"The Sixth Sense" is not scheduled to be released during the Christmas period because the film's U.S. box office is not optimistic. ∷∷ It's not that the film is not well shot, but that the film is set in Hong Kong and the actors are all Chinese.
People, American viewers may have viewing difficulties.
Just like the very awesome "Infernal Affairs", this Hong Kong film is wonderful, but it is difficult for European and American audiences to appreciate the essence of Hong Kong police and gangster films, so "Infernal Affairs" was extremely poor at the box office in Europe and the United States. But American productions
However, businessman fell in love with the story structure of "The Departed", bought the rights and made it into a Hollywood version of "The Departed", which not only made huge box office profits but also won several Oscar trophies.
This is a matter of aesthetic differences between East and West, and has nothing to do with the quality of the film itself.
Kang Jianfei's previous movies were very popular in Europe and the United States. In fact, they relied on mysterious oriental elements to attract European and American audiences. These elements include Chinese kung fu, myths and legends, exotic customs, monsters, monsters, etc.
Movies without Eastern elements, namely "The Truman Show" and "Jurassic Park", sell well in Europe and the United States. The former wins with novelty and weirdness, while the latter is actually a Hollywood blockbuster disguised as a Hong Kong film.
But "The Sixth Sense" is different. There is no kung fu and no exotic scenery. This is a supernatural film that focuses on emotions. Even though Kang Jianfei is famous all over the world for "Jurassic Park", no one can guarantee that "The Sixth Sense"
"Sense" can be well received in the West.
October 29th is the annual Halloween.
Various supernatural, horror, and ghost films have been released one after another. Take advantage of the holiday to catch some, and Kang Jianfei's "The Sixth Sense" is undoubtedly the one that has attracted the most attention.
"Jurassic Park" was so successful, with a global box office of 900 million U.S. dollars. It was the highest-grossing film since the invention of movies. This gave Kang Jianfei a shining halo. Although everyone in the industry knows that deputy director James Cameron is
The film has made a great contribution. However, the attention of the media and the public is mainly focused on Kang Jianfei. "The Sixth Sense" is his first film after "Jurassic Park". It has attracted all kinds of attention even before it was released.
Fang’s gaze.
On Halloween, among all kinds of horror and supernatural films, the ones that were well-publicized all achieved good box office results. However, in the following days, these films opened up the box office due to their quality.
Among the many supernatural horror films, in addition to "The Sixth Sense", there is also a Disney animated film called "The Nightmare Before Christmas."
"The Nightmare Before Christmas" was shot using traditional model stop-motion methods, and post-production used the digital 3D technology just developed by Disney. The audience needs to wear improved three-dimensional glasses to watch.
3D movies actually existed as early as the 1970s, and at the same time there were also surround-screen movies, dome movies and IMAX giant movies. However, these movie technologies have not been well promoted.
The initial 3D film technology was basically used to make horror films and pornographic films. 3D technology will make such films look very real and exciting. For example, the 3D pornographic film "The Stewardess", which cost US$100,000, became a success
After a super box office of 27 million, American adult producers rushed to produce 3D pornographic films, which greatly promoted the promotion and development of 3D technology.
Different from previous 3D movies, "The Nightmare Before Christmas" is the first digital 3D movie in film history. The level of impact, sense of distance and clarity far exceed that of traditional 3D movies, allowing the audience to unknowingly immerse themselves in the three-dimensional world of ghosts and ghosts.
In terms of film technology, Hong Kong, the Oriental Hollywood, is still far from the real Hollywood!
"The Sixth Sense" and "The Nightmare Before Christmas" both hit theaters at the same time, and the two films became the most lucrative blockbuster movies on Halloween.
At first, the audience chose to watch "The Sixth Sense" because of Kang Jianfei's fame and the film's effective promotion. But after watching the film, they realized that it is really exciting. Although it is a Hong Kong film,
But the spiritual core of "The Sixth Sense" is universal - family, affection, responsibility, love and trust.
In the United States, which values family and responsibility, "The Sixth Sense" can definitely be regarded as a main theme movie. It seems so warm and refreshing among a bunch of thrillers and horror films.
"Hollywood Reporter" gave "The Sixth Sense" a very high evaluation: "This is an intriguing thriller, or it is essentially a family film. Kang always brings us surprises. Such surprises
It continues until the end of the film. I believe many people will be surprised and stunned when they see the end. Then they will go back to the cinema to study it again."
"Variety" also gave a favorable review: "The little girl's eyes in the film are sad and profound. She is standing in the center of the church holding a rag doll, with the cross behind her, facing the camera with a dull and dead look. That scene made me completely moved.
It's hard to let go at night. Learn to talk and listen. This is what the film wants to tell us. This is true for people, and the same is true for humans and ghosts."
The "Los Angeles Times" film review was more straightforward: "This is one of the most noteworthy films this year, and Kang's directorial skills are still so good."
"The Sixth Sense" does not have stunning kung fu fights or scary scenes that make people tremble. It is completely emotional. In contrast, "The Nightmare Before Christmas" is a thriller 3D
Cartoons and digital 3D images are the unique magic weapons of this film to attract audiences.
In its three days of release in North America, "The Sixth Sense" had a box office of 25.74 million US dollars in its first weekend; "The Nightmare Before Christmas" followed closely behind, with a box office of 25.06 million US dollars.
This kind of box office performance is nothing in the Christmas or summer season, but it was extremely good on Halloween, beating the horror thrillers released at the same time by several blocks.
In its second week of release, "The Sixth Sense" had a box office of 23.88 million in a single week, a box office drop of only 7%. Thanks to the surprising and shocking ending, many people did not hesitate to buy tickets to watch the second episode in order to understand the plot.
The third time. Of course, another reason is that it was only released for three days in the first week, and the data for the second week was 7 days.
This week, "The Nightmare Before Christmas" was inferior, with a weekly box office of US$21.45 million. Although this 3D digital animation has great viewing effects, few viewers watch it a second time after watching it, and the thriller genre is not
Suitable for the whole family to watch movies.
From October 29 to early December, "The Nightmare Before Christmas" was released before "The Sixth Sense", with a total box office of US$71 million in North America.
The box office curve of "The Sixth Sense" is very strange. Its box office has dropped within 10% for several consecutive weeks, and it has been extremely strong until Christmas.
The same is true for "The Sixth Sense" from another time and space. The box office in its first week was only 26 million U.S. dollars, but it was shown for several months with great stamina. In the end, it actually made nearly 300 million U.S. dollars at the box office, ranking first in the North American box office list that year.
second.
Kang Jianfei's "The Sixth Sense", after more than a month of screenings, had been reduced to very few shows by Christmas. But when Christmas comes and people in the United States and Canada go on holiday carnival, "The Sixth Sense"
The box office of "Sense" exploded again, forcing theaters to increase the number of screenings for it.
After being screened for nearly 80 days from the end of October to mid-January, "The Sixth Sense" finally took in a box office of 170 million US dollars. Although it was more than 100 million US dollars less than the box office of another time and space, it was
After all, Kang Jianfei is making a Chinese-language film, so to achieve such box office results is already incredible.
This is by far the highest-grossing Chinese-language film in North America. "Jurassic Park" does not count. Many dialogues in that film are in English, and less than one-third of the entire film's lines are in Chinese.
"The Sixth Sense" ranked fourth on the North American annual box office list in 1993. This news shocked Hollywood colleagues. When "Jurassic Park" swept the box office market, Hollywood filmmakers took the credit
He placed his trust in Cameron, believing that without Cameron's assistance, Kang Jianfei would not have been able to make a record-breaking blockbuster with a global US$900 million.
But now "The Sixth Sense" has quietly earned 170 million U.S. dollars at the box office, leaving everyone dumbfounded. Especially since this movie uses a supernatural thriller theme to talk about family love and trust, and it is also a movie.
Hong Kong films, no matter how you look at them, are supposed to be street hits. Their ability to earn such high box office numbers makes many people in the industry incomprehensible.
After the media in Hong Kong and Taiwan got the news, they went crazy and published one touting article after another. In their opinion, "The Sixth Sense" is a more pure Chinese film than "Jurassic Park". The entire movie is
The dialogue is in Chinese, and the filming was all in Hong Kong. It was able to achieve the fourth place in the annual box office list in North America, which is another victory for Chinese-language films in the international arena.
A review article in China Times wrote: "If Kang Jianfei is said to be the greatest Chinese director, there may still be many people who object to it. But the box office data does not lie. Kang Jianfei is undoubtedly the most successful Chinese commercial director."
"Tian Tian Daily" unabashedly praised its own boss: ""The Sixth Sense" grossed US$170 million at the box office in North America. Mr. Kang Jianfei once again defended his honor as an international director. He is the pride of Hong Kong and also
The pride of all Chinese people.”
"Next Weekly", which was following Kang's scandal, also took the opportunity to join in the fun. This time it did not report on Kang Jianfei's scandal. Instead, it got the news about "The Wind", a National Day gift film, from somewhere, and criticized it wildly: "
Director Kang Jianfei's talent is undoubted, but his character is worrisome. It is reported that while Kang Jianfei was filming "Kung Fu" in Shanghai, he also participated in the screenwriting work of the mainland's 45th National Day gift film. This is a typical example of flattering everyone and inviting favors.
Behavior, he turned a blind eye to the Great Leap Forward, WG and 8 Square, turned a blind eye to the bloody suppression of the people by G, but only knew how to praise their virtues, which is simply shameless..."
Well, this report by "Next Weekly" still caused some reactions among Hong Kong right-wing elements, but the vast majority of Hong Kong citizens have no interest in it. At most, they just watch the excitement.
The biggest concern is for insiders. Once the news of "The Sixth Sense" is selling well in the United States, it is tantamount to detonating a nuclear bomb in the Hong Kong film industry, injecting a shot of stimulant into the sluggish Hong Kong film industry.
It also stimulated box office growth for the Christmas and New Year holidays. (To be continued...)
ps: The new book "Peerless Superstar" will be uploaded on the 10th of next month. I hope everyone can support it.u
