Recently, 60-year-old Maggie Cheung revealed her recent situation.
She and her friends appeared at Art Basel Hong Kong, which was very different from Donnie Yen's wife Wang Shishi and Tony Leung's wife Carina Lau.
In the photo, Maggie Cheung is wearing a mask, her figure looks a little thin, and she is dressed very casually, without the dress of a noblewoman at all.
Some netizens said, is this Maggie Cheung's comeback to shoot Reuters photos? Is there a work to come out this time?
We didn't wait for Maggie Cheung's latest work, but we waited for a Lou Yixiao touch porcelain Maggie Cheung's work - "New Dragon Gate Inn"!
So, is this remake of the movie ruining the classics or surpassing the classics? After watching the movie, Brother Brown summed it up as follows: Speechless! "New Dragon Gate Inn" will be a word-of-mouth box office hit.
Let's take a look at the specific analysis.
First, the box office is the first to pounce.
The Qingming file in 2024 is very powerful, not only breaking the historical box office record of the schedule, but also allowing imported films to regain some face.
Hayao Miyazaki's animated film "What Life Do You Want to Live", the monster movie "King Kong vs. Godzilla 2", and DreamWorks Animation's "Kung Fu Panda 4" won the championship, second and third place.
Cinema movies are in full swing, is it the same for online movies?
On April 6, the box office list of online movies was released, and the top three were "New Dragon Gate Inn", "Cat Demon Strange Tan" and "Snakeskin Beauty".
Judging from the top of the list, the difference between the box office of online movies and cinema movies is still quite large, the box office of all films has not exceeded 500,000 in a single day, and the number of moviegoers is also very small, and the audience is not interested at all.
The fantasy adventure film "Snakeskin Beauty" starring Liu Di and Shang Na won the third place, with a single-day box office of 279,000, and a cumulative box office of only 1.44 million in the first three days, and the total box office is expected to stop at 4 million, and there is a high probability that the cost will not be recovered.
Zhang Rongrong starred in "The Legend of the Cat Demon" ranked second, with a daily box office of 420,000 and a total box office of 930,000 in 2 days.
Lou Yixiao starred in the premiere of "New Dragon Gate Inn" and won the championship, but the gold content of this championship is too low, only 460,000 on the first day, only 35,000 more than the second place box office.
Although this is an online movie, the production cost is not low, and according to the finished effect, Brother Brown predicts that the budget cost is about 15 million.
The main expenditure consists of three components:
First, costume movies involve a lot of scenery, props, costumes, and makeup. For example, the construction of the ship and the ancient building, or the set costume after going ashore, and the costume of the actors (props and makeup), all of which are costly.
Second, this costume movie is a little different from the previous martial arts films, and a lot of special effects have been added to the movie, such as illusion and the dragon. This requires a lot of time and money for special effects production, although the special effects of this film belong to the five-cent level, but it cannot negate the team's efforts.
Third, this movie invited Lou Yixiao and Chen Zhipeng, Lou Yixiao is well-known for "Love Apartment", Chen Zhipeng is a member of the Little Tigers, and almost everyone knows him.
They are not top first-line stars, but there will always be an appearance fee of 1 million per person, and there are also rising traffic stars Liang Sen, Lu Danni, etc., these actors also have to spend money to invite, and the group performance part is quite heavy.
Therefore, based on the above three points of analysis, the budget cost of "New Dragon Gate Inn" is not a big problem of 15 million, but the box office on the first day is too low, according to this trend, the final box office may be around 6 million to 8 million.
The producer can lose nearly half, but I didn't expect Lou Yixiao to touch porcelain Maggie Cheung and lose the wheel!
2. Re-enactment of the inscription.
What kind of movie is this remake of "New Dragon Gate Inn"?
Before talking about this movie, let's first learn about Maggie Cheung's version of the classic "New Dragon Gate Inn".
The plot is summarized as follows:
During the Ming Dynasty, Cao Shaoqin, the Dongchang played by Donnie Yen, wanted to cover the sky with one hand, so he forged a holy decree to kill Yang Yuxuan, the secretary of the military department, and wanted to use his children to lure out Yang Yuxuan's subordinate Zhou Huai'an (played by Liang Jiahui).
Qiu Moyan, a chivalrous girl played by Lin Qingxia, and the heroes of the rivers and lakes pulled out their swords to help, rescued Yang Yuxuan's children, and met at the Longmen Inn, waiting for the opportunity to get out.
The proprietress of the Dragon Gate Inn played by Maggie Cheung, Jin Zhuyu, is sincere to the handsome and dashing Zhou Huai'an, and a big war is coming......
This version of "New Dragon Gate Inn" is produced by Tsui Hark and directed by Li Huimin, and when it was released, it encountered many Stephen Chow movies before and after, but the final box office still won 21.5 million Hong Kong dollars, you must know that it was 1992.
The following year, the film was favored by the awards season, and won a number of nominations for the Hong Kong Film Awards, and after time precipitation, the Douban score of "New Dragon Gate Inn" stabilized at 8.7 points, becoming one of the top 250 classic movies.
Let's take a look at Lou Yixiao's "New Dragon Gate Inn".
The film is made up of four forces:
The first force is gold and jade, and their group used the boat as a cover and disappeared into the rivers and lakes for several years;
The second force is Zhou Huai'an, secretly protecting Qiu Moyan and a box - the coastal defense secret map;
The third force is the puppeteer played by Chen Zhipeng, who has been tracking down the whereabouts of the confidential map with three of his subordinates;
The fourth force is Dongchang Jinyiwei, they found the figure of the Japanese and prepared to eradicate it, but found that the strength was weak and followed.
In this way, the forces of the four parties converged on the ship of gold and jade.
The movie is said to be a remake, but in fact, part of it is an adaptation, and the other part has the shadow of a sequel in it.
Maggie Cheung's version of "New Dragon Gate Inn" takes place in the desert outside the Saiwai, mainly the story of the heroes of the rivers and lakes fighting the commander of the East Factory, Qiu Moyan finally disappeared into the quicksand, a typical martial arts film;
And Lou Yixiao's version of "New Dragon Gate Inn" takes place at sea, mainly the story of Jianghu chivalry and Dongchang cooperating to defend against foreign enemies, Qiu Moyan has become a loyal daughter, and only she can open the box.
In addition, there are many sequel stories in it, such as Jin Zhuyu's second marriage, Jin Zhuyu, Zhou Huai'an and Qiu Moyan's emotional intersection, etc.
What is the reputation of "New Dragon Gate Inn" this time?
Let's take a look at everyone's complaints:
Some fans said: "Watching while playing with your mobile phone, a standard bad movie." ”
"Lou Yixiao is no longer popular like this? Shooting this kind of thing, I can't get easy when I look at it. ”
"It's so rotten that it's spicy eyes, what kind of bull ghosts and snake gods are this. Does the performance have to show the thighs? In the end, it forcibly sublimates the idea of the movie. ”
Another said: "I didn't feel the slightest feeling for more than an hour in the whole film, and after Lou Yixiao's plastic surgery failed, I couldn't even watch it with a performance." ”
"Forget it, the thighs are not beautiful, they are really not beautiful!"
Some fans said unceremoniously: "To be honest, Lou Yixiao's filming of this kind of online is better than live broadcasting." ”
I believe I don't need to say anything, Lou Yixiao's version of "New Dragon Gate Inn" has also gained a good reputation, plus the previous box office hit the street.
It's okay now, not to mention surpassing the classics and paying tribute to the classics, this is a direct word-of-mouth box office blow, and the classics are the most completely destroyed.
3. Lou Yixiao's remake touches porcelain.
Recently, the remake trend has prevailed, and since Chen Sicheng's remake of the Indian film "Manslaughter" achieved a high box office a few years ago, many domestic filmmakers have set their sights on overseas high-quality films.
Last summer, "All or Nothing", which Chen Sicheng supervised and invested, and Jia Ling's "Hot and Hot" during this year's Spring Festival are both remakes, and they have also achieved good results at the box office.
Now the remake has spread to online movies, and several have been released in the past two months, such as Peng Yuyu's "New Jiupin Sesame Official" and Zhang Hao's "Brother Hao's County Ya" are all blatant remakes, including Zhang Rongrong's "The Legend of the Cat Demon" also has the concept of remake.
Why are filmmakers so keen on remakes?
First of all, the remake can directly touch the porcelain classic movie.
In the past, Peng Yuyu touched porcelain Zhou Xingchi, Zhang Hao touched porcelain Jiang Wen, Zhang Rongrong touched porcelain Chen Kaige, and this time Lou Yixiao touched porcelain Maggie Cheung.
Regardless of whether the box office is good or not, the popularity will not be bad, and after the Internet exposure, many writers are also willing to write such movies, which will increase publicity and distribution.
Secondly, there is no need for an original script, as long as you buy the copyright, you can remake it casually.
The original script is the soul of the movie, whether it is good or not directly determines the quality of the movie, and a good script is something that many filmmakers can encounter but cannot find.
For example, Zhang Yimou met "Alive", Jiang Wen met "Let the Bullets Fly", Chen Kaige met "Farewell My Concubine", Donnie Yen met "Ip Man", Tony Leung met "Infernal Affairs", etc.
If there is a jewel in front, then why bother to be original? Just shoot it directly, which can reduce the production cycle, as well as the IP value, the probability of hitting the street at the box office will be reduced a lot, and it will be easier to shoot.
This is the main reason why remakes of movies are endless, you look at Bao Bell, now it is dedicated to remakes, and it can also be mass-produced remakes, regardless of whether he looks good or not, after the remake, there will always be audiences who will pay for it.
In addition to top stars, many second- and third-tier actors, when they reach a certain age, capital is reluctant to hold them up, and they gradually disappear from the public eye.
A few years ago, Zhao Wenzhuo and Chen Haomin basically became resident actors in online movies, even if they are head stars, sometimes they will come to the Internet to play, you see Wang Jing, Donnie Yen, Ren Dahua and Zhang Jiahui are also doing very well.
Since Lou Yixiao "Love Apartment", there are very few opportunities to receive a good script, after all, female actors will be over 35 years old, and there will be fewer and fewer roles that meet the requirements.
This time, Lou Yixiao took over the filming of "New Dragon Gate Inn", and she may also have her own unavoidable hardships, although she was defeated by Maggie Cheung this time, but Brother Brown thinks that the problem is not big, as long as she maintains a high exposure rate, she is always still in this circle, and the opportunity is given to people who are useful to prepare.
IV. Conclusion.
Not long ago, the old drama bone Li Li posted a video and sighed: It's all old!
and attached photos of Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and his gray hair and beard, netizens really didn't feel good after watching it, after all, these actors have been with us for decades.
April 7 is the day Jackie Chan posted to celebrate his 70th birthday and responded to the reason why his hair and beard are gray, it turns out that he has been filming all along.
Maggie Cheung, who is the same era as Jackie Chan, has been out of film for more than ten years now, and after checking her work schedule, there is currently a reality show variety show "Unrepeatable", which she will participate in.
The other is Jia Zhangke's "Two Heroes", which starred Maggie Cheung in 2011, and now 13 years have passed, and I don't know if I can see Maggie Cheung on the big screen in my lifetime.
I think that if Maggie Cheung makes a comeback again, the repercussions will be no less than Stephen Chow's own movie, when the time comes, are you willing to contribute a movie ticket?
Do you have anything to say about Lou Yixiao's "New Dragon Gate Inn"?