Chapter 562 Set a new record for the highest box office of Hong Kong films
After explaining all the previous doubts about "Wushuang", Pang Yidian also focused on the ending of the movie.
The camera returns to the night when Xiuqing rescued Li Wen from the police station.
After the storm, Xiuqing asked Li Wen with loving eyes. She had only met Li Wen twice before, and how did Li Wen remember how he looked before plastic surgery.
It is important to note here that when Li Wen was imprisoned, in order to escape, he sent Xiu Qing a letter asking for help. On it was a picture of Xiu Qing's appearance without plastic surgery.
For Xiu Qing, she has always had low self-esteem and struggled with the fact that she was Ruan Wen's substitute. She reported Li Wen because of her deep love and hatred.
But when she received Li Wen's drawing of her previous appearance, Li Wen had only seen her face twice before, but she could still draw it after so many years. Xiu Qing thought that Li Wen loved her.
That's why after she received the distress letter, she immediately contacted her contacts and rescued Li Wen.
Xiuqing asked this question because she wanted to get Li Wen's emotional feedback, but Li Wen just gave her a bolt from the blue.
"Maybe it's talent."
Otherwise, what is it? Is it love?
Li Wen didn't say the last sentence, but the meaning was clearly revealed.
Xiuqing looked at him deeply and asked Li again the fatal question she had asked before.
Who is more important, her or Ruan Wen?
At this moment, if you find a man with normal emotional intelligence to this kind of question, he will give you the correct answer.
Of course it’s you!
It must be you!!
It must be you!!!
However, I don't know if Li Wen is a straight man, or if he just escaped from the police station and is very satisfied, or if he doesn't take Xiu Qing seriously at all.
He stated bluntly
"How can people like us get the best? It's good to find a replacement."
Li Wen's answer was tantamount to a knife in the heart for Xiu Qing, who had always been obsessed with being Ruan Wen's substitute.
Xiuqing didn't speak, but she had already made up her mind.
Afterwards, the two killed the Xiangjiang police guards, Xiuqing left clues in the lighter, and then took Li Wen out to sea on a yacht.
On the yacht, Xiu Qing and Li Wen had a showdown, saying that Li Wen had never loved her and only Ruan Wen was in his heart.
But she also figured it out. Li Wen was right. It didn't matter if it was true or false. Anyway, they could finally be together forever.
After saying that, she took out the detonator, looked at the frightened Li Wen, and smiled easily.
boom
Many male audience members in the theater couldn't help but vomit when they saw this scene.
I can’t afford to offend a sickly girl...
At the end of the movie, Li Wen Xiuqing died, and the police leader found the real Ruan Wen and informed him of the painter's execution.
At this point, the last reversal of the movie is staged.
In Li Wen's heart, Ruan Wen was his true love, but in fact, Ruan Wen did not know Li Wen and only vaguely remembered that he lived next door to him many years ago.
"Be good."
If it was Li Wen's reversal that made Pang Yidian exclaimed before, now that he saw this paragraph, he really admired it and wanted to applaud Zuo Le.
It's so amazing that it took more than half of the movie to directly and indirectly involve the "evil love" of several lives, but in the end it was a humble and deformed unrequited love.
Li Wen's lie deceived Xiuqing, the police, and even himself. Naturally, it also deceived countless viewers.
Pang Yidian finally understood the meaning of the name "Wushuang".
Unparalleled.
There is no painter, only Li Wen.
There is no Ruan Wen, only Xiu Qing.
From the beginning, the title of the movie told the audience the answer, but everyone did not realize that after watching the movie and looking at the title, they suddenly felt full of profound meaning.
From the perspective of a professional film critic, Pang Yidian believes that "Wushuang" is the pinnacle of Hong Kong films in recent years.
Zuo Le is so perverted that he can handle other themes, even this kind of script with a strong Hong Kong style.
Sometimes Pang Yidian really wants to report it to the country and check if Zuo Le has any system or other plug-ins...
At the end of the movie, Pang Yidian came out of the theater, but did not leave. He booked another "Wushuang" show that was the shortest in time and prepared for the second viewing.
While waiting, he took out his mobile phone and quickly recalled all the details of the movie he just watched, recorded it, and finished writing it in the evening.
Pang Yidian was not the only one who was preparing for the second viewing. Almost one-fifth of the audience in the same theater as him just now remained.
Except for a few who chose other movies, most of them booked another movie ticket for "Wushuang".
There was even an old man who bought three movie tickets for "Wushuang" in one go and queued up his schedule from afternoon to evening. He seemed to be obsessed with this movie.
Pang Yidian and others are not alone. Similar scenes were also staged in other theaters in China where "Wushuang" was shown.
As the first few viewers who watched the movie posted their thoughts online, "Wushuang" quickly became a hot topic.
[Breaking about "Wushuang", I haven't seen such a wonderful Hong Kong movie in a long time]
[The scene with the police station reversed scene made my scalp numb]
[That part is so awesome that I was dumbfounded watching the movie next to me]
[Hong Kong film fans burst into tears, remembering what Director Mak said two years ago: "I'm not dead yet, how can Hong Kong films die?" "Wu Shuang" showed me Director Mak's determination to "not die in Hong Kong films"]
[Upstairs, although it may be a bit embarrassing, I still want to say that the screenwriter of "Wushuang" is Zuo Le, and it should not be regarded as a pure Hong Kong film]
[Zuo Le deserves a lot of credit, but the director, team, and actors are all from Hong Kong, so why can’t it be considered a Hong Kong film?]
[What are we arguing about? Hong Kong films are not Hong Kong films, aren’t they all Chinese films?]
[You’re right, there’s no point in arguing about this. It’s better to discuss actors. Fa Ge is so handsome]
[Hahaha, Liu Tianwang also performed well. He is even considered to be the pinnacle of his acting skills in recent years. I hope he will win this year’s Golden Dragon Award.]
[No one praises my wife Qishui, she is so sassy and yandere, it kills me]
[That’s right, the scene when Qishui appeared at the police station, wearing black clothes, sunglasses and red lips, she was so beautiful that even a woman like me was almost turned upside down by her]
[Listening to what you said, I want to see my wife again]
[Bah, a bunch of shameless people, Miaomiao is my wife]
[Pour yellow urine into your mouth, this is the most alarming thing for dogs]
【…………】
Thanks to praise and various analyses, "Wushuang" has received a lot of attention in a short period of time.
At 4 pm on August 8, the initial score of the "Warrior" movie was calculated. The score of 8.8 not only matched the premiere date, but was also the highest score received by a Hong Kong film in recent years.
At the same time, it also has the highest rating among all movies released this year.
Although there are fewer moviegoers now and the ratings are not necessarily reliable, in most cases, there is not much difference between the initial rating and the final rating of a movie.
Even if the score drops after "Wushuang", it won't drop too much. Maintaining a score of 8.5 or above is basically not a big problem.
The reputation is overwhelming, and the box office data of the "Wushuang" movie are also very good.
At first, with the active promotion of Liu Tianwang and Shui Miaomiao, "Wushuang" achieved good pre-sale box office, and the first-day box office also met the crew's expectations.
As of 1 a.m. on August 9, the total box office of "Wushuang" reached 340 million.
This achievement is second only to "The Richest Man in Xihong City" and "The Shameful Iron Fist" among the many films produced by Sunward.
Of these two movies, one broke 3 billion and entered the top ten in the box office list. The other one opened high but fell short, but ultimately took home nearly 2.5 billion.
"Wushuang" didn't ask for more. It won 2 billion, which was enough for Shanhe and Shaojia to make a fortune after excluding the cost.
However, they still underestimated the potential of "Wushuang".
………
In this year's summer season, before "Wushuang", the highest-grossing movie was "Three Views" which was released in July.
This "Three Scenes" is a major costume production directed by Zhang Kaigang, an old acquaintance of Zuo Le. It is said that the investment alone is as high as 500 million.
However, after "Three Scenes" was released, its reputation was acceptable, but it was not a critical hit, with a box office of just over 900 million.
According to the box office dividend of 35~38%, even half of the money cannot be recovered. Even if Lao Zhang has good overseas appeal and can export to make money, it is still not enough to make up for the deficit of more than 200 million.
The failure of "Three Scenes" made Zhang Kaigang's already shaky halo of "China's No. 1 Director" become even more precarious.
Many viewers, and even people in the industry, said that "China's number one director" should be replaced.
Among the many directors who have been proposed to succeed "China's No. 1 Director", the one with the highest voice is Zuo Le, who had defeated Lao Zhang head-on.
However, neither Zuo Le nor Zhang Kaigang expressed their opinions on this matter.
Lao Zhang prides himself on being honest and honest, and wants to prove himself again.
Zuo Le, on the other hand, feels that it is unnecessary. If he wants to be the number one director in China, he will not take over step by step. Instead, he will directly defeat Lao Zhang with his solid results and reach the undisputed peak.
Except for "Three Scenes", several other movies also performed poorly in July. The total box office of all theater movies in July was just over 3.5 billion.
You must know that this is the summer season, second only to the Lunar New Year season throughout the year.
In the summer season of the past two years, the box office has been more than 15 billion. Evenly divided into July and August, the monthly box office can also reach more than 7.5 billion.
3.5 billion, not even half of last year’s, almost setting a record low for the summer season in the past ten years.
Countless industry experts are trying to use various angles to analyze the reasons for this year's summer movie market downturn.
But the audience gave the simplest answer: the movie was not good to watch, so it couldn’t sell tickets.
At this juncture, there is actually a certain risk in releasing "Wushuang". No one knows whether it will follow the footsteps of movies such as "Three Views".
However, it may be that the summer movie market is recovering well and bottoming out, and "Warriors" is lucky.
In other words, the quality of "Wushuang" is indeed excellent, and it attracts audiences with its solid and exciting plot.
But no matter what, after "Wushuang" was released, it did bring a large number of viewers back to the theater.
The box office of the movie "Wushuang" has also continued to rise.
On August 10, the total box office of "Wushuang" officially exceeded 500 million.
On August 12, the total box office of "Wushuang" officially exceeded 800 million.
On August 15, the total box office of "Wushuang" exceeded 1.57 billion, becoming the highest-grossing Hong Kong film.
On August 19, the total box office of "Wushuang" exceeded 2 billion.
On August 24, the box office of "Wushuang" exceeded 80 million in Hong Kong, becoming the highest-grossing Chinese film in Hong Kong history.
On September 8, "Wushuang" was officially released, and its total box office exceeded 2.81 billion.
Not only did it win this year's summer championship, it also almost doubled the highest box office record for a Hong Kong film.
At the same time, the local box office of Xiangjiang was 102 million, making it into the top ten of Xiangjiang box office list. It is also the only non-Hollywood blockbuster movie.
Shaojia Film and Television was just crazy happy.
At the beginning of preparations for "Wushuang", their expectations were for a box office of 1.5 to 1.8 billion. After the filming of the movie was completed and the pre-sale box office was good, their ambitions became bigger and they raised the target to 2 billion.
However, the final result proved that they were still too conservative. The box office of 2.81 billion was nearly one-third more than their expected target.
Moreover, "Wushuang" was a hit, and the box office was only one of the bonuses for Shaojia Film and Television.
More importantly, with the popularity of "Wu Shuang", Shaojia Film and Television not only consolidated its position in the entire film industry, but also gained a lot of voice within the Hong Kong circle.
Nowadays, Shaojia and his family have become the instigators and talkers of Hong Kong films.
Although Hong Kong films are in decline now, there are still three pounds of iron left in a broken ship. If Shao Jian can become the spokesperson of Hong Kong films, the income he will receive will be more than the dividends from several "Wushuang" movies.
In addition to Shaojia, Liu Tianwang also benefited a lot.
Due to the unfavorable box office performance, his career, which had been declining, rebounded instantly and became a favorite in the film industry.
Especially Hong Kong capital, seeing the popularity of "Wushuang", they all want to copy it. It's hard to hire Fa Ge. Maizhuang is a direct descendant of Shaojia, so they can only attack Liu Tianwang.
According to Liu Tianwang's character as a model worker who is crazy about making money from milk powder, it is estimated that there will be several new movies to meet the audience in the next two years.
In addition, Shui Miaomiao also benefited.
Sister Shan He has now begun to shift the focus of her career from TV series to movies. "Wushuang" is her first shot and got a good start.
Moreover, her three movies, "The Richest Man in Xihong City", "Charlotte's Trouble" and "Wushuang", have accumulated a box office of nearly 8 billion.
Including the other movies she has starred in, she is only one step away from earning 9 billion. She has two more movies in the second half of the year, both of which have a good lineup. Together, the two movies can easily earn 1 billion at the box office.
At that time, after the first sister Shan He and Jin Fengshi, the most popular actress in the entertainment industry and the national goddess, she wanted to have another "ten billion box office female artist".
Maybe then, she can try to get in touch with some top film resources, become the Golden Dragon Queen, and become the new pinnacle of Chinese actresses.
The female fans of Shui Miaomiao on the Internet are almost praising Shui Miaomiao as a fairy, and the commercial value of Qishui has also reached a new level.
Previously, her salary was more than 120 million yuan, but now some people are asking for 160 million yuan. It is said that the film company has also promised that it will only occupy Shui Miaomiao's 70-day schedule, which will be converted into a daily salary, and she will earn more than 2 million yuan every day.
Coupled with the previous highest advertising fee of 170 million for a variety show in 20 days, Zuo Le was a little scared to see the speed at which Shui Miaomiao was making money.
This is no longer a money tree, but a money forest.
It is estimated that if Shui Miaomiao farts, puts it in a plastic bag and sells it, it will be worth 1,800 yuan.
