comedy dramas are all so wonderful, how could they not be attractive?
Tang Shuxuan, who returned to Hong Kong with her husband to celebrate the New Year, personally wrote a film review in "Movie Biweekly" and said: "..."The Royal Sister" has reached the world's top level from the perspective of commercial films. Especially the wonderful flying scenes in it.
.I am sure that there is no movie in the world that can compare with it...but what I want to discuss more is the plot of this movie.
Let’s take a look at its genre first. It’s just a police and gangster film that has already existed. However, director Kang Jianfei chose to use a female as the first protagonist. This is a big breakthrough and an extremely important selling point of this drama. When watching this
Before the movie, I couldn't imagine that Ms. Lin Qingxia could also act in action scenes, and the fighting movements are so refreshing and graceful. Not only men like to watch it. As a woman, I also like Ms. Lin's image in the film very much...
The fighting, speeding and explosion scenes in this movie are very visually impactful. But behind this visual stimulation, what is even more commendable is the character creation of the three protagonists, including several villains, who are in the film.
Each film has flesh and blood and its own emotions. It is not like other kung fu movies where the bad guys are extremely bad and the mission of the positive characters is to defeat them...
Among the three protagonists, Hiroyuki Sanada plays a good family man who loves his wife and daughter. In order to take care of his wife and daughter, this Japanese hotshot detective even quit his job as a police officer, just to give his wife and daughter a peaceful life. But
On the day of his resignation, his wife and daughter were brutally murdered by the villain. I think all viewers can feel the anger and grief in his heart.
Director Kang Jianfei plays the role of a flight escort, but he is a man who looks glib, romantic, and unreliable. But at the most critical moment, he uses his actual actions to tell the audience that he is actually extremely infatuated and worthy of his love.
The man you entrusted to me. In the whole film, this character is my favorite and the most successfully portrayed.
As for the four villains, although they act cruelly, no one can deny the unwavering brotherhood between them..."
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Peninsula Hotel Tea Restaurant.
Kang Jianfei and Lei Juekun sat across the table, while Lei Juekun's assistant sat on one side in a dignified manner.
"The momentum of "The Royal Sister" is really strong. Ah Fei, you are so good, maybe it can break the 30 million box office." Lei Juekun said with a smile.
"Don't even think about 30 million," Kang Jianfei didn't listen to his deception and said while drinking milk tea: "The reason why the box office has increased so fast now is because many viewers have watched it several times. After the New Year's Day holiday, everyone went back to work and school.
Attendance will plummet in no time.”
Of course Lei Juekun knew that, he was just looking for something to say when he had nothing to say, and he was just giving Kang Jianfei a high hat.
Purely in terms of his status in the film industry, Kang Jianfei is on par with Lei Juekun. Moreover, Kang Jianfei has money to make movies, and he will not worry about not having a theatrical release after leaving Golden Princess. There is no need to look at Lei Juekun's face; on the contrary,
Lei Juekun's Golden Princess Cinema must find ways to prevent Kang Jianfei from cooperating with other hostile cinemas.
When the two met for the first time, Kang Jianfei had to put on airs to barely get a chance to negotiate fairly with Lei Juekun. But now, when the two discussed cooperation again, the balance of advantage had tilted towards Kang Jianfei.
"The Royal Sisters" has only been in theaters for three days, and Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers are already panicking. Since most of the audience has been taken away by "The Royal Sisters", the two theater chains add up to nearly 40 theaters, which can hardly be filled.
To describe it, the attendance rate is pitifully low.
Zou Wen is ambitious and wants to enter Hollywood. The "Cannonball" he invested in this time is different from last year's "The Killer". Cheng Long's "The Killer" was a joint venture between Golden Harvest and Hollywood, and this "Cannonball"
"Speed Car" is solely owned by Golden Harvest, and it cost US$5 million in salary to hire just one Reynolds.
Perhaps they have learned from the failure of "The Trench", this time Cheng Long and Xu Guanwen can only be regarded as supporting roles in "Cannonball Speed". The male and female protagonists are still white, and Cheng Long and Xu Guanwen can use this movie to mix with Western audiences.
A familiar face.
But preparations for "Cannonball Run" had just been completed, and before filming had even started, a super hit movie "The Royal Sisters" was released in Hong Kong.
Kang Jianfei is worthy of his reputation as a director of disaster films. This movie is even more powerful than the last "Mr. Zombie". Not only did it kill Golden Harvest, but there were not many viewers in Shaw Brothers Cinemas, and all the movies released in the Golden Princess Cinemas in the same period were...
Make way for the canvas.
It seems that this Christmas in Hong Kong can only accommodate Kang Jianfei alone, and other films can only eat the leftovers of "The Royal Sister".
Hong Kong is Jiahe's hometown, and the ambitious Zou Wenhuai finally became anxious. He called Cheng Long overnight and asked Cheng Long to finish filming his scenes in the United States quickly, and he must ensure that he could return to Hong Kong to film after the Chinese New Year.
After talking to Cheng Long on the phone, Zou Wenhuai called in He Guanchang again. The two discussed it for a day and finally made a decision. He Guanchang was responsible for planning the new film. Zou Wenhuai went to find Hong Jinbao in person, preparing to urge Hong Jinbao to return as soon as possible. Then Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao
By joining forces again, we will have the confidence to steal the audience from Princess Jin next year.
Before Hong Jinbao could guarantee when he would be able to return to Jiahe to film, Shao Yifu actually called and asked Zou Wenhuai to come over for dinner.
The hatred between the two is very deep. Shao Yifu has always regarded Zou Wenhuai as a rebellious official and a traitor. Now he actually takes the initiative to ask Zou Wenhuai out. If word spreads, it will probably make countless people shocked.
This shows that Shao Yifu is anxious, so anxious that he can even put aside his personal grudge with Zou Wenhuai.
Golden Harvest Pictures and Shaw Brothers Pictures, two Hong Kong film giants, have finally come together to cooperate due to the huge box office threat of "The Royal Sisters", preparing to fully attack Oriental DreamWorks and Golden Princess during the next Spring Festival.
Zou Wenhuai and Shao Yifu had such huge reactions, how could Lei Juekun do nothing?
After the two chatted for a while, Lei Juekun finally proposed to exchange the shares of Golden Princess Cinema Line for the shares of Oriental DreamWorks.
When Kang Jianfei heard this, he suddenly felt funny and asked: "What's the alternative?"
Lei Juekun said: "How about I exchange 15% of the shares of Golden Princess Cinema for 40% of the shares of Oriental DreamWorks? You are taking advantage."
Kang Jianfei shook his head and smiled: "How is this possible? If you exchange 40% of Princess Jin's shares for 90% of Oriental DreamWorks' shares, I can agree to you immediately."
When Lei Juekun heard this, his old face turned dark. (To be continued) 8
