Although February 5th is the Lantern Festival, it is not wise to choose the new film in this schedule
Generally speaking, the premiere of the new film is the best on Friday, which can cover the entire weekend schedule, but "When the Wind Rises Again" starring Tony Leung and Kwok Fucheng is really a sword gone off the beaten track, scheduled for release on Sunday, February 5, and the premiere day is followed by weekdays
It seems to be doomed to the fate of the movie on the street
Breaking 3.2 billion, "The Wandering Earth 2" won the crown for consecutive days, and the arrangement of "Manjiang Red" finally began to decline
On February 5, due to the premiere of "When the Wind Rises Again", it snatched 12.3% of the proportion of the films, so the scheduling of the 6 new films in the Spring Festival file has declined, including "Manjiang Hong", which has been criticized for using money to keep the arrangement, and the arrangement of "The Wandering Earth 2" began to approach
With almost no gap in the arrangement of films, "The Wandering Earth 2" began to expand its advantage over "Manjiang Red" and won the crown for a consecutive time
As of February 5, the single-day box office of "The Wandering Earth 2" exceeded 37 million, accounting for 25.7% of the films, accounting for 36% of the box office, and the cumulative box office exceeded 3.266 billion
And "Manjiang Red" single-day box office of 25 million, the proportion of films accounted for 27.5%, the box office accounted for 24.7%, it is obvious that the proportion of film box real estate is very low, the cumulative box office exceeded 3.89 billion, and it is expected to break through the 4 billion box office mark next week
It can be seen that the cumulative box office difference between the two movies is about 600 million, and according to common sense, "The Wandering Earth 2" no longer has any possibility of catching up
However, "The Wandering Earth 2" has set a record for 14 days of Spring Festival release and can still counterattack and win the championship, plus the box office of "When the Wind Rises Again" on the first day, the pre-sale box office of "Black Panther 2" on February 7 is not outstanding, if "The Wandering Earth 2" can maintain its advantage over "Manjiang Red", plus the Spring Festival blockbuster is generally postponed for two months
"The Wandering Earth 2" still has a slight possibility of surpassing "Manjiang Red", of course, this possibility is not high
Lost to "The Wandering Earth 2" on the premiere day, Tony Leung's new film cost 200 million, and the box office in 9 hours was only 4.4 million
Let's talk about the only new film "When the Wind Rises Again" on February 5
The movie can be called the strongest Hong Kong film with the strongest star cast in recent years, Kwok Fucheng and Tony Leung, two major Hong Kong film golden signboards joined forces, gathering 25 star starring, including many Hong Kong film bigwigs such as Xu Guanwen , Wu Yiuhan, etc., or a new generation of golden supporting roles Tam Yaowen, Wu Zhuoxi, Zhang Jicong
There are also well-known mainland actresses such as Du Juan and Chunxia
The film production cost is 200 million, there should not be much moisture, after all, Tony Leung starring in "Nameless" alone has a salary of 70 million
It's a pity that the release process of "When the Wind Rises Again" is very bumpy, it was completed in 2018, and it was hidden by the snow for 5 years after filming, and as soon as it was released, it hit "The Wandering Earth 2" with a word-of-mouth counterattack, and lost to "The Wandering Earth 2" on the premiere day
As of 9 o'clock on February 5, the box office of "When the Wind Rises Again" was only 4.4 million in 9 hours after its release
The theater line did not lose this Hong Kong film, giving 12.3% of the proportion of films on the first day, second only to "The Wandering Earth 2" and "Manjiang Red", the biggest problem of the film is that the audience does not pay, and the attendance rate is extremely low!
According to the current trend, it is difficult for the final box office of "When the Wind Rises" to break 70 million, which will undoubtedly become an annual box office tragedy
Cut 1 minute, but the collapse of the reputation of "When the Wind Rises" has nothing to do with the deletion
The film was completed in 2018 and also participated in the film festival, which had a good reputation at that time and was known as the strongest Hong Kong film in recent years
But the aesthetic differences of the average audience of professional film critics are simply too great
The film festival version of "When the Wind Rises Again" is 144 minutes long, and the mainland version is 143 minutes, you can see that the deletion is only 1 minute, which will definitely not affect the quality of the film itself, and the audience does not pay for it is purely not good-looking
The story of the movie is still the four Chinese inspectors who have been badly filmed in Hong Kong films
This theme of Hong Kong films is really tireless, but the audience is really tired of watching it, and it is these contents that turn over and over
This time "When the Wind Rises Again" is known as a commercial film, but director Weng Ziguang probably likes Wong Kar-wai too much, and traces of imitation can be seen everywhere in this film, and the style of the whole film is like "Spring Light" and "In the Mood for Love"
Everywhere there are posing shots, actors are pretending to be X, and slow motion is one after another
Wong Kar-wai's film is also liked by literary and artistic youth, and the box office is on the street, as a commercial film, he dares to copy Wong Kar-wai?
Although "When the Wind Rises Again" stacks 25 stars, it is useless! With such a corny plot and uninformed shooting, it was really unjust that the movie hit the street on the first day