As of press time, the movie "Ten Thousand Miles Home" starring Zhang Yi and Wang Junkai was released for 20 days and exceeded 1.3 billion at the box office. Because there are no blockbuster movies released recently, there is still room for growth at the box office of "Ten Thousand Miles Home", and the total box office forecast given by the current ticketing platform is 1.624 billion.
A more important data is that the total number of people watching this movie reached 31.682 million, whether it was the box office or the number of viewers, the entire National Day file "Ten Thousand Miles Home" ranked first, which shows that the audience not only recognizes the quality of the film, but also fully affirms Wang Junkai's performance.
In the starring cast of "Ten Thousand Miles Home", Zhang Yi has "sealed the god" through the acting skills of other works, although there is a breakthrough in this movie, it is not amazing; And Wang Junkai got rid of the inherent idol image through emotional and excellent performance, and labeled himself as a powerful actor.
Director Rao Xiaozhi has full trust in Wang Junkai, and his role as Cheng Lang has to complete character growth in a 130-minute movie, and the difficulty of acting can be imagined.
The first scene he appeared in the movie was driving to his destination in the Numya Republic with three other colleagues, and the newborn calf was completely unaware of the existence of the crisis, recklessly holding up the camera to shoot, causing a lot of trouble to the group, and even almost died in a car bomb;
Cheng Lang, who insisted on telling the truth later, had disagreements and fierce quarrels with Zong Dawei, played by Zhang Yi, because of whether to tell his compatriots the truth, and indirectly led to several people acting alone and Zong Dawei being held hostage by the rebels. It is difficult to distinguish between right and wrong different ideas, but Cheng Lang's naivety and impulsiveness are obvious.
And the later plot, thanks to Wang Junkai's accurate performance, the audience saw the growth of Cheng Lang, he led more than a hundred people through the desert, out of the war zone, and finally bravely raised the camera, confronted the rebel leader in English and shed tears, presented a very wonderful performance, Cheng Lang's personality charm was also sublimated.
Wang Junkai also grew up with Cheng Lang. Pulling back the time to 2010, 11-year-old Wang Junkai joined the TF family, and in 2013, he formed the TFBOYS group with Wang Yuan and Yi Yangqianxi to officially debut and served as the captain. For nearly 10 years, the three men took their own forks in the road.
From "Young You" and "Send You a Little Red Flower", to the later "Changjin Lake" and "Miracle Stupid Child", Yi Yangqianxi has consolidated his path as an actor step by step, and the identity of a powerful actor has been stamped and recognized by the audience and fans.
Compared with Yi Yangqianxi, who is in the same group, Wang Junkai, who has always given the impression of focusing on music and stage, the road of actor is slower.
In 2015, he participated in "Deadly Pursuit" starring Shange Winton, playing a singer, which is regarded as a true color starring, and there is not much sense of existence; "Old Cannon" plays a volunteer singer, and only one scene is short-lived; Participating in "The Great Wall" directed by Zhang Yimou is a very rare opportunity for Wang Junkai to cooperate with international directors and participate in large-scale production films produced by Hollywood, but the emperor he plays not only has few roles, but also has no play, and is a little insignificant among a group of big-name actors.
Later, he gradually added works such as "Relief Grocery Store", "My Hometown and Me", "Storm", "1921" and other works to his resume, but he still could not get rid of the impression of "playing soy sauce".
Wang Junkai's performance watershed appeared in 2022, this year he is enough to use "outbreak" to describe it, "Broken Bridge" released in August, Wang Junkai "self-destructed image", playing the fugitive, sloppy and very mournful Meng Chao, for the first time, people saw the spirituality of his performance, and the role of his own image is very contrasting, Wang Junkai can at least get a passing score.
And the being released "Ten Thousand Miles Home", as mentioned earlier, Wang Junkai's performance is enough to make people use powerful actors to describe it, and then I remembered that he graduated from the acting department of the Beijing Film Academy.
Relying on only two works to label himself as a powerful actor, Wang Junkai, who has just been 23 years old, has a lot of stamina, and he can't help but think, will he become the next Yi Yangqianxi after starting a little later? The answer is no.
The first reason, as the saying goes, "times make heroes", Yi Yangqianxi started in the best era of Chinese movies, and the box office of Chinese films hit a record high of 64.2 billion in 2019, and "Young You" was released just in that year. Yi Yangqianxi successfully seized this opportunity, and after winning the Hong Kong Film Awards, Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award and other awards, Yi Yangqianxi quickly gained recognition in the industry, which led to the subsequent "Send You a Little Red Flower", "Changjin Lake" and other film contracts.
As we all know, from 2020, the movie has entered the "cold winter", at this time Wang Junkai began to exert strength, but it is already the best development opportunity in the past, so from the general environment, it is difficult for Wang Junkai to catch up with Yi Yangqianxi.
The second reason is that although opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, good film projects are still scarce. "Young You" and "Send You a Little Red Flower" are both literary and youth themes, and the audience range is not too large. But "Changjin Lake" is different, currently ranking first in the Chinese film box office list with a box office result of 5.757 billion, and the number of moviegoers has reached 125 million, as the starring actor, Yi Yangqianxi has also become an out-and-out national actor, which has a high degree of recognition in the hearts of the audience, which has brought great help to his subsequent acting career.
But the total investment of "Changjin Lake" is as high as 1.5 billion, and such a large-scale production of a large project will not be easy to appear for a long time in the future, so Wang Junkai has at least such an important good opportunity than Yi Yangqianxi.
The third reason, from the performance itself, although Wang Junkai has made obvious progress, compared with Yi Yangqianxi, whether it is acting skills, understanding and grasping of the role, or the suitability of the role, there is still a big gap, and more tempering is needed to accumulate performance experience.
However, Wang Junkai still has a long way to go in the future, and he is currently co-director Gu Changwei, and Ge You and Geng Le's "Hedgehog" are waiting to be released, I believe he will have a better performance.