The grand occasion when "Shaolin Temple" was released in the mainland seems to have happened again. At any cinema where "The Royal Sisters" is showing, there are long queues of people waiting to buy tickets as soon as they get off work.
Some people even took time off to buy movie tickets, and workers working in movie theaters also lived a more dignified life during this period.
Speeding car chases, dazzling explosions, kung fu fights... all the elements attract mainland audiences to the cinema again and again, and Lin Qingxia, who plays the heroine, has become a household name in the mainland within a few days.
"The Royal Sisters" ended its first week of screening in the mainland, with box office statistics of 3.67 million yuan in the first week. This was an excellent figure in the 1980s when consumption levels were not high.
After the second week of screening of "The Royal Sisters" ended, the cumulative box office for the two weeks was as high as 7.58 million, and the single-week box office continued to grow.
After the news came back to Hong Kong, Ma Qiao, who is in charge of DreamWorks operations, was pleasantly surprised. He really didn't expect that the mainland had such terrifying box office potential.
In just half a month, "The Royal Sisters" has grossed more than 7 million yuan at the box office in mainland China, which is more than 25 million Hong Kong dollars, which has already exceeded the box office sales in Taiwan that year.
Moreover, the box office curve of mainland movies cannot be judged by common sense. The mainland box office of "The Royal Sisters" is still growing in the third week.
In fact, this phenomenon is easy to understand. For the people in mainland China, most people have not watched a movie for several years. The only reason that prompts these people to go to the cinema is the support of relatives, friends, colleagues, neighbors and the media.
Word of mouth. When everyone around you says the movie is worth watching, people who haven't seen a movie in years will pay for it.
Therefore, the publicity effect of "The Royal Sister" in the mainland is actually lagging behind. When the movie was released into its third week, many people belatedly went to the theater to enjoy it.
"Wen Wei Po" published a report on this matter: ""The Royal Sister" was renamed "The Brave Policewoman" and was released in mainland China, with a cumulative box office of more than 25 million Hong Kong dollars in two weeks... The Taiwan authorities' blockade not only failed to knock Kang Jianfei off, but made him transcend.
Frustrated and brave, he successfully entered the mainland film market."
Hong Kong citizens do not understand what is happening in the mainland. After Wen Wei Po reported this, many Hong Kong people knew that Kang Jianfei had cooperated with the mainland.
All the Hong Kong film industry colleagues are jealous that DreamWorks can make money in the mainland. But jealousy is jealousy. Even if the Chinese government invites them to go to the mainland for screenings, these people will never dare to go.
When "Wen Wei Po" reported this, the mainland media was also idle. Since "Royal Senior Sister" does not have any plots that are not suitable for children, except for some violence, the content is all about praising justice, friendship and love. Therefore,
"Royal Sister" won acclaim from the mainland media.
After "Shaolin Temple" hit the theaters, countless teenagers skipped school and went to the Shaolin Temple to learn martial arts. And after "The Royal Sisters" hit the theaters, countless people across the country determined to become people's policemen.
"Jingchu Evening News" reported: "It is reported that this year's final exam for the second grade of junior high school in our city, the essay topic is "My ideal is xxx". Perhaps due to the influence of "The Brave Policewoman", 70% of the students wrote
"My ideal is to be a policeman", a large part of them are female classmates..."
When the calendar turned to January 1985, "The Royal Sisters" successfully exceeded 10 million yuan at the box office in the mainland. After the news came back to Hong Kong, it once again aroused exclamations.
No one thinks that DreamWorks, which was banned by the Taiwan authorities, will decline. First of all, it has not lost its Southeast Asian, Japanese and Korean markets, and now it has entered the mainland market with unlimited potential. It is even making more money than before.
"The Royal Sisters" has never been able to stop at the box office in mainland China. A month after it was released, countless people are still walking into the cinema. Who knows how many months it will take to release the film.
Even the People's Daily couldn't hold back and commented specifically on "The Royal Sister": ""The Brave Policewoman" is a good movie that promotes righteousness. It chooses a female police officer as the protagonist of the film. In the face of evil forces
Never bow down when the time comes, and justice finally defeats evil... Due to the influx of decadent Western ideas, numerous crimes and crimes have occurred in the country. It is our heroic police officers who have ensured social stability through their unremitting efforts.
Unity…”
Well, although the People's Daily was very impressed by his own movie, after reading this review, Kang Jianfei really couldn't complain anymore.
In any case, although there is a big gap between "The Royal Sisters" and "Shaolin Temple" at the box office in Shanghai, "The Royal Sisters" has a greater social impact than the Japanese movie "Pursuit" that was introduced that year.
Unlike the dominant player in the mainland market, Hong Kong’s Christmas stalls this year are destined to be bloody from the beginning.
Due to the suspension of production by Shaw Brothers, this summer's movie will still feature War of the Three Kingdoms.
Golden Harvest Cinema is showing "The Owl and Dumbo", a pioneering work of Debao Film Company, directed and starred by Hong Jinbao. The heroine is Michelle Yeoh, whom Pan Desheng hired through hard work, and also Lin Zi
Xiang Xiang and Ip Tak-han as supporting actors and actresses.
Golden Princess Cinema is showing "Merry Christmas" directed by New Arts City Gao Zhisen, starring Mika, Tsui Siu Feng and Chen Baiqiang.
DreamWorks' "A Better Tomorrow 2" has the background of the first film, so it seems that it should beat "The Owl and Dumbo" and "Merry Christmas".
But the reality is somewhat different from expectations. The box office of "Merry Christmas" was so strong that it even surpassed "Family Portrait" released in the summer. Although "A Better Tomorrow 2" has the original cast such as Chow Yun-fat and Leslie Cheung, it can only
In terms of box office data, it still insists on "Merry Christmas".
Debiao Film Company's start-up was not an easy one either. Since Hung Kim-bo was personally responsible for the film, "The Owl and Dumbo" was firmly behind the other two films and did not do much at the box office.
This year's Christmas season did not disappoint the audience. When January entered, New Art City's "Merry Christmas" was the first to be released, with a local box office of 25.78 million. It was followed closely by "A Better Tomorrow 2", with a box office of 24.57 million.
Even "The Owl and Dumbo", which is the lowest among the three movies, is enough for you to get 21.31 million at the box office.
The box office of the three Christmas movies all exceeded 20 million, and the Hong Kong media excitedly exclaimed: "The prosperity of Hong Kong movies has arrived!"
At this moment, Kang Jianfei is still filming "The Gambler" silently, preparing for the New Year's release in a month's time. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian () to vote for recommendation,
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