Jackie Chan's box office appeal is not as good as before, which is an unwilling but undeniable fact.
Looking back at the 7 films starring Jackie Chan from 2012 to 2017:
"Zodiac" (released in December 2012): 881 million yuan, rating 6.7 points.
"Police Story 2013" (released in December 2013): 540 million yuan, score 5.8 points.
"The Lion from the Sky" (released in February 2015): 744 million yuan, rating 5.9 points.
"Jedi Escape" (released in July 2016): 889 million yuan, rating 5.7 points.
"Railway Flying Tiger" (December 2016): 699 million yuan, score 5.2 points.
"Kung Fu Yoga" (released in January 2017): 1.753 billion yuan, rating 5.0 points.
"British Showdown" (released in September 2017) 537 million yuan, with a score of 7.0 points.
We can see that in the past five years, Jackie Chan's "British Showdown", which has the lowest box office, has more than 500 million yuan, and the highest "Kung Fu Yoga" has more than 1.7 billion yuan, which is the champion of the 2017 Spring Festival.
At this time, no one questioned that Jackie Chan was the most stable superstar at the domestic box office at that time.
However, when the hero sees the whitehead, it will happen.
Let's take a look at the box office of movies starring Jackie Chan in recent years:
"Blood of the Machine" (released in December 2017): 41.5 million, rating 4.7 points.
"Detective Pu Songling" (released in February 2019): 152 million yuan, score 3.8 points.
"The Mystery of the Dragon Card" (released on August 16, 2019): 20.83 million, with a rating of 3.6 points.
"Pioneer" (released on September 30, 2020): 294 million, rating 4.4 points
Looking at the works between 2012 and 2017, and comparing the later failed works, one thing is clear, that is, the former works focus on originality, and the creative attitude is much more rigorous, and they are all firmly controlled by Jackie Chan himself, and the works are one by one. If "Blood of the Machine" is Jackie Chan's intention to develop the science fiction theme, although it is a failure, then the two films "Detective Pu Songling" and "The Mystery of the Dragon Card" are obvious mistakes in script selection.
Moreover, Jackie Chan is 69 years old, and for an actor, most of this age has taken a back seat, not to mention an action star.
There is a scene in "Pioneer" where Jackie Chan is about to jump off the building, but the Dubai police on the side tell him, "There are stairs on the side," and the eldest brother listened, "Great, then take the stairs." ”
This plot has been interpreted by many netizens, "No matter how much 5 yuan special effects are, it will not be able to recover Jackie Chan's desperate youth." ”
In this year's "Dragon Horse Spirit", when facing a dangerous action at the end of the film, Jackie Chan stopped and said that this action could not be done.
"I didn't expect me to say something like that." Jackie Chan reluctantly admitted that he was "old".
When asked when you are ready to retire? The big brother's voice choked: "I'm making one less film now, after all, the age is here." Of course, I could retire, but that was boring for me. ”
"My habit is to forget my age," he says, "I always think I'm still young, but sometimes I really can't do it," he said.
Jackie Chan's eldest brother hopes that he can still play his residual heat in his later years, so he still has to keep filming and acting, is he to make money?
I think not, I just can't let go of that movie dream, so that in the eyes of the audience, this dream should have been done a long time ago, but he still stubbornly lives in the dream.
We all know that the gambling king seventy-two also gave birth to a daughter, do we just let him eat and drink idle at home? Of course not, so Jackie Chan still has to keep filming and acting, he still has to be busy in a group of people, because what he dreams of is movies, and if he wants to make money, he must also make money in movies, and even if he doesn't make money, he must stick to it, which is a spiritual pursuit.
Jackie Chan and Andy Lau are the same kind of people.
Although the money has been so much that they can be rich and free in three generations, making movies is not a job for them, but the greatest pleasure in life.
Therefore, we outsiders feel that they are tired and bitter in making movies, but they really enjoy it.