The Spring Festival melee is so exciting! Jackie Chow brings his new work to the 11th big PK
1905 movie network feature This year’s upcoming movie Spring Festival is undoubtedly a big move.
Up to today, there is still nearly half a month before the first day of the new year, and the cumulative box office of the pre-sale of the Spring Festival movies has nearly 200 million yuan. With the continuous promotion of various companies, the movie market will inevitably become more "bloody" after the Spring Festival holiday.
In fact, another theme for this year’s Spring Festival is the PK between the Mesozoic Era and established superstars.
The former has Wu Jing, Huang Bo, Shen Teng, Wang Baoqiang, Han Han, Ning Hao, etc., while the latter has only two members, Jackie Chan and Zhou Xingchi.
In the past two or three years, the rise of the Mesozoic Era in the mainland has been unprecedented, with two to three billion box office receipts emerging one after another.Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow are the "grandmasters" of the Chinese movie Spring Festival!
It is said that 20 years ago, that is, the Hong Kong Spring Festival in 1999, Chow Xingchi and Jackie Chan were released separately. Compared with the nonsense humor of the former and the action blockbusters of the latter in the past, it is simply no longer "literary and artistic"!
andAs superstars, the two not only celebrated the New Year, but also shouldered the responsibility of saving the market. They held an "anti-piracy" press conference before the release and decided to release it on February 13 at the same time.
Even during the filming, the two made cameos in each other’s films. Compared to the increasingly intense Spring Festival fight in recent years, it is undoubtedly much more meaningful.
Finally stood out, to 29.85 million the Hong Kong dollar box office, beat Jackie Chan 27.54 million "glass bottle", became the 99 Hong Kong annual box office champion.
Of course, this is not the first time "Dragon Star" has met – in fact,From Hong Kong to the mainland, this is the 11th time the two have played each other during the Spring Festival this year…
What is the outcome? Why do the two have such a complex about the Spring Festival?
Spring Festival Box Office PK Guru: Jackie Chan & Stephen Chow
As we all know, the words "New Year films" and "Spring Festival" originated from Hong Kong movies in the golden age. But in the 1970s, the most popular Hong Kong films were released either during the summer or at the end of the year. After all, everyone was busy visiting during the Spring Festival to pay New Year’s greetings, so how could they have time to watch movies?
On February 9, 1980, a week before the first day of the new year, Jackie Chan, who was popular, launched a kung fu comedy written, directed and acted by himself, and won 11.03 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office for the first time in Hong Kong’s history, becoming the first "ten million movies".
In addition to martial arts and comedy, the "lion dance" element is highlighted from the film poster to the scene, and the family fun attribute of "Junior Brother" is self-evident.
Such a sensational effect is not only Jackie Chan’s breakthrough, but also makes all cinemas and filmmakers in Hong Kong realize that the Spring Festival may be the golden season for watching movies all year round!
As a result, starting from the following year, Hong Kong will launch more than one "New Year’s film" during the Spring Festival every year.
What is amazing is that the Hong Kong box office champions of the 1980s actually came from the Spring Festival for 8 years, and broke the box office records of both Chinese and foreign films in Hong Kong for 7 years, which has far-reaching implications.
The most stable among them is Jackie Chan,In the golden age of Hong Kong films, Hong Kong people once collectively referred to the whole box, red envelopes and Jackie Chan as the "Three Treasures of the New Year"I will definitely watch Jackie Chan’s movie during the Chinese New Year.
In other words, Jackie Chan is the "grandfather" of Hong Kong New Year movies!
In 1991, Jackie Chan first landed on the Spring Festival file in the 1990s. The work is. During the same period, Zhou Xingchi, who just started a comedy trend last year, also joined the battle group for the first time, and since then started the Spring Festival war of "Dragon Star".
In the end, "Eagle Plan" to 39.05 million box office to defeat 31.39 million "Tricky Expert", won the Spring Festival sales champion. Jackie Chan took the lead, the scenery remains.
Jackie Chan’s sudden film breakout, of course, is rich. But "Tricky Expert" from concept to release, as the director of Wang Jing only spent five weeks, completely rushing to speed up the production, do not want to box office also 30 million, it can be seen how strong the appeal of the star at that time.
A precedent has been set, how can it be stopped?
1992 Hong Kong Spring Festival stall,"Dragon Star" and played separatelyThe former took more than a year to shoot, while the latter only took 13 days
What’s more memorable is that before the release of the two plays, the "meaning" has already been announced.
The former was shot for the "Hong Kong Directors Association" to buy the venue. In addition to the collective performance of a large group of directors in Hong Kong, it also used computer stunts to shoot the visual effect of "two Jackie Chan", which was rare in Hong Kong movies at that time.
But the latter was more legendary!
During the editing of "Happy Events at Home", masked robbers broke into the editing room in an attempt to steal the negatives, a first in film history!
Fortunately, only the printed pornographic films were stolen in the end, but the "film robbery case" was exposed, and the film industry was furious. Then, at the end of January 1992, they launched the "anti-violence parade in the entertainment industry" to protest the triad’s involvement in Hong Kong films, which also brought the public heat of "Happy Events at Home".
As a result, "Happy Events at Home" is a two-pronged approach to the call of Xingye and the topic of events. The box office of the Spring Festival stall is as high as 49 million, and it is the first Spring Festival film in Hong Kong to break the record of takeaway seats in the 1990s.
As the boss, Huang Baiming before the start of filming for the star star star star, gave 8 million price, originally a little "heartache", but witnessed this scene, really shouted "worth it"!
In comparison, Jackie Chan’s "Double Dragon Club" box office 32.23 million Hong Kong dollars, ranking ninth in the annual box office, which is inevitably "inferior". There is no way, who let 92 be an unprecedented "Zhou Xingchi Year"? Big brother has to let Xian!
But as soon as he entered 1993, there was another change in the Spring Festival "Dragon Star War". What’s going on?
Last year, Xingye helped a lot with "Happy Events at Home", which once again set off a box office boom for "Stars New Year Films".
As a result, this year, Huang Baiming did the cooking bowl, and 35.48 million the box office, defeated the "City Hunter" 30.76 million Jackie Chan of the same period, and the "Year of the Rooster" 25.77 million by Stephen Chow.
Jackie Chan has lost the dominance of Hong Kong’s Spring Festival stall for two consecutive years. Zhou Xingchi is also not having a good time. "The Year of the Rooster" has dropped a lot at the box office compared to "Happy Events at Home", and even some public opinion bluntly said "The era of Zhou Xingchi is over."
Can we still see "Dragon Star" Spring Festival PK?
Yes!
In 1994, Jackie Chan sacrificed and Zhou Xingchi dispatched. This is the first time the two have gathered for the Spring Festival as a "play".
This time, it was Jackie Chan’s turn to rebound.
"Drunk Fist 2" to 40.71 million Hong Kong dollars box office, beat Chow Xingchi 36.91 million "King of Destruction", together with another "week" of double Monday: Chow Yun-fat’s 37.03 million also lost to Jackie Chan.
In fact,This is also the last time the "Double Monday" has been played in the Spring Festival stall so far, and the result of "Wang Jianwang" ended with Jackie Chan winning the championship.
After Jackie Chan regained the "big brother" throne, not only was he not satisfied with this, but the more he fought, the braver he became.
Hong Kong’s Spring Festival "Dragon Star" war, the situation has completely reversed!
95 years of the Spring Festival, Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow on the same day release, the former to 56.91 million Hong Kong dollars to refresh the box office records, the latter was criticized by public opinion, and even released because only the first episode, after the movie theater audience booed four, the final box office only 25.09 million Hong Kong dollars.
At that time, it was customary for Hong Kong cinema chains to "cut the painting" if the film box office was not satisfactory, that is, to close the file in advance.
That year, Zhou Xingchi’s two "Journey to the West" were released during the Spring Festival, but the opening period was shortened due to the box office, and the cumulative box office 46 million Hong Kong dollars, which was 10 million less than "Red Fan District".
This is the biggest box office gap since the "Dragon Star" Spring Festival PK in the 1990s!
But is "Hongfan District" just as simple as making Jackie Chan’s Hong Kong Spring Festival popular?
At that time, mainland audiences were not interested in watching movies during the Spring Festival. Cinemas usually closed on the 30th of the new year and did not reopen until the third day of the new year, not to mention the "New Year film" and "Spring Festival stall" markets.
As a result, "Hongfan District" happened to land nationwide during the Spring Festival with the concept of the first "New Year’s movie". Before its release, the theater manager also did mobilization work, asking the theater staff to work overtime to sell tickets, causing complaints, "No one will watch the movie during the Spring Festival….
Don’t want to, "Hongfan District" with an average of 2 yuan a movie ticket price, in the mainland set an amazing box office of 95 million yuan, ranking second in the annual box office. At that time, the media report wrote, the wonders are repeated:
It can be said that "Hongfan District" opened the concept of "New Year’s films" in mainland China, and also turned the "Spring Festival file" from a "gray" to a golden file.
It was not until 1997 that Jackie Chan’s three Chinese blockbusters were released after they sold out during the Spring Festival. It was not until the end of the year that the New Year’s Eve file formed a scale…
In those years,"See Ge You on New Year’s Day, see Jackie Chan on New Year’s Day", is the first choice for mainland audiences to watch movies during the Chinese New Year. Tracing back to its roots, Jackie Chan’s pioneering position is truly unshaken.
The mainland has joined the Spring Festival, and Hong Kong is not idle. After all, that is the main battlefield of "Dragon Star".
96 years of the Spring Festival file, Jackie Chan to 57.51 million Hong Kong dollars, beat Star Lord 36.05 million Hong Kong dollars.
In the mainland, "Simple Quest" was renamed "Bai Jinlong" and released, becoming the first Chinese-language film to win the box office of the year since the mainland box office era. Of course, it is also the first Spring Festival film to win the box office of the year.
Jackie Chan’s New Year blockbuster has since reached a new peak!
But Zhou Xingchi in 1996 was not ordinary. That year, he established the "Xinghui" film company, first to start a business as a New Year’s Eve celebration; in the Spring Festival of 1997, he cooperated with Huang Baiming to launch and revive the brand.
At this time, the star’s salary reached the unprecedented 15 million Hong Kong dollars!
As long as two months of "New Year" cycle, "God of Cookery" box office 40.86 million Hong Kong dollars, "97 Happy Events" 40.16 million Hong Kong dollars, after several years of New Year’s low tide, Star Ye successfully returned to courage.
Unfortunately, the Chinese box office champion of the Hong Kong Spring Festival and the whole year was Jackie Chan’s, and the box office 45.42 million Hong Kong dollars.
In 1998, it was the last time "Longxing" gathered for the Spring Festival with a commercial signboard in the 1990s. FinallyWith 38.85 million Hong Kong dollars, win 27.73 million again…
"Who am I" is also Jackie Chan’s 1990s in the mainland Spring Festival the last brilliant, box office 80 million RMB, the annual total box office runner-up. Since 1999, "Glass Bottle" mainland box office 20 million RMB, obviously not as good as Feng Xiaogang’s New Year’s film.
In short, in the 1990s in Hong Kong alone, "Dragon Star" has been gathering for the Spring Festival for a full 9 years. They are the flag bearers of the Chinese film Spring Festival PK!
After the new century, the Chinese film battlefield moved from Hong Kong to the mainland, and the "Dragon Star" Spring Festival PK came to an end for the time being.
But if Jackie Chan opened the Spring Festival in the mainland in the 1990s, and the Spring Festival in the new century has revived, it is the credit of Stephen Chow.
On the first day of the new year in 2013, he set a new record of over 100 million yuan in a single day, and the final box office reached 1.246 billion yuan, ranking first in the total box office of the year.
The Spring Festival stall, which has been silent for more than ten years, has gradually replaced the New Year’s Eve stall at the end of the year and has become the place where Chinese films are "must be fought by soldiers"!
In 2016, Stephen Chow set a 3.39 billion box office record, and the viewing value of the Spring Festival file reached a new peak – in other words, without "Journey to the West" and "Mermaid", the Spring Festival file would not have reached such a top market position in the past three years.
During the 2017 Spring Festival,"Dragon Star" also fought for the first time in the mainland. In the end, Jackie Chan’s 1.75 billion box office defeated Zhou Xingchi and Xu Hark 1.65 billion box office
It turned out that this was just the beginning of the "Dragon Star" mainland Spring Festival battle.
"Dragon Star" new movie "What to watch"?
Two days ago, Zhou Xingchi’s and Jackie Chan’s released the final trailer. In terms of the point of view, the audience is already clear.
The former came out with the hard work and blood and tears of running around in a foreign land, saying, "What is life? This is life!"
Not only did it instantly evoke the audience’s touch and resonance with the little people, but also the contradictions and reconciliations with their families led to reunion, and it also hit groups such as migrant workers returning home for the Chinese New Year, workers in various industries still fighting on the front line, and even young people entering society after graduating from college, or young people running for postgraduate entrance exams.
It can be seen that when we watched Stephen Chow’s movies in the past, we all "laughed and laughed and cried". This year, Xing Ye came out of the "walk-on" story he has stuck to so far, and I believe it has begun to let us experience the taste of "crying and laughing".
So,"The King of New Comedy" is based on the story of Hengdian’s female dragon set from low point to counterattack. For young people, the resonance and touch are very strong.
As for the latter, although Jackie Chan has rarely dabbled in the theme of ancient costumes in the past (not to mention the first time he has performed a monster hunt), as the only family fun theme this year, it can be said to be lively and cheerful.
Coupled with the magical love of Ruan Jingtian and Zhong Chuxi, it is also a particularly attractive selling point for couples. After all, from the current materials of other films in the same period, it is obvious that "family love" and "friendship" are mostly, but "love" is rarely.
More importantly, the Spring Festival is a time for the whole people to watch movies, even if the plot is simple, it is more suitable for family audiences. While children watch monsters act cute, parents can also watch Jackie Chan’s comedy martial arts, and Jackie Chan is also very appealing in the middle-aged and elderly audience group.It is foreseeable that "Detective Pu Songling" will be the active choice of many family audiences during the Spring Festival.
But in any case, compared to Jackie Chan, and "Kung Fu Yoga", Zhou Xingchi, such as "Journey to the West to Conquer Demons", "Mermaid" and "Journey to the West to Avoid Demons", both of them appeared in different themes and styles this Spring Festival.
Just as 20 years ago, action blockbusters and nonsense have been around for a long time, "Glass Bottle" and "King of Comedy" also have audiences. This is also because "Dragon Star" still maintains its sincerity towards movies after the war.
At least, I’m looking forward to it.