Not long ago, 69-year-old Jackie Chan appeared on the hot search topic list because of two things:
First, he said that action movies can't find a successor, and the market doesn't need action actors, as long as they are handsome, they can earn a lot of box office standing there, and he choked up several times when he said this.
Second, he said that the apprentice needs 10 million yuan to make a martial arts type movie, and no one is willing to invest, and Yi Yangqianxi is the male protagonist, with a cost of 400 million, and a large number of people rush to invest at a high price.
The reason why he said this is because Jackie Chan's movie "Dragon Horse Spirit" was released, and the purpose of this is to increase the topic discussion of this movie.
It seems that "Ryoma Spirit" is really important to him.
In the 14th week of 2023 (April 3 to April 9), the box office ranking Chinese mainland released, and the market won a total of 692 million, 20% higher than the 13th week, because last week included the Qingming mini-schedule.
All the movies in the Spring Festival file finally withdrew from the stage of the list competition this week, and "Bear Haunted with My Bear Heart" and "The Wandering Earth 2" ranked 12th and 16th respectively.
In terms of old films, Makoto Shinkai's animation "Suzubud Journey" is still alone, and it hit 151 million again in the third week, winning the box office champion for three consecutive weeks, with a total box office of more than 700 million, and breaking the box office record of "Your Name", becoming the highest-grossing film imported from Japan.
Also adapted from a Japanese warm love film, "Loyal Dog Hachiko" starring Feng Xiaogang once again got 125 million in the second week, with a cumulative box office of 187 million, continuing to maintain an upward posture.
"Loyal Dog Bagong" duel "Dragon Horse Spirit", "Dog and Horse Labor" came to a frontal gang, Feng Xiaogang defeated Jackie Chan and won the runner-up.
"Dungeons & Dragons", "Space Exploration Screenwriting Department" and "The Great Night" shrank significantly at the box office in the second week, ranking in the bottom three of the list.
Last week, a total of four new films hit the top ten of the list.
Film history classic animation, "Detective Conan: The Undead of Baker Street" ranked seventh, with a box office of 35.23 million;
On the 25th anniversary of the release of "Titanic" directed by Cameron and starring Xiao Lizi, the mainland underwent a second re-screening, ranking fifth, with a cumulative box office of 1.345 billion.
Hollywood Animation, "Super Mario Bros. Movie" produced by Universal Pictures' Lighting Entertainment, performed poorly at the mainland box office in its first week, receiving only 79.48 million at the box office, ranking fourth.
The film's global box office exploded at $377 million in its first week, and China's box office can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket.
Jackie Chan's "Dragon Horse Spirit" won the third place in the first three days with 80.19 million in the first weekend.
To be honest, this opening result and Jackie Chan's famous name seem to be so mismatched, I can't help but have friends sigh in the group: "What happened to Jackie Chan's "Dragon Horse Spirit", why is it so box office? ”
For the announcement of this movie, Jackie Chan followed Gu Tianle to engage in miserable marketing, and also touched the porcelain Yi Yang Qianxi, and the film's fixed date was carefully selected and released nationwide on April 7, Jackie Chan's birthday.
The roadshow started live broadcasting, invited the brother Yuan Biao to come to help, a large number of friends in the circle to help call, Liu Yifei directly went down to help publicize.
It can be seen that Jackie Chan really wants to get the box office up.
Unfortunately, the box office of "Dragon Horse Spirit" has just exceeded 80 million in the first week, which is really surprising.
Jackie Chan once again fell from the altar of high box office, no matter how surprising the move was announced, it would not help.
Previously, the film producer and promoter released the recognition information of "Dragon Horse Spirit" on the platform, and the budget cost exposed was 300 million yuan.
If the film wants to return the book, the national box office must not be less than 900 million, otherwise the producer will definitely lose money to doubt life.
80 million in the first week, calculated according to the 50% decline in the next week, and then 40 million will be collected, and the total box office is expected to be about 200 million, and the box office will be about 70 million.
Jackie Chan's personal salary is generally 80 million to 100 million, it is conceivable that in the end, "Dragon Horse Spirit" may not be able to earn back Jackie Chan's salary, and the film side will have 220 million funds directly lost.
No wonder, Jackie Chan worked so hard to publicize it, which is related to the success or failure of personal honor and disgrace, as well as the gain and loss of a large amount of silver on the film side.
This film is a film written and directed by Yang Zi, starring Jackie Chan and Chitu Ma, and co-starring Liu Haocun and Guo Qilin.
In addition, a large number of well-known stars in the circle participated, such as Wu Jing, Tang Jili, Jia Bing, Yung Zuer, An Zhijie, Xiao Shenyang, Yin Xiaotian, Lv Liangwei and so on.
These stars either make cameo appearances without receiving pay, or the salaries are terrifyingly high, how much silver can please Wu Jing?
Jackie Chan plays the martial arts stand-in Lao Luo, who adopted a horse from his friend (played by Lu Liangwei) three years ago, named "Chitu", and he used the set of action stunts of the dragon and tiger martial artist to train the red rabbit horse.
Unexpectedly, he fell into a lawsuit, and in order to be able to win the property rights of the horse, he could only turn to his daughter Xiaobao (played by Liu Haocun), who he had not seen for many years.
Xiaobao, who is a junior, finds her lawyer boyfriend Nai Hua (played by Guo Qilin) to help.
Xiaobao and her boyfriend helped Lao Luo find a way to win the lawsuit, and at the same time persuaded him not to take the red rabbit horse to do all kinds of dangerous actions to play with his life, and although Lao Luo verbally promised his daughter, he was secretly training, in order to one day get ahead.
"Dragon Horse Spirit" is a tailor-made movie for Jackie Chan, and there are plenty of tribute clips in it.
For example, the Indian shape pays homage to "Who I Am";
filmed "Brother Dragon and Tiger Brother" fell the most seriously;
training Guo Qilin to pay tribute to "Drunken Fist";
Falling from the bell tower pays homage to "Plan A";
Bus haul tribute to "Police Story";
Slipping down from dozens of stories of building in homage to Who I Am;
Jump between two tall buildings to pay homage to "Red Fan District";
Wu Jing and Tang Jili make cameo appearances, wanting to make the last jump to pay tribute to "Myth" and so on.
The movie condenses the most wonderful famous scenes since Jackie Chan's debut, and the audience is addicted after watching it, and it also reflects that Jackie Chan is really old from the side.
Most of the scenes give people the visual effects of an aging dragon clock, and the shape is the same as "British Showdown", and the sharpness of the action and the completion of high-risk actions are far less than before.
After all, how can a 69-year-old man regain his peak?
In addition, what goes wild with the tribute is irony.
As we all know, Jackie Chan has a daughter named Wu Zhuolin, in real life, almost desperate to the extent of not getting along, which perfectly fits with the expression of the movie part, and the most terrible thing is that "Dragon Horse Spirit" gave him to repair the emotional scene between father and daughter.
Lao Luo has a photo of his daughter on the wall, and after a short time with his daughter, he will run to the merchant to ask for monitoring, in order to be able to retain memories.
The movie shows a deep affection, and also uses the plot of leaving the set with an injury to cover up his father's various inactions regardless of the family.
And the real Jackie Chan is a world-renowned action star, no matter how rich he is, he never pays attention to his daughter, as if there is no such daughter.
Compared with the movie, a capitalized irony came directly, and the meaning of whitewashing was hidden in it, I don't know, Wu Zhuolin, who is far away, will feel when he sees this movie?
Jackie Chan dedicated his excellent acting skills in "Dragon Horse Spirit", and the professionalism is clear in and out of the play, just like a Jackie Chan Gala show, but the quality of the movie is quite average, there are no highlights, and the flashpoint is not done.
Although the film uses a lot of tribute shots, the father-daughter relationship really can't resonate, and the final effect is to move without action, comedy without comedy, and plot without plot.
The most outstanding emotional pinning of "Dragon Horse Spirit" is on horses and people, and I have to say that this horse is really a drama and can score full marks.
In recent years, the reputation of Jackie Chan movies has repeatedly declined, and since "Zodiac" in 2012, only three works have passed, one is "Heavenly General", one is "British Showdown", and "Dragon Horse Spirit" is the third.
The market is so ruthless and traceable, it is estimated that he himself has realized that he cannot continue to eat old books and make bad movies.