With a cost of over 400 million and a box office of only 21 million, John Woo's new film giving up the Chinese market is the biggest failure

Hong Kong filmmakers, who have been abandoned by mainland audiences in the past two years, seem to be a little floating.

thought that it was the problems of mainland audiences and the film environment that led to the decline of Hong Kong films. completely forgot that it was the mainland audience who renewed the life of Hong Kong films, and even without mainland audiences, Hong Kong films would have been gone long ago.

But mainland audiences didn't expect Tony Leung to shoot "Shang-Chi" and go to South Korea to support the girl group.

Chow Yun-fat praised Korean films at the Busan Film Festival, and Chinese films with weird yin and yang.

Chen Kexin was even more convincing, saying that he would give up the mainland market and make a blockbuster with an international vision, and the first blockbuster was "Sauce Garden Lane".

Interestingly, these people were quickly taught a lesson by reality.

"Shangqi" hit the street at the box office, Tony Leung honestly returned to the mainland market to film, but unfortunately the box office of the two blockbusters "When the Wind Rises Again" and "No Name" were not as expected, and the box office of Chow Yun-fat's "Don't Call Me the God of Gamblers" was even more miserable, Chen Kexin was directly slapped in the face, and "Sauce Garden Lane" returned to the mainland for the record and became a domestic film.

Now this kind of example is going to add John Woo again.

With a cost of over 400 million and a box office of only 21 million, John Woo's new film giving up the Chinese market is the biggest failure!

On December 1, John Woo's Hollywood action film "Silent Night Fight" premiered in North America.

Last weekend, the North American market was a mixed bag, with the musical film "Beyoncé: Renaissance" leading the way, grossing $11.5 million on the first day in North America, and the Japanese film "Godzilla 1.0" dropping $4.72 million on the first day, setting the record for the best premiere of a non-English-language film in North America this year, even better than the domestic market.

"Silent Night Fight", which was released on the same day, was completely ignored.

The box office of the movie on the first day was only 1 million US dollars, and as of December 3, the box office of the first three days of the movie was only 3 million US dollars, that is, about 21 million yuan.

According to online reports, the cost of the production and publicity of "Silent Night Fight" is about 60 million US dollars, which is converted into more than 400 million yuan. According to the current trend, it is impossible for the final box office of the film to exceed 10 million US dollars in North America, and the loss is inevitable.

This time "Silent Night Fight" is the large-scale that Hong Kong directors have in mind, and the positioning in North America is R-level.

Therefore, "Silent Night Fight" directly gave up the release in Chinese mainland, which is simply the biggest failure for the movie, although John Woo is no longer at its peak, but it still has a certain box office appeal in Chinese-speaking areas, even the mainland box office of "Pursuit", which is full of bad reviews, has broken through 100 million, and this "Silent Night Fight" is John Woo's comeback after many years.

Engaging in gimmicks may be able to achieve a box office of more than 100 million yuan in the mainland market, and it can also greatly alleviate the cost pressure of the film.

It's a pity that John Woo completely overestimated his appeal in North American audiences.

The movie focuses on a John Woo's violent aesthetics, and also adds a movie high concept, that is, there is no dialogue in the whole film, of course, the movie has a normal background sound, the so-called no dialogue in the whole film is actually the male protagonist has lost his hearing and speaking ability, the movie unfolds from the perspective of the male protagonist, naturally there is no dialogue, leaving aside this conceptual gimmick.

"Silent Night" is purely a Hollywood assembly-line R-rated action movie product.

Violent elements are full, all kinds of restricted-level pictures are flying all over the sky, what John Woo brings to the movie is the so-called Hong Kong film style, what slow motion, practicing martial arts, coming out with a machine gun to strafe, etc., if mainland audiences watch this film, they still think it is a Hong Kong film in the 90s of the last century? It's 2024, and John Woo is still obsessed with such an old-fashioned way of shooting.

There is no so-called plot in the whole movie, in a simple sentence, the deaf and mute father avenges his son.

This kind of plot is even crazy to inject water, adding a lot of meaningless parent-child dramas, it's just inexplicable, is it that R-rated audiences enter the cinema to watch warm dramas?

Domestic films can't get along, and the first battle of returning to Hollywood hit the streets, and the 77-year-old John Woo seems to have been abandoned by the times.

John Woo is undoubtedly an iconic director of Hong Kong films, and he was once the most successful Hong Kong director in Hollywood.

"The True Color of Heroes" turned over with three frustrated old men, and then John Woo's "Bloody Heroes", "Righteous Heroes", "Across the Seas" and other parts are super classics, as Hollywood conquers the Hong Kong film market, Hong Kong filmmakers have also begun to go to Hollywood one after another to develop.

John Woo's "Broken Arrow" and "Changing Face" have been successful.

It also became one of the first-line Hollywood directors and brought "Mission Impossible 2", which allowed MGM Pictures to spend $150 million on "The Wind Whisperer" in 2002, which shows Hollywood's trust in John Woo at that time.

It's a pity that "Wind Whisperer" failed miserably at the box office and almost bankrupted the film company.

But John Woo returned to the fast-growing mainland market like no one else.

also won the status of a super director, "Red Cliff", "Taiping Wheel", "Pursuit" are all large productions that gather stars from many countries, but we can find that perhaps John Woo is used to international big productions in Hollywood, and every movie likes to use actors from China, Japan, South Korea and other countries, which not only raises the cost of the film, but also does not see a plus for Chinese mainland audiences.

This led to a lot of losses for "Taiping Wheel" and "Manhunt". Especially the box office of the two "Taiping Wheels" is less than 250 million, but the cost of the movie is 400 million.

This made John Woo step down from the altar in the mainland market, and after "Manhunt" in 2017, John Woo has not had a new film for 6 years.

Until this "Silent Night Fight", the embarrassing 77-year-old director hit the street in the first battle of his comeback in Hollywood.

I'm afraid it will be difficult for fans to see the new work of this great director in the future.