Preach in the text. - Don Tears
In the Hong Kong film industry.
The amount of Kwok Fucheng's film works is actually seriously insufficient.
Up to now, there are 63 films, including seven unreleased works, of which commercial films account for roughly half.
And the vast majority of viewers, watching movies is very random.
This creates a cognitive illusion.
For example, there is a view that Kwok Fucheng lacks a movie that will hit the mainland.
This practice of measuring actors from a commercial point of view has its universality.
But if you talk about the box office alone, is Kwok Fucheng really bad?
It is true that the criteria for judging the commercial value of actors have long changed.
Since the box office explosion of "Thai" starring Xu Zheng, Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang in 2012, the mainland box office has continued to soar, and some people have even begun to think that the box office of one billion is no longer measurable.
But this problem needs to be looked at in two.
The high box office is divided into three situations, one is the type factor, such as the main theme and comedy, action movie advantages, such as "Wolf Warrior 2", "Changjin Lake" and "Tai Yan", "The Richest Man in Xihong City", the other is excellent quality, such as "Nezha's Demon Child Descends", "I am not the God of Medicine", and another is a special case, such as "Hello Li Huanying".
Of course, these three situations also have crossovers, none of which are absolute, but movies like "Hello Li Huanying" have little effect on the commercial value of actors.
In addition, so far, including domestic and foreign films, the mainland film market has broken the 1 billion mark of less than 100 films, and less than 30 films with a box office of more than 2 billion.
This means that the billion box office is still an extremely high threshold.
Many actors can't ask for it.
That if placed in the camp of Hong Kong actors.
Who is a box office hit, and who lacks box office appeal?
Double Monday Cheng is a myth of Hong Kong's film industry in the 90s, put in the new era, Jackie Chan's box office peak is 1.748 billion "Kung Fu Yoga" in 2017, and only this one works that broke one billion, Chow Yun-fat's box office peak is "Matchless" with 1.274 billion in 2018, and there are 1.046 billion "Journey to the West: The Great Trouble in Tiangong", 1.116 billion "Macau Vice 3", Stephen Chow turned to the behind-the-scenes without mentioning.
The last action superstar Donnie Yen, the box office peak is "Furious Heavy Case" with 1.329 billion in 2021, including "Journey to the West: The Great Trouble in the Heavenly Palace" with 1.046 billion and "Ip Man 4" with 1.181 billion.
Andy Lau, who was once named one of the "five superstars" in the 90s, peaked at the box office with "Bomb Disposal Expert 2" with 1.314 billion in 2020, and another "Anti-Drug 2" with 1.312 billion in 2019.
Koo Tianle, known as the "movie tycoon", only one cooperation Andy Lau's "Drug Sweep 2" broke one billion.
There is also a big coffee Tony Leung, airborne "Monster Hunt 2", although it achieved a box office of 2.237 billion, it has little to do with personal commercial box office appeal.
This is how almost all Kwok Fucheng commercial actors outside of Kwok Fucheng in the Hong Kong film industry.
And what is the box office performance of Aaron Kwok?
In 2014, as one of the "Big Three", with the 1.046 billion "Journey to the West: The Great Trouble in Tiangong", he became the first batch of actors in Hong Kong to exceed one billion at the box office, in 2016, with the 1.2 billion "Journey to the West: Monkey King Three Dozen White Bone Essence", he broke another billion box office, and in 2018, he cooperated with Chow Yun-fat's "Double Heroes" film "Matchless", breaking the previous box office record of Hong Kong films, reaching 1.274 billion.
If this achievement is invalidated, then who else in the Hong Kong film industry?
At this time, of course, another "point of view" will emerge.
Some people will say that Kwok Fucheng's high-grossing movies are all double-hero and multi-protagonist lineups, so they are not his own appeal.
In fact, if you go deeper, in addition to "Kung Fu Yoga" and "Ip Man 4", in fact, only Chow Yun-fat's "Macau 3" and Kwok Fucheng's "Journey to the West: The Monkey King Three Dozen White Bone Essence" can be regarded as single-protagonist movies, and all other movies are double-hero or multi-protagonist structures.
So the conclusion is actually very simple, if Kwok Fucheng lacks box office blockbusters, or in other words, Hong Kong actors collectively lack box-office blockbusters, under this logic, no one is immune.
This brings a very interesting mindset.
Is it rigorous? From the above data analysis, this logic is actually untenable at all, which is a typical "double standard".
The mind hidden underneath, without asking, is the position that determines the vision.
But objectively speaking, the box office club with more than two billion levels does not see the figure of Hong Kong actors.
Who will be able to be the first?
Watch the commercial movies they have to show first.
Andy Lau holds six commercial films "The Wandering Earth 2", "Goldfinger", "Mr. Red Carpet", "Crisis Route" and "Stealth" and "Operation Moscow" to be screened.
Donnie Yen's "Search and Rescue" failed at the box office and is filming a "Dragon Babu no Qiao Feng".
Gu Tianle's 450 million investment in the sci-fi movie "Tomorrow's War", the box office can not break 700 million, the films to be screened include "Looking for Qin" and "Drug Sweep 3" and "Wind Forest Volcano".
Tony Leung has "Operation Fox Hunt", "When the Wind Rises Again", "Nameless" and "Goldfinger".
Kwok Fucheng has not yet come out after "Matchless", and there are currently five commercial films to be screened "When the Wind Rises Again", "Drug Sweep 3", "Insider" and "Temporary Robbery" and "Cut Off the Internet".
The movie that has the most chance of a big hit is "The Wandering Earth 2", but Andy Lau is a special performance status, which is not counted in the starring box office according to convention, followed by "Nameless" produced by Boena, and "Goldfinger", "When the Wind Rises Again", "Drug Sweep 3" and "Wind Forest Volcano" The probability of breaking one billion is not low, but it is not easy to explore two billion.
The above five people are also the "only remaining fruits" in the Hong Kong film industry in the past two decades.
However, although the probability is low, it does not mean that it is impossible.
Back then, who could have predicted that "Thai" would break through one billion, "Mermaid" broke through three billion, and "Wolf Warrior 2" broke through five billion?
Box office data is a combination of factors.
Just treat it rationally.