This year's Hollywood blockbusters seem to be under a curse.
2023 is almost halfway through, but all Hollywood blockbusters this year have not been as good as expected, "Ant-Man 3" box office 475 million US dollars, "Guardians of the Galaxy 3" box office 551 million US dollars, not to mention "Dungeons and Dragons" such a blockbuster that knocked down my grandmother's house.
Instead, the medium-budget "Super Mario Bros. Movie" sold $1.2 billion at the box office. The R-rated new film "Fast Chase 4" also has 406 million US dollars, but it is worth noting that the box office of "Super Mario Brothers Movie" in the mainland is average, and "Fast Pursuit 4" has not been released in the mainland at all, which means that Hollywood has not yet made a hit in the mainland this year!
According to North American film media news, Hollywood's another trump card "Indiana Jones 5" has overturned this year!
"Indiana Jones 5" cost overrun to 2 billion, North American praise is only 43%!
I believe that Chinese mainland even if you have not seen the "Indiana Jones" series, you should have been amused by a movie screenshot.
In the screenshot, the indigenous people are holding long knives and holding up a few beautiful knife flowers, but I didn't expect that the white protagonist did not talk about martial virtue, and directly solved the battle with one shot, this famous scene comes from the 1981 Hollywood blockbuster "Indiana Jones"!
One of the bridges was created by the starring Harrison Ford laziness, when the crew was filming in Tunisia, the water and soil were not satisfied and the local sanitation was not good, resulting in Harrison Ford suffering from dysentery, originally designed a large section of the scene, but Harrison Ford really didn't want to move, the clever movement turned into a shot during the shooting, the result was excellent, and the director retained.
"Indiana Jones" cost only $18 million and won $380 million at the global box office, winning the annual box office champion in one fell swoop.
Harrison Ford's protagonist Indiana Smith is very influential, Indiana Smith in the film speaks 27 languages, he is a personable archaeologist, but also a cowboy dress, armed with a gun in one hand and a long whip in the other.
In each of the "Indiana Jones", he is looking for various mysterious treasures, but not for money, but for human civilization.
This typical American theme makes Indiana Smith the number one big-screen hero voted by North American audiences! Even Chinese mainland tomb robbery novel "Ghost Blowing Lights" is inspired by reference to "Indiana Jones".
From 1981 to 2008, Harrison Ford starred in a total of four "Indiana Jones" in 21 years, and the box office also rose from $380 million in the first part to $790 million in the fourth, but the reputation has been going all the way down, in the hearts of many fans, "Indiana Jones 3" is the end of the series, followed by dog-tailed mink. But Hollywood really hasn't lived all these years.
In 2020, 80-year-old Harrison Ford starred in "Indiana Jones" for the fifth time.
This time, the producer claims to satisfy the audience's feelings and create a masterpiece of film history, but unfortunately, judging from the movie trailer, "Indiana Jones 5" is still the old routine of 40 years ago, Indiana Jones who has been retired for many years is out of the mountains and explores and fights villains with the heroine.
Can 80-year-old Harrison Ford really be impressed?
Recently, "Indiana Jones 5" premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, the first audience frantically spit on the movie, the most severe evaluation is that the movie 143 points are wasting time, whether it is the plot or the starring role is lifeless, the greatest grave robber in the film industry has left us!
The movie currently has only 43% freshness on Rotten Tomatoes in North America, which is lower than "Fast and Furious 10"!
You must know that "Indiana Jones 5" has huge box office pressure, due to the impact of masks. The filming and production process was delayed in various ways, and it did not start until 2021, and many clips were used to make Harrison Ford younger with special effects, resulting in high costs. The movie eventually overran to $290 million to finish filming, that is, 2 billion yuan! But now it has not been released and the word of mouth has overturned.
The box office prospects of "Indiana Jones 5" are probably not good.
"Fast and Furious 10" is not as expected, and Hollywood's ace this year is "Transformers".
"Indiana Jones 5" has announced that it will be introduced to the mainland for release, and it is also the first time that this series has met with mainland audiences on the big screen, this kind of American hero Chinese mainland the audience will not actually buy it, coupled with word-of-mouth overturning, "Indiana Jones 5" mainland box office is not expected to be high.
Coupled with the already released "Fast and Furious 10", the mainland box office only exceeded 200 million in 3 days after its release. It is estimated that it will set the worst box office record of the series in recent years.
2023 was originally the year of Hollywood blockbusters, but now it seems that the box office has hit the street. Marvel and the "Fast and Furious" series used to be Hollywood's cash cow in the mainland, but now it doesn't work, so can "Transformers 7" help Hollywood fight a turnaround?
"Transformers" used to be the favorite Hollywood blockbuster among mainland audiences
Take the annual crown, break the record in film history that is hand-to-hand, "Transformers 7" is basically a soft reboot of the series, which can be regarded as "Beastman", the biggest problem of the movie is that the ZZZQ element is too heavy, and the movie heroine Dominic Fishback is simply buff stacked.
After watching the crew, I really can't believe that she is the heroine of "Transformers", you must know that it was Megan Fox before!
If "Transformers 7" also pounces, it can really announce that Hollywood is going to lose the mainland market.