After waiting for nearly five years, Chinese audiences still haven't waited for Wu Jing's self-directed and self-acted "Wolf Warrior 3". And everything about this sequel is an unreliable rumor, because it has never been officially confirmed. The cast, the main plot line, and even whether it has passed the review are still unknown.
Therefore, the advent of "Wolf Warrior 3" is still far away, and it may even have "died" long ago.
Last year's National Day file, from the director to the screenwriter to the actor, the lineup is very strong domestic war blockbuster "Changjin Lake", and finally surpassed "Wolf Warrior 2" with a score of 5.775 billion yuan, becoming a new round of box office champions in China.
Then, the sequel to the film, "The Water Gate Bridge of Chosin Lake", was released in this year's Spring Festival file. At present, the box office of this sequel has approached 4 billion yuan.
Whether it is Wu Jing's self-directed and self-starred "Wolf Warrior" series, or the later "Chosin Lake" series with a very strong lineup, it was expected to take the lead in becoming China's 10 billion series of movies, but now the "Detective Chinatown" series directed by Chen Sicheng is likely to preemptively complete this goal.
The total box office of the "Wolf Warrior" series is less than 4 billion yuan away from 10 billion yuan, but the release date of "Wolf Warrior 3" is too far away.
The total box office of the "Chosin Lake" series is only more than 200 million yuan away from 10 billion yuan. This gap seems to be very small, but it is difficult to break through, because now the daily box office performance of "Chosin Lake's Water gate bridge" has dropped to less than 10 million yuan, and there will be many Hollywood blockbusters in the future that will land in the Chinese mainland market. What's more, "Watergate Bridge" is also the final chapter of the "Chosin Lake" series.
The "Detective Chinatown" series, directed by Chen Sicheng, currently has a total box office of 8.743 billion yuan, which is less than 1.3 billion yuan away from 10 billion.
Although "Detective Chinatown 3", which was released in the Spring Festival last year, had a poor reputation and was disappointing, it received a high box office of more than 4.5 billion yuan after all, and director Chen Sicheng also said that the series would have a fourth and fifth part.
Viewers who have seen "Detective Chinatown 3" know that the end of the film leaves a huge Easter egg, which not only shows that the plot of the film is not finished, but also indicates that the next story will take place in London, England.
In summary, there will definitely be a sequel to the Detective Chinatown series.
In today's Chinese mainland film industry, Chen Sicheng's "Tang Detective Universe" has become a suspense comedy genre big IP, even if one of the films has a poor reputation and is very disappointing, but for the sequel, I believe that most viewers are still looking forward to it, after all, everyone wants to know the final result.
In addition, Andy Lau, a Chinese superstar who has been popular for more than thirty years, is likely to join the next "Detective Chinatown 4", and it may also have a very heavy role. In addition, this film may have some other surprises.
With so many favorable conditions, "Detective Chinatown 4" should easily get a high box office, and the final result can at least exceed 3 billion.
According to the law of the release date of the first few films, the next "Detective Chinatown 4" should also choose the important schedule of the Spring Festival file.
Previously, there was a lot of news on the Internet that "Detective Chinatown 4" may be released in the Spring Festival file in 2023.
If the film really chooses to be scheduled for the Spring Festival in 2023, then in less than a year, "Detective Chinatown" will become China's first 10 billion film series.