Although they belong to the Chinese-language film market, the viewing aesthetics of mainland and Hong Kong audiences are very different
Mainland productions rarely succeed at the box office in the Hong Kong market, and now pure Hong Kong film productions cannot make a box office splash in the mainland, but in recent years, Hong Kong films have begun to recover in the Hong Kong market, and they can vaguely compete with Hollywood
Among them, Huang Zihua is undoubtedly the fastest rising actor and can be called the king of the new generation of box office of Hong Kong films
The box office broke 67 million in 13 days, the record in the history of Gu Tianle film is about to disappear, and the king of Hong Kong films is blowing up
Ordinary audiences no longer know that the Hong Kong market also has a Spring Festival file, and in 2023, blockbusters such as "Poisonous Tongue", "Dragon Babu: The Legend of Qiao Feng" and "Under the Super Neurological Robbery" compete on the same stage, and fans thought it was a group of heroes
Unexpectedly, it became a one-man show of "Poisonous Tongue"
As of February 2, the box office of "Poisonous Tongue" broke 67 million Hong Kong dollars! In just 13 days of release, it surpassed "Cold War 2" to rank third in the history of Hong Kong Chinese-language films, while "Dragon Babu: The Legend of Qiao Feng" and "Under the Superneurological Robbery" did not even break the box office of tens of millions
In particular, "The Legend of Qiao Feng" cost 150 million yuan, starring Donnie Yen, and the result was only 3.5 million Hong Kong dollars at the Hong Kong box office
Although the propaganda blows to the sky, there is no hope of returning the cost
In 2022, Koo Tianle's "Tomorrow's War" broke 83 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, breaking the Hong Kong Chinese film history record, and Hong Kong films are truly close to the level of Hollywood blockbusters
Although it is still a little far from the 120 million Hong Kong dollars at the Hong Kong box office of "Avatar 2" and the 108 million Hong Kong films of "Top Gun 2: The Lone Ranger", it does give Hong Kong filmmakers confidence, but they did not expect that Koo Tianle would be ousted from the throne less than half a year after winning the box office record
With the current trend, "Poisonous Tongue" is very likely to become the first Chinese-language film in Hong Kong film history to break 100 million Hong Kong dollars
It is worthy of being the king of Hong Kong films
"Poisonous Tongue" is not Huang Zihua's best comedy, and he can feel Huang Zihua's acting appeal
Although it looks a bit like a nonsensical comedy in the trailer, "Poisonous Tongue" is a fairly orthodox courtroom movie about a depressed middle-aged lawyer who takes on a case that looks ordinary, but he was shocked by the inside story and intrigue
So the fighting spirit was rekindled, of course, the so-called internal affairs and conspiracies are still the same old way of Hong Kong films
The rich take advantage of their power to be lawless
However, the rhythm of the movie is very good, and Huang Zihua's final closing statement is quite outstanding
Even some fans think that the movie is the 2023 version of "Nine Pins Sesame Official", and even shouted out the slogan that Huang Zihua is the king of the new generation of box office, and the mainland market of the film has also been set, the title of the film has been changed to "Poisonous Tongue Lawyer", deleted by 1 minute, and set for February 24
Interested viewers can look forward to it
Broke Stephen Chow's record, surpassed Koo Tianle at the box office, and Huang Zihua's Hong Kong film box office king sat firmly?
If you don't care about the Hong Kong entertainment industry, mainland audiences may not know much about Huang Zihua
In fact, Huang Zihua was once a box office poison in the Hong Kong market, "A Mosquito Chicken Bodyguard" Hong Kong box office of 118,000 Hong Kong dollars, pulled Anita Mui's "Male Song and Female Singing" also only 1.27 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, which is Anita Mui's career box office lowest box office film
Later, Huang Zihua also directed and acted in "Life is Proud", and the box office was as low as 51,000 Hong Kong dollars
But since 2018, Huang Zihua has been like a rocket, "Agent Dong Du" broke 44 million Hong Kong dollars, and Hong Kong Chinese-language films won the year
In 2020, "Grandmaster of the Dynasty" broke 30 million Hong Kong dollars and won the annual crown again
In 2022, "Dinner Drama Attacking the Heart" directly broke the comedy film history record of Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu", with a box office of 77.28 million Hong Kong dollars! In 2023, Huang Zihua will challenge Koo Tianle's box office record again
Breaking the Xingye record in 2022 and surpassing Koo Tianle in 2023, people can't help but sigh that the new generation of box office king of Hong Kong films is really here?
It seems to me that this conclusion is a little early
Wong's biggest problem is his age and influence outside the Hong Kong market
Huang Zihua is actually 62 years old, 2 years older than Stephen Chow, which means that Huang Zihua's prime time has passed, and many roles are no longer suitable for him, although the maintenance is very good, and now it is not a violation to act in love scenes with the 90s, but how many years have passed? Can Huang Zihua, who is almost 70 years old, still play the leading role on the big screen? There are several scripts for 70-year-olds
And superstars such as Stephen Chow and Jackie Chan became famous at a young age and left many classic works
The influence outside the Hong Kong market is even more incomparable with Huang Zihua, and at present, Huang Zihua's works have a strong local atmosphere, and it is difficult to expand their influence