The premiere won 421 million, "Hot and Hot" won the runner-up, and Jia Ling took over from Stephen Chow to face Shen Teng

"In order to win, I want to fight once!" - an excerpt from the subtext of the movie "Hot and Hot".

In 2021, before "Hello, Li Huanying" was opened on a large scale, Jia Ling once made a bold statement: "If the box office breaks 3 billion, I will be thin like a lightning bolt." ”

The words spoken are like water spilled out, and promises are in front, how can they be child's play?

So, while Jia Ling lost weight, she made a movie called "Hot and Hot", the reason why she can be like this is because she is a well-known comedian in China, and her fat has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

So, what is the quality of this film made by Jia Ling by the way? What is the degree of completion? Can the box office still replicate the myth of "Hello, Li Huanying"?

With these questions, Brother Brown walked into the theater to experience it for himself, and when he walked out of the theater, I gave Jia Ling a thumbs up again, one word: Awesome!

1. Box office.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year in 2024, the Spring Festival stalls officially kicked off, and the market hit 1.365 billion on the first day, which is slightly higher than the box office of 1.357 billion on the first day of the Spring Festival stalls in 2023, which is about 8 million higher, and is basically flat.

The top three are "Flying Life 2", "Hot and Hot" and "Bear Infested: Reversing Time and Space".

This year's Spring Festival file ushered in a total of eight new films, with a huge disparity in the ladder, and the competition for the head is quite fierce, which can be roughly divided into four categories:

The first category is at the level of "cannon fodder". For example, the animated films "Eight Rings: The Nether of the Canopy" and "Huang Pi: The God of Wealth Cat from the Sky" ranked seventh and ninth respectively, with one getting 82,000 and one getting 730,000.

Due to the small number of films, it is expected that after the three-day tour of the theater, there will be little left in the schedule, and it will completely become a "cannon fodder" film during the schedule, losing the opportunity to compete with other films.

The second category is the struggling level at the bottom. Representative works include Ning Hao, Andy Lau's "Mr. Red Carpet", Han Yan's new work, Peng Yuchang, Li Gengxi starring "Let's Shake the Sun Together".

The box office of these two new films is less than 50 million, and the predicted box office is only about 200 million.

The third category is the leisurely and leisurely level. They are the cartoon "Bear Infested: Reversing Time and Space" and Zhang Yimou's "Article 20", which ranked third and fourth on the list.

"Reversing Time and Space" is the tenth big movie of "Bear Infested", after years of accumulation, Huaqiang Fantawild has two sets of very mature creative teams, and is fully qualified to come out with a new work every year.

The box office is rising, one step a year, this year is conservatively expected to be 2 billion There is no suspense, "Bear Infested" seems to have become a big IP of domestic animation, they have made the refinement to the extreme, and the children are looking forward to it.

In recent years, Zhang Yimou has found the box office password of the theater, and the carefully selected script has ensured the quality of the film.

The production cost of these two films is quite low, and the box office has the ability to hit more than 2 billion, and the filmmakers can really have a good time.

The fourth category is for the championship level.

Directed by Han Han and starring Shen Teng, "Flying Life 2" earned 428 million on the first day of painting, narrowly beating "Hot and Hot" with a box office advantage of 7 million, and won the box office championship on the first day of the Spring Festival.

Jia Ling's latest work "Hot and Hot" premiered and won 421 million yuan and won the runner-up.

These two films have been on the bar since the pre-sale, and they have almost reached the point of staggered competition, whether it is the first day of film scheduling or attendance, one side has never opened the gap.

The results of "Hot and Hot" are not simple, and the national theater managers have arranged 130,000 performances for this film, which is 45% higher than "Hello, Li Huanying", and is the top seed player in this year's Spring Festival championship.

If this achievement is maintained, it is still possible to achieve a box office of 4 billion, but if you want to surpass the 5 billion box office myth of "Hello, Li Huanying", there is still a box office gap of 1.4 billion, only because the reputation of the movies in the same schedule this year is too good.

Second, the quality of the movie.

It is also strange to say that most of the films associated with "boxing" are easy to explode.

Hollywood has the "Rocky Series" and the "Creed Series", and in the mainland, there is Ellen Marley's "Iron Fist of Shame", and last year's Wang Baoqiang's "In the Octagon Cage" and so on.

"Hot and Hot" also uses this theme, and the story prototype is adapted from the Japanese high-scoring movie "100 Yuan Love", which tells the story of a waste material who falls from the bottom of life and then fights back to redeem himself.

Du Leying, played by Jia Ling, stayed at home after graduating from college, and in addition to eating and sleeping every day, she was completely detached from social communication.

In desperation, she could only run away from home, wanting to change her life with her own hands, at this time, she met fitness coach Haokun (played by Lei Jiayin), when she thought that life was about to get on the right track, she didn't expect that her hot life had not officially begun.

Life is really bad for her, her boyfriend and best friend (played by Qiao Shan and Li Xueqin) backstabbed her, her sister (played by Zhang Xiaofei) wanted to rob her house, the part-time job boss (played by Xu Juncong) did something to her, the coach dived her and did not admit it, and she also posted money, and her distant cousin (played by Yang Zi) used her to appear on camera for an interview.

The TV interview was the straw that broke the camel's back, and on that stormy night, Du Leying was reborn in a state of boxing to change her once worthless self.

The overall completion of "Hot and Hot" is quite high, very inspirational, and the first impression is that it is true and sincere, with laughter and tears, and there are many outstanding places that are worth savoring.

First, flashbacks.

There are a lot of blank shots in the first half of the film, and finally make up for it through flashbacks, bringing reversals to the film, such as transferring the house to his sister, and giving his ex-boyfriend's girlfriend a wedding as a bridesmaid, promising his cousin to faint on stage, etc.

Jia Ling has this kind of very simple shot to tell the audience that this movie is made with heart, and the flashback of just a few dozen seconds sublimates the film to a higher level, and the performance technique here is the same as "Hello, Li Huanying".

Second, the long shot of boxing.

In the second round of the boxing match, the shooting technique of one shot was used to the end, and Du Leying was beaten for about three minutes.

Jia Ling held on, she recorded the whole process of Du Leying from physical exertion to finally collapsing on the stage, and the audience called it real after watching it, and the appeal was great.

Third, the soundtrack is very good.

In terms of soundtrack, the movie has also reached a super high level, with Zhou Shen's "Little Happiness" at the beginning, Wang Sulong's "Hidden Star" when he was in love with the coach, eight seconds down to the boxing ring, and Zhao Yingjun's "Send You a Little Red Flower" and so on.

A couple of interludes are just right and serve as the finishing touch.

The overall quality of "Hot and Hot" is quite good, and Douban has a high reputation of 7.9 points, laying a solid foundation for the film to achieve long-term sales.

3. Jia Ling.

The biggest selling point of the movie is Jia Ling, Jia Ling posted a long post saying: "In order to protect the audience's viewing experience, she won't show up before the movie is released." ”

From the completion of this movie to the release of the movie, Jia Ling refused the invitation of "Ace vs. Ace", except for friends in the circle, no one knows her current situation, after watching the movie, I once doubted that Jia Ling, who had lost weight in the film, was made with AI special effects.

It wasn't until CCTV Sixth Princess interviewed Jia Ling live on February 10 that I found out that she really paid a lot for this movie, to what extent?

In almost a year, she gained weight from 170 pounds to 210 pounds, and then successfully lost one Yang Zi from 210 pounds.

Yang Zi weighs about 100 pounds, in Lei Jiayin's words, it is "a bag of cement".

Jia Ling was like this before.

It was like this before.

That's the case today.

Around the world, there are five characters who can be called masters of comedy, namely Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carrey and Stephen Chow.

Stephen Chow's comedy style is "nonsensical", and in the 90s of the last century, he created many classic works, such as "Journey to the West", "Jiupin Sesame Official", "Truant Dragon", etc., whose body language and lines made the audience laugh.

But since "Shaolin Football" and "Kung Fu", Stephen Chow has only starred in one "Yangtze River No. 7", and since then, he has directed a work every three or five times, and he has not starred in a comedy movie in the past 16 years.

The follow-up "Mermaid", "Journey to the West" and "The King of New Comedy" are also mixed, a bit out of the past, if Stephen Chow closes the mountain, who can take over the baton and take charge of Chinese comedy?

In the Chinese film industry, in addition to Stephen Chow, filmmakers who can make achievements in comedy are Feng Xiaogang and Shen Teng.

First of all, Feng Xiaogang, who created a Chinese New Year film, is now getting worse, the box office of the New Year's Day comedy "If You Are Honest Do Not Disturb 3" barely exceeded 100 million, and he has now encountered the current situation of the starring movie with a high box office and the director's works hitting the street.

To say that Feng Xiaogang can't keep up with the times is really not to belittle, at present, he can no longer replicate the box office explosion of "No Thieves in the World".

followed by the rising star Shen Teng. With the popular happy twist actors Shen Teng, Ma Li, Allen, etc., who became popular in the Spring Festival Gala, they gradually transferred to the big screen after being well-known to the audience, and the transformation was quite successful.

All movies starring Shen Teng can almost explode at the box office, which we call "Han Teng".

Then there are Huang Bo, Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang, but since the end of the "Embarrassment" series, they rarely cooperate anymore, and the box office is not very ideal.

There are also comedians such as Zhao Benshan, Guo Da, and Pan Changjiang, who are okay in TV series, variety shows, and cross talk sketches, but they can't eat it on the big screen at all.

Now there are two more comedians, the male is Dapeng and the female is Jia Ling, and they are fully capable of taking over from Stephen Chow.

Needless to say, Dapeng produced five new films last year, half of which reached about 1 billion at the box office, and the box office of "The Annual Meeting Can't Stop" in the New Year's Eve file has now reached 1.288 billion.

Jia Ling, who was born in cross talk sketches, only filmed one "Hello, Li Huanying" before, and the box office exploded 5.4 billion, a single movie can't explain much, if you continue to produce high-quality masterpieces, it will be another matter.

The current "Hot and Hot" is really tough, and from the current box office trend, this film is very likely to finally win the champion film of this year's Spring Festival.

Now Jia Ling's second work can face Shen Teng's "Flying Life 2" head-on, and Jia Ling's identity is not only an actor, but also the important task of director, which Shen Teng can never control.

It can be said that Dapeng and Jia Ling are fully capable of taking over from Stephen Chow and becoming the "peerless double pride" in the Chinese comedy industry.

III. Conclusion.

The central theme of "Hot and Hot" is to win for herself, how can she win this one-sided match? The answer is given at the end of the movie, insisting on playing the whole match, or hitting a professional player, is a win for her.

Once for herself, the daughter asked her father if she had two apples, one large and one small, and her friend wanted them, which one would she give them?

The father thought that his daughter must be very popular like this, but the daughter said that they all thought that I didn't like apples.

The daughter replied, "It depends on the mood!"

The end of the movie is well handled.

When the female protagonist Jia Ling was invited by the boxing coach and the male protagonist Lei Jiayin.

"I don't like bullfrogs," she said. Another day, depending on the mood!"

The core of the original "100 Yuan Love" is love, and the core of "Hot and Hot" is inspirational life and yourself.

Now that the premiere box office of "Hot and Hot" has earned 421 million, I don't know if Jia Ling is in a good mood?