Since the release of Jackie Chan's new film "Dragon Horse Spirit", the box office performance has not been as expected.
At present, it has been released for 9 days, and the total box office is only more than 130 million, which is 6 times less than "Journey to Lingya", and nearly 2 times worse than Feng Xiaogang's "Loyal Dog Bagong".
The proportion of films in theaters has also dropped from 28% to 14% now, and even the attendance rate is only 2.7%, which is nearly half lower than "Journey to the Bell Bud", which has been released for more than 20 days.
On the whole, the box office and word-of-mouth performance of Jackie Chan's new movie are not too good, and the Douban score has been hovering around 6 points, and many viewers also question the plot of the film to force sensationalism.
In addition to the controversy of the film itself, Jackie Chan also frequently caused controversy when conducting roadshow promotion.
Recently, it was rumored on the Internet that Jackie Chan was asked to refund his ticket on the spot during the roadshow of Communication University of China, not only that, but the audience also questioned how Jackie Chan could make such a bad movie. The whistleblower also emphasized that just after the audience asked for a refund in front of Jackie Chan, the roadshow scene also broke out into thunderous applause.
As soon as this revelation came out, it was undoubtedly very embarrassing for Jackie Chan.
According to the meaning of the whistleblower, a kung fu superstar was complained by the audience in front of him for making a bad film, and was also asked to refund the ticket, on the one hand, it was saying that the movie was ugly, and on the other hand, it also plunged Jackie Chan into controversy again.
However, just when netizens were hotly discussing, this matter ushered in a big reversal, and it was confirmed by other viewers at the scene that Jackie Chan was asked to refund the ticket on the Internet, which was actually a big oolong incident.
According to media reports, other viewers at the scene restored what happened and denied the rumors on the Internet, and the audience said:
At Jackie Chan's roadshow scene, the classmate who asked for a refund on the Internet did not actually ask Jackie Chan to refund the ticket, let alone say "how to make such a bad movie".
The student just said, "Although this movie is free, I don't like this film, and if I need to make up the ticket money, I can transfer the ticket money to the staff." ”
As for the "thunderous applause at the scene" spread on the Internet, the student also explained that the reason why the audience applauded was not because the audience asked for a refund, but after Jackie Chan responded to the classmate's criticism on the spot.
In the face of the classmate's "criticism", Jackie Chan was not angry, but humbly accepted and responded, "I need to hear your voice, where the shooting is not good, I can learn a lot every time, thank you for your criticism."
Jackie Chan's sincere attitude was recognized by the audience, which led to the "thunderous applause" spread on the Internet.
I have to say that Jackie Chan's new film, from the beginning of preparation, to the early publicity and the roadshow after its release, can be described as "controversial":
First, Jackie Chan boldly used Liu Haocun as the starring role.
As we all know, Liu Haocun has been complained by some netizens because of acting skills and other issues, so from the official announcement of the movie to the release of Liu Haocun, to the beginning of the film, the doubts of netizens have not stopped, and some netizens even bluntly said that "if there is Liu Haocun, I don't watch it", this situation will undoubtedly have a certain impact on the reputation and box office of the film.
Second, the quality of the film.
I don't want to comment too much on this, I personally think it can be called a passing work, but some viewers think that the quality is not good, so let's see it.
It can be seen that Jackie Chan really tried his best to promote this movie, but from the point of view of effect, it not only frequently caused controversy, but also did not improve much at the box office.
I don't know how much the film's final box office will be, but one thing is certain:
No matter what the final result is, Jackie Chan will continue to make films, and we should not deny his great achievements in the field of film because of the performance of a movie.