It is the collective name of three top stars in the Hong Kong film industry in the 1990s: Chow Yun Fat, Chow Sing Chi and Jackie Chan. All three of them have conquered the majority of film fans with their superb acting skills and unique charm, and created their own film era.
"Double Monday", the first to become famous is Jackie Chan.
Jackie Chan, formerly known as Chen Gangsheng, later changed his name to Fang Shilong, and used the stage names of Yuan Lou and Yuan Long.
Jackie Chan recognized Peking Opera Wusheng as Zhan Yuan's righteous father from an early age, and studied Peking Opera and Kung Fu with him, and later formed the Seven Xiaofu Opera Class to perform. With the decline of Peking Opera, Jackie Chan, with the encouragement of his master Yu Zhanyuan, began to participate in film performances, including working as a stand-in and running dragon set in Bruce Lee's films.
In 1978, Jackie Chan starred in the action comedy film "Snake-like Executioner" directed by Yuan Heping, which attracted widespread attention. In the same year, he starred in "Drunken Fist", also directed by Yuan Heping, and began to become popular and became the most popular newcomer actor.
Subsequently, Jackie Chan joined the famous Jiahe Company, was highly praised, and filmed a number of blockbuster movies, such as the "Police Story" series, "Plan A" series, etc., successfully filling the gap left by Bruce Lee's sudden death, becoming the number one kung fu superstar in the Chinese film industry.
Jackie Chan's films are known for their kung fu action comedy style, good use of environmental props, innovative stunt moves, and selling points with most of the scenes being played in person. His works are very popular with Hong Kong audiences, becoming the annual box office champion in Hong Kong many times and breaking box office records repeatedly.
He is also one of the few Chinese actors who can succeed in Hollywood. In 1994, Jackie Chan filmed "Red Fan District", which set a high box office when it was released in the United States, which meant that Jackie Chan successfully pushed open the door of Hollywood. The subsequent "Rush Hour" series allowed him to gain further recognition from the US market. In 2016, Jackie Chan was also awarded the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement, the first Chinese to receive the honor.
In "Double Monday Cheng", the second one to catch fire is Zhou Runfa.
Chow Yun Fat is a native of Hong Kong who grew up on Lamma Island since childhood. His family was modest, and at the age of 17, to help make ends meet, he stopped schooling and worked as a shoe shiner, office assistant, parcel porter, hotel waiter, camera salesman, and taxi driver.
At the age of 18, Zhou Runfa was admitted to the TVB Artist Training Class, and after graduation, he entered the TVB to shoot TV series, starting from running dragon sets.
In the late 1970s, he filmed popular TV series such as "Frenzy" and "Man in the Net" and became a popular student. The role of Hui Wenqiang in the 1980 TV series "Shanghai Beach" made him popular throughout Hong Kong and all over Asia.
Since 1976, Chow Yun Fat has been shooting films one after another, and his early works were mainly low-cost literary films, most of which did not sell well, so he won the title of "box office poison".
In 1986, Chow Yun-fat took over the gangster film "The True Colors of Heroes" directed by Wu Yusen, which was an unprecedented success, and his role mark was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. With this film, he achieved a leap forward, got rid of the hat of "box office poison", became a sales guarantee, and also gained the reputation of "immortal hair".
Starting from "The True Colors of Heroes", Zhou Runfa was out of control, and successively filmed 2-3 episodes of "The True Colors of Heroes", "Jianghu Love", "Heroes and Good Men", "Blood Double Males", "Across the Seas" and other police films, "God of Gamblers" series of gambling films, as well as "Alang's Story" and other literary and artistic films, all of which have achieved great success. Zhou Runfa's three words have become the golden sign of box office and quality guarantee. At that time, many film investors believed that as long as Zhou Runfa held two guns and casually made a poster, he could make money.
In 1995, after Chow Yun-fat finished filming "Peace Hotel", he turned to Hollywood, and although the overall results were average, the 2000 co-production "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won him a worldwide reputation.
After entering 2000, Zhou Runfa's production films are not high, but they are still excellent, "Let the Bullets Fly", "Cold War 2" and "Peerless", which are all acclaimed and popular products.
In "Double Monday Cheng", the finale is Zhou Xingchi.
Stephen Chow, born in 1962 in a poor family in Hong Kong, grew up with divorced parents and raised by his mother alone. He was madly obsessed with Bruce Lee's films in middle school and aspired to be an actor.
In 1982, he was admitted to the Hong Kong TVB Television Artist Training Course, and after graduation, he was assigned to host the children's program "430 Shuttle". In addition to doing shows, he also runs dragon sets in major crews, and runs for 6 years.
In 1988, Chow xingchi ushered in a turning point in his fate, he was invited by Li Xiuxian to participate in the police film "Thunderbolt Pioneer", won the Taiwan Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor, and began to receive wide attention.
Subsequently, he got the opportunity to star, playing the leading role in the TV series "Gestapo" and "He Comes from the Jianghu", and his nonsensical style performance first appeared. Zhou Xingchi, who has been lonely for many years, finally tasted the taste of popularity.
In 1990, Stephen Chow began to show his fists in the film industry, participating in 11 films in a row, of which the low-budget production of "Gamble Saint" sold more than 41 million Hong Kong dollars, breaking the box office record in Hong Kong film history for the first time, helping him to establish the status of a film superstar in one fell swoop.
In the following years, Stephen Chow successively starred in the "Truant Weilong" series, the "Deer Ding" series, "The Inquisitor", "Tang Bohu Dian Qiu Xiang" and other masterpieces, breaking the Hong Kong box office record many times. In terms of box office appeal, he and Jackie Chan, Zhou Runfa go hand in hand, and even came to the top, the media respected the three as "double Monday Cheng".
Since 1996, Stephen Chow has gradually transformed into a director and producer, and has successively launched works such as "God Eater", "King of Comedy", "Shaolin Football", "Kung Fu", "Yangtze River Seven", "Mermaid" and so on. Everywhere they passed, an unstoppable whirlwind of Zhou's was set off.
Starting from 1988's "Thunderbolt Pioneer", Stephen Chow spent more than 30 years to achieve an invincible box office myth and become a unique comedy god. Even the discerning Hollywood called him the "Chaplin of the East."
"Double Week Cheng" is the top superstar in the Chinese film industry, so which of the three of them has the higher achievements?
Today we divide into 5 dimensions to do a hardcore PK.
Dimension 1: Annual Crown Works
The so-called Annual Crown refers to the annual Chinese film box office champion in Hong Kong.
Jackie Chan starred in a total of 7 times to become the annual Chinese film box office champion in Hong Kong, namely "Laughing Fist Strange Moves" in 1979, "Master and Disciple Out of the Horse" in 1980, "Fuxing Gaozhao" in 1985, "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother" in 1987, "Red Fan District" in 1995, "Police Story 4" in 1996 and "A Good Man" in 1997.
The works starring Chow Yun Fat have topped the hong Kong annual box office five times, namely "The True Colors of Heroes" in 1986, "Eight Stars annunciation" in 1988, "God of Gamblers" in 1989, "God of Gamblers 2" in 1994 and "Cold War 2" in 2016.
Stephen Chow's starring titles have won a total of 8 annual box office titles in Hong Kong, namely 1990's "Gamble Saint", 1991's "Truancy Weilong", 1992's "Death Judge", 1993's "Tang Bohu Dian Qiu Xiang", 1999's "The King of Comedy", 2001's "Shaolin Football", 2004's "Kung Fu" and 2008's "Yangtze River No. 7".
In the dimension of the annual crown, Zhou Xingchi is the first, Jackie Chan is the second, and Zhou Runfa is the third.
Dimension 2: The number of blockbuster works
In hong Kong's home market, if the box office exceeds 30 million Hong Kong dollars, even if it is a very big seller, in some years, it is enough to compete for the annual championship.
In Jackie Chan's film career, a total of 17 works have a box office of more than 30 million Hong Kong dollars, Zhou Run has 11, Chow Xingchi is the most exaggerated, and 30 million plus box office works are as high as 23.
In the dimension of the number of works sold, Zhou Xingchi still ranks first, Jackie Chan second, and Zhou Runfa third.
Dimension 3: The highest grossing work in the world
Jackie Chan starred in the world's highest-grossing work, 2010's Kung Fu Dream, which grossed $359 million.
The highest-grossing work in the world starring Chow Yun-fat was 2000's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which grossed $213 million.
Stephen Chow starred in the world's highest-grossing work, 2004's Kung Fu, which grossed $105 million.
On this indicator, Jackie Chan is the first, Zhou Runfa is the second, and Zhou Xingchi is the third.
Dimension 4: Number of record breaks
The works starring Jackie Chan have broken box office records a total of 5 times, namely "Master and Disciple Out of the Horse", "Fuxing Gaozhao", "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother", "Red Fan District" and "Simple Task".
The works starring Zhou Runfa have broken box office records a total of 4 times, namely "The True Colors of Heroes", "Eight Star Annunciation", "God of Gamblers 2" and "Cold War 2".
The works starring Stephen Chow broke the box office record a total of 6 times, namely "Gamble Saint", "Truancy Weilong", "Family Happy Affair", "Death Judge", "Shaolin Football" and "Kung Fu".
In the dimension of breaking records, Zhou Xingchi is first, Jackie Chan is second, and Zhou Runfa is third.
Dimension 5: Awards
As a leading actor, Jackie Chan won a total of 3 important film emperor trophies, including the 1992 and 1993 Taiwan Golden Horse Awards for Best Actor, and the 2005 Chinese Film Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor.
Chow Won won a total of 10 major Film Emperor Trophies, including Best Actor at the 1985 Asia-Pacific Film Festival, Best Actor at the 1985 and 1987 Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, Best Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards in 1987, 1988 and 1990, Best Actor at the 1995 Golden Circle Awards, Best Actor at the Asian Film Awards in 2000 and 2001, and Best Actor at the Golden Angel Awards at the 2018 Sino-American Film Festival.
Stephen Chow won four major Film Emperor Trophies, namely Best Actor at the 1992 Asia Pacific Film Festival, Best Actor at the 1996 Hong Kong Film Critics Circle Awards, Best Actor at the Hong Kong Film Golden Bauhinia Awards, and Best Actor at the 2002 Hong Kong Film Awards.
In terms of performance awards, Zhou Runfa is far ahead, ranking first, Zhou Xingchi second, and Jackie Chan third.
Through the above five detailed data PK, we can conclude that Zhou Xingchi is three first, one is second, and one is third, and he still ranks first in a comprehensive way. Jackie Chan won one first, three second, one third, and ranked second overall. Zhou Runfa won one first, one second and three thirds, ranking third overall.
Of course, this is just my one-hole view, where it is not in place, please correct it.