In 2016, Wang Ning left Happy Twist
The year before, Happy Twist finally had a box office hit "Charlotte Troubles", as the pillar of Happy Twist, Wang Ning did not star, and then chose to leave, at that time he should have wanted to do a big job and hit some people in the face
That is full of energy starring in many movies, but it is a pity that Wang Ning, who has saved a good reputation in Happy Twist, has not been able to convert it into a box office
After 8 months of re-screening of bad films, Wang Ning's new film cost 30 million yuan, and the pre-sale box office on the first day was 176 yuan
This year's Spring Festival Gala Wang Ning also starred in a sketch "Coming Right Away", and Happy Twist also brought "Pit", but the two sketches are completely incomparable in terms of popularity, "Pit" is basically the whole network brushing the screen, and the details of Shen Teng's performance have been smashed by the audience
"Coming Soon" seems to be silent
This is actually the current situation of Wang Ning and Happy Twist
After "Charlotte Troubles", Happy Twist has continued to explode, and it is already a golden signboard for mainland comedies, Shen Teng's personal box office is approaching 30 billion, and he is the only actor who can compete with Wu Jing. "Walking on the Moon Alone" 2022 summer champion, "Manjiang Hong" 2023 Spring Festival champion
The two pillars of Happy Twist have been very different since then
And Wang Ning?
On February 24, the new film "Wukong" starring Wang Ning is about to be released, and the new films at the same time are not competitive, but as of February 23, less than 1 day before the release of the movie, the pre-sale box office of "Wukong" on the first day of release was only 176 yuan
That's right, it's not 1.76 million, it's 176 yuan! The ticket price of the movie is generally about 40 yuan, which means that only 4 viewers support Wang Ning's new film
When I saw the information of the new film "Wukong", I was even more shocked, it turned out to be a bad film from 8 months ago to be re-screened, and it was really chilling to make such a circle of money
"Wukong" was filmed in 2019, with a cost of 30 million that year
In May 2022, the title of the movie is "Wukong: The Little Saint Legend", which premiered on the online platform, with a box office of only 322,000, which can be called the annual box office tragedy of the Internet University, which was complained by fans very badly at that time
The plot is the story of Sun Xiaoshen, a descendant of Sun Wukong, who became a demon hunter and sent demons to the demon with his good brother Dapeng Golden Wings
Although rubbing the popularity of Journey to the West, Sun Wukong is a small supporting role in the film, appearing in less than 10 minutes, and the plot is even more nonsense, basically a rotten Internet monster story put on the skin of Journey to the West
Unexpectedly, 8 months after the movie box office hit the street, the title was changed to "Wukong" and released in theaters
In order to hide people's ears, not only the title of the film was changed, but even the name of the other starring Wang Liang was changed to Wang Liang, and the director also became Wang Liang, but the main actors have not changed, and the banner of the original cast of the CCTV version is still created
In fact, it is Wang Yue, who played the Tang monk in four episodes, such as playing Zhu Longguang, and the sequel Jade Emperor playing Wang Weiguo, and Sun Wukong is actually the CCTV version of the voice actor Li Shihong, these scenes are not much, and the acting skills are perfunctory. It must have been smashed by the producer with money, no wonder it took 30 million to make such a bad film
Wang Ning's new film is on the street again, and he is still eating happy twist old books for 7 years
At present, the theatrical box office of "Wukong" will not have a miracle, and even the final box office can break 100,000 is a problem
And this is the norm for Wang Ning in recent years
The box office of his first film "Clockwork City", which left Happy Twist in 2016, was only 11 million, and the box office of "The Legend of Salted Fish" in 2017 was only 171,000, after which Wang Ning never worked as the male protagonist of a theatrical blockbuster again, and could only play some supporting roles
In 2019, it began to transform into a large shooting network, and generally this well-known star starring network is large, and the attention is good
But Wang Ning is really unlucky, "Little Powerful Battle Alien" has a box office of 1.83 million, "Yipin Jue" has a box office of 4.44 million, and the box office of "Laughter and Bottomless Pit" has dropped to 2 million, and "God Fist Invincible Baguazhang", which was just launched on February 15 this year, only had a box office of 680,000 points, once again setting a new low in Wang Ning's big box office performance
Interestingly, although Wang Ning left Happy Twist, the Happy Twist actor still has feelings for Wang Ning
In recent years, Wang Ning has participated in the few box office hits "Warm Hug" and "Desperate Househusband" are all starring happy twist actors, and they have invited Wang Ning to make cameos, indicating that the audience still likes Wang Ning in happy twist works
In fact, Wang Ning's best comedy works were completed during the happy twist period
Whether it is dramas such as "The Count of Wulong Mountain" and "Revolving Carmen", or participating in various comedy competitions, "Skynet Recovery" on the Spring Festival Gala for the first time, etc., in fact, the role of Yuan Hua in the drama version of "Charlotte Troubles" is played by Wang Ning
Although "Charlotte Troubles" was replaced, the popular variety show "Happy Comedian 2" Happy Twist made Wang Ning on a long time, and it has always compensated, but unfortunately in the end Wang Ning still parted ways with Happy Twist
Now 7 years have passed, Wang Ning still hasn't found his own comedy path, and he still eats the old book left during the happy twist period, which is really embarrassing