Chapter 496 After you sing, I will appear on stage
Chapter 496 After you sing, I will appear on stage
Speaking of which, when the web drama version of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" was being filmed as a supplement to the past stories of the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe], the author of the novel, Tianxia Bachang, also participated in the script adaptation task.
When asked Tianxia Bachang's opinion, who did he prefer for the role of Hu Bayi? He said he wrote the role based on the male lead Zhong Yuemin played by Liu Huohua in Blood Romance.
It's a pity that Liu Huohua participated in the filming of "Gravity" in 2012 and played Zhang Beihai in the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe", so he was destined to have no chance to play the role of Hu Bayi.
As for Pan Yueming's Hu Bayi, when the filming of "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Mystical Ancient City" was completed and the main creative team was invited to watch it in advance, Tian Xia Ba Chang also expressed high recognition of this version of Hu Bayi.
Perhaps Pan Yueming lacks the naughty temperament of the old BJ, but his superb acting skills undoubtedly add a lot of points to Galaxy Universe's version of Hu Bayi.
It’s not a question of whether he looks like the character or meets your expectations, but that the characters he plays make you feel “comfortable” when watching them.
It’s as if this character just fits your “comfort spot”. When you watch him play the role, you forget about what you imagined Hu Bayi to be like when you read the book, and instead immerse yourself in the plot of the TV series.
It can be said that the actor himself brings a sense of comfort into the role he plays, which, in terms of performance, has already reached a natural and harmonious state where both the actor and the role are one.
Also because of Pan Yueming's outstanding performance in "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Mystical Ancient City", coupled with the popularity of the TV series, a large number of script projects were handed to him.
However, there are a total of eight films in the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" series of Galaxy Group. The first four films have only been completed, and the last four are still in the shooting plan. If Pan Yueming wants to take on other scripts, I'm afraid he will have to move his schedule back.
Just as "The Rise of Phoenixes" and "The Tomb-Blowing Light: The Mystical Ancient City" were becoming extremely popular, more movies began to be released in the mainland market in July, trying to get involved in the competition for this summer season.
On July 7, the Republic of China fantasy adventure kung fu film "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" produced by New Classics Media Co., Ltd., directed by the great director Chen Kaige, and starring powerful actors such as Wang Baoqiang, Aaron Kwok, Chang Zhen, and Fan Wei was officially released.
In the film, the young Taoist priest He Anxia (played by Wang Baoqiang) enters the mortal world due to a food shortage in the Taoist temple, embarking on a series of fantasy adventures. Through a unique perspective, the film shows the ever-changing situation of the rivers and lakes in the Republic of China and the complex and multifaceted human nature.
As one of the four famous directors in China, Director Chen's past works have been both good and bad, and very controversial. This time, he is undoubtedly targeting commercial blockbusters again, trying to maintain his reputation as a veteran amid the impact of more and more new directors.
As for the work "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain", although Wang Hao did not attend the premiere of the movie, he had seen this work in his previous life, of course that was on the Internet.
How can I put it? I can only say that Director Chen’s nickname is well-deserved. From this movie “The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain” we can see that Chen Kaige is not only a director, but also a philosopher and a poet.
There are vague traces of "The Grandmaster" in "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain": the profound Chinese martial arts aesthetics, traditional Chinese philosophy, and the principles of how to behave in society.
Although the film's graphics are beautiful and the story contains profound philosophy, this movie is not a qualified commercial film.
Director Chen was ultimately unable to restrain his desire to express himself, and poured many of his ideas into "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain", which resulted in the film's story being complicated and fragmented.
In fact, commercial films are very simple. They are just a simple story with a clear selling point.
Even great people like James Cameron and Steven Spielberg try to choose a simple and easy-to-understand story core when shooting commercial blockbusters.
Director Chen himself is lacking in the creation of story scripts, and he did not know how to restrain himself when filming movies, so he naturally fell into the trap again and again.
Especially blockbusters with gorgeous visual effects like "The Promise" and "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" further magnified his shortcomings.
Therefore, even with the reputation of a great director and the participation of a number of superstars, "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" only achieved good results in the early stages.
电影在7月2号的晚上18点提前抢跑，凭借陈大导的名气拿下晚场16.98%的排片，斩获4300万的票房。
This result naturally surpassed the already sluggish "The Drive" and "Jurassic World", accounting for nearly 45% of the total national box office on that day, and almost set the record for the highest single-day box office for a late-night movie in the mainland.
By the end of the day, the box office of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" successfully exceeded 1.02 million, reaching million.
The news release said that it led the summer box office with a 35.09% screening ratio. However, in fact, according to statistics from Tao Piao.com, a subsidiary of Galaxy Group, the first-day box office performance of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" was only 6 to 7 million. The reason why it exceeded million was entirely due to its early screening and the box office of the previous night.
Moreover, even if it exceeded 100 million on the first day, this result is not a remarkable achievement in today's Chinese film industry.
Not to mention Wang Hao's movie, let's just talk about "The Rider", which was released more than ten days earlier, and its box office on the first day in mainland China was 1.4 million.
There is also Li Kui's "Detective Chinatown 2" which earned over million on the first day. In front of these young new-generation directors, Director Chen can only say that he is too old and is stubborn enough to maintain a little dignity.
It was very stubborn, because the box office of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" only reached 2.35 million in the first four days of its release.
This is also Chen Kaige's first film to gross over 2012 million yuan in its first week, at least compared to his 4270 work "Searching", which grossed 446 million yuan in its first three days, the increase is close to %.
However, after only maintaining this performance for a month, the box office performance of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" showed a significant decline.
After all, watching Fan De Biao and Aunt Zhiling being intimate is a bit of a bad taste.
With the impact of youth films such as "Tiny Times 4" and "Gardenia Blossoms", the screening volume of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" dropped sharply to less than 7% last weekend, but it still maintains an average daily box office revenue of around million, which shows that it lacks stamina.
According to the prediction of Tao Piao.com's big data analysis system, the final box office of this movie is estimated to be only about 4 million. Although "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" started high and ended low, and the film's reputation was polarized, most of the movies that competed with it in the early July were also mediocre.
The reputation of the previous films in the same series of "Tiny Times 4" has been completely ruined. Even with the use of capital means, the box office on the first day exceeded million yuan, but the subsequent box office collapsed directly like "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain". It is estimated that the total box office will be at the same level as it.
As for the youth romance movie "Gardenia Blossoms", which was Mr. He's first directorial debut, the box office closed at 9975 million on the first day. With the midnight show and advance screenings, the cumulative box office was 1.02 million, and the cumulative box office in the first three days was 3 million.
Uh... this result almost shows that Director Chen has fallen to the same level as Guo Xiaosi and Teacher He.
Just when the three of them were almost able to get together to play mahjong, another director came up.
Dapeng, who has recently risen to fame with the series of short dramas "Diaosi Nanzi", will have his own film "Jianbing Man" directed and starred by himself released in major theaters in the third week of July.
The film takes a down-to-earth comedy approach, focusing on the dreams and struggles of ordinary people. Upon its release, it achieved good results with a first-day box office of 1.38 million yuan and a first-week box office of 5.22 million yuan.
Yes, it is a good result, at least much better than the results of Chen, Guo and He. It is estimated that the box office can reach 10 billion.
Although "The Pancake Man" is a comedy, its elements are superficial. The plot is mostly deliberately pieced together jokes, and the setting of laughter and tears seems stiff and artificial, making it difficult for the audience to have real emotional resonance. It is just superficial.
In terms of quality, it is not as good as "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain". The fact that it was able to achieve such high box office results on the first day and the first week was, on the one hand, due to the popularity accumulated by Dapeng's "Diaosi Man", and on the other hand, it was also due to the crazy marketing and star effect in the early stage.
This is actually very similar to Jia Ling's "Hot" in later generations, so don't be fooled by the box office success now. The director himself will be labeled as "bad movie" and "scam", and he will have to pay back the backlash to his reputation for a long time.
Just when "The Pancake Man" was luring audiences into cinemas with its marketing promotion, another work invested by Galaxy Pictures was released at the same time.
This movie does not belong to the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe]. It is an independent film written and directed by Cao Baoping, starring Deng Chao, Duan Yihong, Guo Tao, Wang Luodan and others, and its name is "Burning Sun".
"Burning Sun" is adapted from the novel "Sunspots" by female writer Xu Yi Gua. It mainly tells the story of three sworn brothers of different identities raising an orphan girl together, who has been hiding in the corners of the city for many years.
However, the seemingly peaceful life is actually undercurrent. Due to various coincidences, the lives of policeman Yi Guchun and his sister Yi Guxia are mysteriously intertwined with the three people. Their fate is changed, and a shocking case that once caused a sensation finally surfaces.
To be honest, the quality of "Burning Sun" is still very good. Whether it is the plot or the character design, it is very outstanding based on the original work, otherwise Galaxy Pictures would not have invested in this work.
Moreover, several main actors in the film are all powerful, and they have all contributed wonderful performances in "The Sun Also Rises", which can make the audience watch it and feel worried about every character in the film.
Although this movie is wonderful, it is a tragedy and it is very annoying to watch. It is a little difficult for ordinary audiences to accept, so its box office performance is not so ideal.
And less than a week after "The Pancake Man" and "The Burning Sun" were released, the real strong player of the summer season arrived.
The fantasy film "Monster Hunt", jointly produced by Blue Sky, Edko Films, BJ Digital and other companies, directed by Xu Chengyi and starring Bai Baihe, has been released.
This movie mainly tells the story of a young man named Tianyin who accidentally becomes pregnant with the little demon king who is about to be born. He is then protected by the demon-conquering master Xiaolan, who helps him avoid various monsters all the way and finally has a happy ending.
As a fantasy movie about monsters, the special effects shots of this movie were specially produced by the Starlight Fantasy team, using a combination of "real people + CG characters". The animation image of the little monster Huba is delicate and vivid, and the skin rendering is full of real texture. The special effects level is also at the leading level among today's domestic films.
Moreover, although the plot of "Monster Hunt" is simple, it just happens to fit the unspoken rule that commercial films want to sell well. In addition, the film combines fantasy and comedy elements, is set against the background of "coexistence of humans and monsters", and creates a cute image of "Hu Ba", which can attract audiences of all ages and become a rare family-friendly choice in the summer season.
On the first day of its release, the film's box office (including previews) reached 1.72 million yuan. Although there is still a certain gap compared to many works in the Galaxy Cinematic Universe, as a work not invested by the Galaxy Group, this result is already very impressive.
Moreover, its box office exceeded 4 million in the first week (6.69 days) of its release, far exceeding the box office of other films released during the same period. So much so that the film "The Crossing" that was released after it really lived up to its name, completely sinking to the bottom without even a bubble popping up.
In the second and third weeks, because there were no major movies released, the box office performance of "Monster Hunt" was still very good and there was no decline. From its release to August 8, it continued to be the daily box office champion in the Chinese film market.
It was not until the release of "Go Away Tumor King" on the 12th, another movie also starring Bai Baihe, that "Monster Hunt" gave up the throne of the Japanese box office champion.
However, even though she gave up the title of Japan's box office champion, a situation has emerged in the market where Bai Baihe is competing with other Bai Baihe on the same stage.
This is quite similar to the situation during Stephen Chow's heyday when his own movies competed with each other in the same period, so Bai Baihe's popularity in this summer can be said to be unparalleled.
Relying on the unique track of "little girl", her ability to carry the box office alone has made her the number one among the middle-aged female artists in China. Even the Four Dan and Two Bing are not as attractive to investors as Bai Baihe in terms of film projects.
Just when Bai Baihe, a middle-aged female artist, began to become popular, in August, with the release of another movie invested by Galaxy Pictures, a middle-aged male artist who was not very famous in the circle before also began his journey to become the "king" of the mainland comedy circle.
Just at the end of August, "Charlotte's Troubles" was released. Starring the well-known comedian Shen Teng, who has appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage many times, this movie was adapted from the stage play of the same name by Happy Twist. As soon as it was released, it made the audience burst into laughter with its funny plot and exaggerated characters, plus the novel setting of time travel.
Compared with this kind of comedy, Dapeng's "The Pancake Man" really becomes a joke.
With the support of Galaxy Pictures, this movie has received far more attention than the original version, and has been well received in terms of publicity and distribution. On the first day of its release, it earned 5400 million yuan at the box office, which directly summarized the competitive situation of "Go Away Tumor" and "Monster Hunt", and won the daily box office championship, allowing comedy movies to start running into the Shen Teng era.
(End of this chapter)