"Wolf Warrior 2" continues to sell well amidst praise mixed with criticism from all over the Internet, and it has become a social topic in just a few days.
There has never been a movie like this before and it will be particularly fresh for all viewers.
260 million on Monday and 270 million on Tuesday. In today's era, the box office on weekdays is definitely slowly declining and will not pick up until Friday. Even movies with both box office and word-of-mouth success are no exception.
The market is big enough and the information is developed enough. A movie's reputation will be fermented in a day or two. People who are anxious to see it will finish it in four days on the first weekend, and the rest will not be so eager to watch it.
In the past, there was a half-price day on Tuesday, and it was normal for the box office to buck the market trend and rise on Tuesday. However, most places no longer have half-price Tuesdays. Not only did the box office not fall on Tuesday, but it actually increased by 10 million, which is particularly strange.
On Wednesday, the box office rose by more than 10 million, and on Thursday it returned to 300 million.
It exceeded 300 million on a working day, and on the eighth day of release, the box office almost caught up with the peak day, which is simply a miracle.
Middle-aged people in their 40s and even seniors in their 50s and 60s, these audiences who may not watch a movie once a year and who are not the intended target of all film companies, have entered the cinema one after another.
Moreover, there are also children. War movies are not meant for family fun, so few viewers brought their children to watch them before.
However, now it is not uncommon for the whole family to join together, and "Wolf Warrior 2" has become the only family-friendly movie during the Lunar New Year.
From children aged seven or eight to elderly people aged sixty or seventy, regardless of gender, "Wolf Warrior 2" has completely achieved universal killing.
The expansion of the movie-going crowd, coupled with the fact that it has become a social topic, directly led to the second week's box office almost not declining compared to the first week.
On weekdays, it can still sell 300 million, and on four days, it has sold 1.11 billion, which is higher than the 1.05 billion in the first weekend of four days.
Breaking 2 billion in eight days!
"Wolf Warrior 2" is completely crazy!
Not to mention the opponent, there is not even a wave.
"I'm Not Pan Jinlian" directed by Ma Xiaogang was officially released on Friday, that is, today, and it can be regarded as the only wave.
However, 17% of the film schedule has obviously been abandoned by major theater chains.
Ma Xiaogang signed a betting agreement, but he was so anxious that no matter how hard he tried to hype it up, it was completely useless in front of "Wolf Warrior 2".
With a box office of 300 million on a single day on weekdays, the cinema is eager to give all the screenings to "Wolf Warrior 2". If it weren't for Ma Xiaogang's face, the 17% might not be available.
In particular, Wanda Cinema Line only gave "I'm Not Pan Jinlian" 8% of the film schedule.
No way, when his contract with Huayang expired last time, Wanda joined the battle for the famous director and paid a large sum of money to buy the shares of his shell company.
However, I haven't made much money from Ma Xiaogang at all in the past few years. The gambling contract that was renewed this time was only signed with Huayang and did not continue to cooperate with Wanda.
In addition, Song Ge resigned from Wanda, and the newly appointed boss Ye Xuan did not work for long before he switched jobs to Huayang Media, and became a complete enemy of Wanda.
During the summer season, several of Huayang's films were suppressed by Wanda, and "Lu Yao Zhi Ma Li" bumped into Wanda's "Quick Gunslinger".
The Lunar New Year movies "I'm Not Pan Jinlian" and "The Death of Romance" also sandwiched Wanda's "The Great Wall" in between.
The competition is all out there.
But this time the suppression of the filming of "I'm Not Pan Jinlian" may directly target Ma Xiaogang, after all, he himself is facing the behemoth "Wolf Warrior 2".
So yesterday, Ma Xiaogang posted an open letter to Wang Jianlin on Weibo, still written as Pan Jinlian.
"I'm Not Pan Jinlian" itself is a film about a woman named Pan Jinlian's petition.
There are thousands of words in the open letter, all of which accuse Wang Jianlin of being too petty and lacking in self-restraint, so that he can be suppressed.
Of course, Lao Wang had no time to talk to Ma Xiaogang, so Xiao Wang confronted Ma Xiaogang on Weibo for his father.
Riding on the popularity of the movie, there has been a wave of patriotic craze on the Internet.
The forced demolition scene at the beginning of the movie is also based on real events in Jinling a few years ago.
Probably the soldier was injured by the demolitions, and the brigade he was in sent people to investigate. However, the investigators sent by the brigade were obstructed by many parties, and the soldier was threatened in various ways.
There was no way, the brigade couldn't do it, so they reported it to the military region. In the end, the military region sent someone to come forward, and the local government cooperated, and the developer apologized and paid compensation.
It's just such a thing. "Wolf Warrior 2" was invested by the Jinling Military Region. It can be regarded as dissatisfaction with that incident.
Netizens are being extreme when old things are brought up again.
There was also a soldier in western Yunnan who had his home forcibly demolished. When he took out his mobile phone to take pictures, he was handcuffed by the police and taken away.
Various past events were once again uncovered by netizens. As a way to vent, many radical netizens began to appear.
The forest is so big that there are all kinds of birds, and there are also people who use the name of patriotism to become keyboard warriors, which is disgusting.
But these are in the minority after all.
In addition, the controversy and criticism against "Wolf Warrior 2" has also become more and more intense.
It’s a box office of 2 billion in eight days. If you don’t get scolded, you can’t be sorry for this box office.
Some viewers also stood up to refute these criticisms, such as the passport issue, Leng Feng being too awesome, and other controversies.
However, in addition to Mi Fen and others, there are also many professionals who have come forward to give advice.
A Chinese opera teacher severely criticized "Wolf Warrior 2" in an online video program.
In order to criticize "Wolf Warrior 2", I also used the war movie "Escape" as an example.
In the movie "The Island", he believes that the actions of the villain in that movie, Brigadier General Hammer, are supported by values. Both the positive and negative groups have their own values, and they have to fight for the values that are reasonable.
It's life and death, so it creates a sense of tragedy. This is a more advanced level of fun than "Wolf Warrior 2".
More advanced fun
Teachers from China National Theater have spoken out, and many consistent voices have been raised to analyze the shortcomings of "Wolf Warrior 2" from various artistic and professional perspectives.
After all, there is a saying that film schools produce stars, and Chinese operas produce actors. Therefore, in the eyes of lay audiences, Chinese operas are more professional and not as impetuous as film schools.
Regardless of whether this point of view is correct or not, after all, film schools and Chinese opera have different directions in acting teaching. It is hard to say who is more professional.
Teachers from the highest art schools in the country started criticizing by name, and some professionals in the industry also began to talk about the shortcomings of "Wolf Warrior 2".
Now, Wu Jing, who had been at odds with some viewers before, was helpless.
In the past few days, there have been many people criticizing the movie. Wu Jing got angry and started criticizing directly.
"You think it's OK when others take pictures, but you think it's too heroic when I take pictures? I just want to show the spirit of our soldiers, why can't it be done? It must be done! If you don't like it, don't watch it. Go watch American movies."
"Americans are good at fighting a division, but Chinese people can't work at a team of mercenaries. Do they deserve to be beaten?"
"Aren't you cheap? This is too cheap!"
This video of Wu Jing confronting a double-labeled dog became a hot search topic and was even made into an animated picture.
However, it was also taken out of context and criticized by people. It was said that it was a double-standard dog. It was said that it was a scolding for all viewers to stop watching if they don’t like it.
It's okay to fight against the keyboard warrior Wu Jing, but against professionals, this is not his strong point.
As the film's largest investor and biggest beneficiary, Li Qian ignored all previous criticisms and did not refute them.
Because the movie does have many shortcomings, which must be admitted, but what kind of advanced taste comes from a Chinese opera teacher. Li Qian still needs to refute it. After all, this is not what Wu Jing is good at.
Yes, he has not received any professional education.
It just so happened that Li Qian also came to Shenzhen Town to prepare for the bell-ringing ceremony in a few days. During a press conference, he talked about "Wolf Warrior 2".
"Actually, I don't plan to say anything about the criticism the movie has received. After all, the movie is for the audience, and the evaluation is also the evaluation of the audience. Everyone has different voices in their hearts, but as a teacher of Chinese opera and a professional
, to mislead the audience with a wrong value, I still want to explain it."
The reporter was slightly excited when he named the Chinese opera teacher.
"The plot of "Bravely Attacking the Island of Death" is very simple. A American brigadier general was dissatisfied with the compensation and benefits for retired soldiers and their families who died in battle, so he led his subordinates to smuggle the latest biological and chemical weapons developed by the American army to Rock Island.
He kidnapped 81 tourists visiting the island, took control of the island, and threatened the U.S. government to pay a ransom of 100 million yuan within 48 hours, otherwise he would kill the hostages and attack San Francisco with poison gas.
According to this teacher, the villain, the Brigadier General, has his own values. He feels that these values have a certain truth, and he is forced to start killing. There is no absolute right or wrong between the two sides, but they have to fight to the death. This kind of duel is more advanced.
More sad.
To be honest, I can't understand that this kind of statement comes from a teacher at a top art school in China. The villain in this movie behaves like a terrorist and takes people in a city as hostages. According to this teacher, these
The lives of innocent hostages have become a value in the hands of terrorists?
A terrorist's so-called values and so-called values are meaningless. If this is called meaningful, then any terrorist organization that does not have its own values and meaning is nothing more than an excuse for itself.
As a professional, if you want to evaluate a movie from a higher level and take American movies as an example, then I suggest you get to know American culture. If you don’t understand a country’s culture, you won’t be able to understand its movies.
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The U.S. government never negotiates with terrorists. The essence of this policy is to deny the possibility that any terrorist acts by terrorists will have any meaning. In other words, no matter what kind of injustice you have experienced, no matter what your ethnic group has experienced,
As long as you break the bottom line and kill innocent people indiscriminately, you will deserve to die.
The director and screenwriter of "Escape", including the entire Hollywood, do not think that the values of the villain's behavior are meaningful, but when it comes to us, we think that the values of this behavior are meaningful?"
When it comes to professional matters, as a professional director, it is a piece of cake for Li Qian to face such an armchair teacher.
In fact, what he said so much was just to say that the villain in "Wolf Warrior 2" did not give the villain an excuse to do bad things like in "The Island".
The villain is a mercenary, and what he does is getting paid to work. Isn't getting paid a reason?
As for the reasons for killing, in a place like Africa, where force is used, killing depends on one's mood. In another Cage movie, "Lord of War", the son of an African president drives a car and shoots at civilians on the street. Let's talk about values.
, that is, bullying the weak.
This teacher is also an idiot. He also said that the movie is too violent. Have you ever thought about the feelings of children? Is the director and screenwriter a bit psychopathic?
They are all ginseng and roosters. Any bird can be a teacher. They are gentle scum and dressed like beasts. This is the kind of idiot they say.
"Wolf Warrior 2" is already non-violent enough, but it is far from being as cruel as reality. I guess according to the teacher, don't be so violent. I guess he also wants to say that the movie is not realistic enough.
The more Li Qian said, the more excited the reporters became.
Having said it all, Li Qian simply let it go.
"Of course Wolf Warrior 2 is not perfect. Any audience can give their opinions on plot, performance, technology and other aspects. Even if they are wrong opinions, we can listen to them. But you accuse the creator of being a psychopath and you are simply trying to be a teacher!"
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The sentence "Being a teacher" made this teacher popular.
Countless viewers flocked to his Weibo account and began to criticize him overwhelmingly.
This also shocked the industry. "Wolf Warrior 2" basically had no good words from professionals in the industry, and people criticized it every day.
The teacher scolded Wu Jing and the screenwriter for being perverts and was criticized by the entire Internet. They were so frightened that they also paid attention to their words and did not dare to say anything about ginseng and cock.
Of course, this criticism is still criticism.
The teacher didn't respond to Li Qian's intention and remained silent.
Li Qian didn't hold on to him either. It was a waste of time to talk to such a small character.
"Wolf Warrior 2" continues to be released amidst controversy, with sales of 330 million on Friday, 380 million on Saturday, and 360 million on Sunday.
It is also close to the ceiling and has not broken through the 400 million mark.
It grossed 2.18 billion in the entire second week. Adding in the 1.05 billion in the first week, the total box office in the 11 days after its release came to 3.23 billion.
It can be said to be the craziest movie ever made in mainland film history. This movie and Wu Jing have also become a major hot topic in the entire society.
The overwhelming praise and criticism have never stopped.
However, Li Qian has limited resources. He is preparing for the bell-ringing ceremony in Shenzhen Town, holding a press conference, meeting with the local government and various entrepreneurs, and participating in some meetings and activities.
The bell-ringing ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday, which is a good time. On Monday, the company's directors and actors are basically all gathered in Shenzhen.
When we met, they were not talking about the launch, but everyone was talking about the box office explosion of "Wolf Warrior 2".
"3 billion in 10 days is too crazy." Xu Zheng almost had the word envy written on his face.
The same goes for everyone else. The horror in their hearts has never stopped since "Wolf Warrior 2" broke 300 million in a single day.
However, Ning Hao was still a little worried about the Chinese opera teacher Li Qian had quarreled with before, "Director Li, you have offended the academy now."
"If you offend me, I'll offend you." Xu Zheng disagreed, "You haven't watched his video. You really think of yourself as an artist and give advice. I want to scold him for his arrogant and rude attitude. Some of his words are purely insulting.
people!"
Su Lun was in the drama and was a little embarrassed. Guo Fan said, "It's really too much. No matter what, you can't insult anyone."
"If you offend me, just offend me. These three words are all that support the academic sect, and I don't bother to care about them." Li Qian shook his head.
In fact, many people are still afraid of these people, because they have no interest relationship, so they are afraid of being scolded by these people.
But Li Qian, if you want to, if the Filmmakers Association changes in 2018, it will be no problem if you want to take the position of chairman. Even if the Federation of Literary and Art Circles changes next time, if you want the position of vice president, it won't be a big problem.
As for how many audit committee positions the academic school has, it has no impact on Li Qian. No matter how big the audit committee is, it cannot be bigger than the leaders of the General Administration.
I just don’t have the interest to go there. Everyone is doing their own thing, and Li Qian won’t get involved in a place like the Federation of Literary and Art Circles.
After thinking for a while, Li Qian added, "It can only be said that industrialized commercial blockbusters like "Wolf Warrior 2" have deeply touched the backlash of academics. The drowsy literary and artistic films they pursue are in "Wolf Warrior 2"."
"Wolf Warrior" was completely crushed in front of a product of the film industry.
Moreover, coupled with the inability to gain anything from international awards, it is not only people like Mi Fen who hate "Wolf Warrior 2", but also academics. The more successful this kind of commercial blockbuster is, the more unhappy they will be."
"If you don't like it, then you don't like it. There's no need to be hostile." Qi Yukun sighed. He also makes literary and artistic films, not commercial films. He can't stand the fact that some people always criticize commercial blockbusters, but he criticizes them from the perspective of literary and artistic films.
"Let's take the cake. Commercial films have become mainstream. They have no weight in the industry and no one listens to what they say. Moreover, the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers they control are now commercialized, unlike the Hollywood academics who hold the Oscars." Xu Zheng
Curse your lips.
"There's no need to be sarcastic. It's just that a few people are jealous. It's the same in any industry. Everyone does their own thing and doesn't interfere with each other." Li Qian waved his hand.
There are bad people in any industry, including the commercial film industry. The eldest brother does not talk about the second brother.
There is the film industry, there is the television industry, there is also the literature industry, the music industry, it is the same in all walks of life, there is not much difference, there are those who really stick to their hearts, and there are those who are jealous.