Recently, there have been two Korean films that have taken off in China.
One is "Night Owl" directed by Antae Jin and starring Yoo Junyeol and Yoo Hae Allah, which has been purchased by Chinese producers with a lot of money to create a Chinese version of "Night Lord".
This time it took a lot of money, breaking the highest price in the history of Korean film remake rights, it seems that this is preparing to spend a lot of money.
Costume suspense production, to be honest, it is a bit difficult, in addition to Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige in the mainland, there is only Lu Yang left, in other words, don't let Bao Bell participate in this kind of project.
There is also "Broken Tomb".
In April this year, the film landed at the Beijing International Film Festival Carnival Midnight Film Festival, and I believe it will be hard to find tickets at that time.
In addition, the film was recently released in Hong Kong, China.
So, what is the feedback of the Chinese audience on this film, and how is the Hong Kong box office performing? What is the movie about?
1. Hong Kong box office.
On Thursday, April 11, the Hong Kong market ushered in the opening of three new films, which had a great impact on the local film "12 Monster Thieves" and the monster blockbuster "Godzilla vs. Kong 2".
Ranking fifth is "12 Strange Thieves" starring Jiang Tao, with a daily box office of 115,000 Hong Kong dollars and a cumulative total box office of 18.09 million Hong Kong dollars, which is quite good.
The fact that this film can have such a high box office is inseparable from Jiang Tao's fan stickiness, as the top in Hong Kong, Jiang Tao proved himself with his strength this time.
"Civil War" directed by Alex Garland and starring Kirsten Dunst, received 190,000 Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong premiere, ranking fourth.
Garland's representative works include "Annihilation" and "Ex Machina", both of which are very good at the box office, and the latest action movie "Civil War" continues to maintain Garland's high-reputation work style, and the North American word-of-mouth was released in advance, with 86% on Rotten Tomatoes and 78 points for MTC media word-of-mouth.
What's more interesting is that the Hong Kong translation directly became "The Collapse of American Imperialism", which is simply too powerful.
"Godzilla vs. Kong 2" ranked third, Hong Kong opened for two weeks, the rate of gold absorption slowed down, and the single-day box office on Thursday earned 210,000 Hong Kong dollars, before the release of the new film, this film is still the king.
The Japanese animation "Volleyball Boy!!!" won the championship, and the first box office exploded with 1.06 million Hong Kong dollars.
As an animation with a sports competition theme, it almost replicates the origin and popularity of "Slam Dunk", so it is logical that this animation has a strong IP value and a huge fan base, and the box office exploded.
The film will land in Chinese mainland on June 15, and fans will be able to see it at that time.
The runner-up was "Broken Tomb".
The Hong Kong premiere box office earned HK$310,000, and this week's holiday is very likely to explode.
Second, the cost and the global box office.
It is learned that the production cost of "Broken Tomb" is 14 billion won, equivalent to 74.2 million yuan, which is a production of this level can only be regarded as a medium scale in mainland films, but it is a proper large-scale production in South Korea.
The cost of 9.8 billion won is much higher than the previous blockbuster "Train to Busan", and the cost of "Extreme Escape" is not much different, because they have a small local population and the box office income is equivalent to our province, so the cost of film production is not so high.
"Broken Tomb" opened in South Korea on February 22 and became a Korean phenomenon film in 2024, winning the box office for six consecutive weeks, and even the global hit "Dune 2" couldn't beat it.
Compared with China, which is equivalent to "Hot and Hot" in the Spring Festival, the current box office in South Korea is 82.71 million US dollars, and the number of moviegoers has exceeded 11 million.
South Korea has a total population of 51.68 million, and almost one in five South Koreans went to the cinema to see the movie, and the mobilization was close to Ma Dongxi's action blockbuster "Crime City 3".
Last year's hit movie "Seoul Spring" broke the 10 million moviegoers in 32 days, and "Broken Tomb" broke the record of "Seoul Spring" in only 31 days, becoming the biggest box office movie in South Korea in 2024.
As a horror thriller genre film, "Broken Tomb" has surpassed the box office record held by "The Cry", and this advantage is still gradually expanding, and the popularity is quite high, and some countries in Southeast Asia are in theaters.
This weekend, the global box office of "Broken Tomb" will exceed 100 million US dollars, which is about 720 million yuan, and then compare the cost, directly 10 times the income, and then the producer will make more money.
However, the pressure of "Broken Tomb" is also coming, because Ma Dongxi's "Crime City 4" will be released on April 24.
3. Audience word-of-mouth.
After the Hong Kong premiere of "Broken Tomb", the score was lifted, and the audience scored 8.1 points, and word of mouth was released one after another.
Brother Brown excerpts a few short comments for reference only:
Comment 1:
The culmination of the occult of the East. It's rare to successfully incorporate certain elements into a commercial masterpiece and still tell the story beautifully and attractively.
Comment 2:
For fear that the audience will feel that the ticket is a loss, buy one get one free, one movie is stuffed with two complete genre stories, and the second half of the movie mutates into a hot-blooded monster movie, I really didn't expect it.
Comment 3:
Far beyond expectations, if the same subject matter is easy to be treated as rash and intemperate in our place, such a film belongs to the model of genre films and main themes, recommended.
Comment 4:
In an indirect way, it tells the stories of the unknown buried in history, and the oppressed who cannot speak.
Most of the audience gave four stars, and the Douban score also opened a score of 7.0, for this type of film, it is not easy to have such a reputation, a good movie must have a good reputation, otherwise the box office will collapse quickly.
Fourth, Lin Zhengying's anti-Japanese drama.
"Broken Tomb" is an original work written and directed by Jang Jae-hyun, and the cast lineup includes Choi Min-sik, Kim Go-eun, Yoo Hae-jin, Lee Ji-hui, etc.
The synopsis of the movie story is as follows:
It first happened in the United States, a wealthy Korean family gave birth to a baby, still a big fat boy, and the family was overjoyed.
Unexpectedly, the newborn baby has been crying inexplicably, and he has tried everything, but he can't coax it.
This kind of crying day and night frightened the family.
Subsequently, he was sent to the hospital.
After tossing and turning in the hospital for half a night, all the examinations were checked again, and the results showed that there was no pathological condition, and the child's physiological function was normal.
But how can this cry be solved?
So, they thought of the side door.
Through the relationship, they found two master-level characters, Hua Lin and Fengji, who are "god sticks" in our local dialect, which are equivalent to demon hunters in "Monster Hunting".
The family offered them a generous bounty to make sure their children were healed.
Hanabin and Bongji were warmly welcomed when they first arrived in the United States, and after a short rest, they began to work.
The meter shows that the abnormal crying of the child stems from family genetic problems, and if you want to cure it, you have to "break the tomb".
If you want to complete this series of operations, you have to find two more respected experts to join, they are Shang De who shows others Feng Shui and Rong Gen, the undertaker.
As soon as the tomb was opened, the horror came.
A lot of unbelievable things happened after that.
Unravel the mystery even more back to the thirties and forties of the last century.
It turned out that the owner of this ancestral tomb was not simple, that is, the child's grandfather turned out to be a famous "big traitor" in South Korea.
South Korea, like China, was once invaded by Japan, and in that special era, traitors who betrayed the country and sought glory appeared.
Speaking of which, everyone should understand.
The second half of the movie turned out to be an anti-Japanese drama!
Its core ideas are "patriotic" and "anti-war".
The overall story structure can be divided into two parts, the first half is the same as Lin Zhengying's Hong Kong movie, and the second half has been transformed into an anti-Japanese theme.
Lin Zhengying, I believe many partners know it.
The genre films he created are no less than Stephen Chow's nonsensical comedies.
Lin Zhengying is a filmmaker in Hong Kong who specializes in making special types of films, and is very popular in Hong Kong and even throughout Southeast Asia.
Lin Zhengying has a high status in the Hong Kong film industry, and his films have their own unique creativity and skills, and every time a movie comes out, it can cause a sensation.
In addition, in terms of creating a terrifying atmosphere, Lin Zhengying also has his own uniqueness, whether it is special effects, plot, modeling, or imagination, it can give the audience creepy and thrilling visual effects.
What's more, in addition to horror and suspense elements, Lin Zhengying's movies also incorporate comedy, action, love and other elements, making the film more interesting and entertaining.
This has earned him the love and support of many fans and audiences.
In the final analysis, "Broken Tomb" is an anti-Japanese drama under the coat of Lin Zhengying, and the main creator made a strange film full of imagination, because the subject matter is scarce, so it sold well at the box office.
V. Conclusion.
This kind of movie, with our approval procedures, may not be able to be made for a long time, because there will be no filmmaker to write such a script at all, and everything is in vain if you can't get the dragon standard.
However, there is also good news at present, and the things that were taboo before have now made a qualitative breakthrough.
The movie "Invisible Friends" in Taiwan Province of China has been confirmed to enter theaters, but it is only waiting for the finalization of the file, and it is found that there is none, it is all these things, and it is impossible to release it before.
I hope that our horror genre films will get a big breakthrough in the future, no longer a disease or a dream, and I also hope that genre films like Lin Zhengying can rise again!
Do you have anything to say about "Broken Tomb"?