The most tragic theatrical blockbuster in October 2021 is "Turandot: The Origin of the Curse", which brings together stars such as Guan Xiaotong, Jiang Wen, Hu Jun, Sophie Marceau, Vincent Perez, Zou Zhaolong, etc., with a luxurious cast, but as soon as it was released, it was both word-of-mouth and box office.
"Turandot: The Origin of the Curse" made 7 million yuan at the box office on the first day, fell to 5.12 million yuan the next day, 2.66 million yuan on the third day, and 970,000 yuan on the fourth day.
On October 24, the 10th day of release, the daily box office revenue of "Turandot: The Origin of the Spell" fell to 180,000 yuan, ranking 14th in the box office list of the day, and this day was still Sunday, which was really miserable.
As of now, the cumulative box office revenue of "Turandot: The Origin of the Spell" is 17.89 million yuan, and it is expected to break through the box office mark of 20 million yuan.
Turandot: The Origin of the Spell is a costly film, and the luxurious cast must have cost a lot of money, and it is a fantasy film, and the special effects are also a big expense.
According to the news, the total investment of "Turandot: The Origin of the Spell" is as high as 300 million yuan, whether this figure is accurate or not, it is certain that "Turandot: The Origin of the Spell" is a big production that throws money.
As a domestic blockbuster, even the box office of 20 million can not break through, "Turandot: The Origin of the Curse" is of course a major box office tragedy in 2021.
On the Douban platform, Turandot: The Origin of the Spell has a score of 3.4 points, of which one star has the highest proportion of bad reviews, about 54%, followed by two bad reviews, about 27%, only better than 2% of fantasy films.
"Turandot: The Origin of the Spell" is indeed a bad film, but objectively speaking, the production is not rough, and it is also telling a story with heart, but it is not told well, and what ruined this movie is the embarrassing wind of Mixing Chinese and Western, and the title, story and cast are all a big problem.
In addition, there is the character design of the hot eyes, which directly reduces the taste of "Turandot: The Origin of the Spell" by one notch.
"Turandot: The Origin of the Spell" was filmed as early as 2018, if it was released two years earlier, its box office would certainly not be so bad, and this time it encountered a powerful opponent like "Chosin Lake", "Turandot: The Origin of the Spell" is difficult to think of not to hit the street.