You may not believe it, Andy Lau still has more than a dozen movies to make in the next five years! Briefly mention a few: Nobody 2, Cold War 3, Firefighter, Two and a Half Dad, Crisis Route, etc
If this happened twenty years ago, we wouldn't think there was a problem, Liu Tianwang was still very young at that time, and the films he participated in were of guaranteed quality, and the word-of-mouth, box office and other data were good!
But now, Liu Tianwang is old, and the works launched in recent years are very average, not to mention losing money, and the quality of movies is also worrying, such as "The Crowd", such as "Goldfinger", such as the recently released "Mr. Red Carpet"!
According to data: The production cost of "Mr. Red Carpet" is 260 million, and it takes about 800 million box office to recoup the cost, due to various reasons, the box office of this movie is only 94 million, and the box office results allocated by the film party are not enough for Andy Lau's salary!
Generally speaking, actors with box office appeal have a steady stream of filming resources, and there is only one criterion for the success of commercial films: whether you make money or lose, make money, you are good, and if you lose money, you just can't
Although Andy Lau is the king, judging from the recent data of his works, he has lost the ability to "monetize fans", and the box office appeal is getting lower and lower.
To sum it up in one sentence, the default is: the ideal is very happy, and the reality is very skinny!
Andy Lau has more than 70 million fans in a certain sound, which is the most among all the stars in the entertainment industry, and millions of people will watch any update of his work.
Let's simply calculate the account, among the 70 million fans, one in ten people is willing to pay for Andy Lau, that is, 7 million people, a movie ticket is 30 yuan, that is 210 million box office, and the film party can get a box office result of about 70 million!
Therefore, a bold idea appeared in the minds of investors: as long as the cost is controlled, you can make money!
This movie claims that the cost is 150 million, but those who know the film market know that there is a lot of water in it, there are no special effects, and there are no grand scenes, and the biggest cost is the actor's salary, where is the hundreds of millions of expenses?
With the support of the director's "miserable sales" and Andy Lau's strong popularity, "The Crowd" won more than 700 million box office, which successfully made the investor make money!
But not all low-cost movies can invite Andy Lau, "Bomb Disposal Expert 3", "Spreading Anger", "Crisis Route" are all star-studded blockbusters, some have special effects and grand scenes, the cost is in 100 million, and if you can't get more than 1 billion box office, you basically have to lose money!
Since filming a film is a loss, there are two reasons why so many investors are willing to pay for Andy Lau
First, as long as Andy Lau starts work, it means that the crew will have something to eat, and it has nothing to do with the final movie results, which is the same as Louis Koo and Wang Jing!
still remembers a few years ago, when the famous Hong Kong actor Zheng Zeshi participated in "Tucao Conference", he said: In the lowest years of Hong Kong films, it was Director Wang Jing who insisted on filming bad scenes to support a large number of behind-the-scenes film crews.
Indeed, director Wang Jing is a controversial director, who has made more than 200 films, half of which are bad movies, if he was from the audience's point of view, he should have been eliminated a long time ago, but from the perspective of actors, it was Wang Jing's bad movies that fed them
Second, the Hong Kong film and television industry has long entered a state of "green and yellow", old actors continue to make appointments, young actors have no chance, and middle-aged actors in the middle play the second male and third male!
Now active in the Hong Kong film industry are still the old artists we have followed for thirty or forty years, such as Liu Qingyun, Leung Ka-fai, Cheung Ka-fai, Zou Zhaolong, Jackie Chan, etc
Since Andy Lau's debut, he has always been the face of the Hong Kong film and television industry, and his popularity and reputation in the mainland are very good.
Therefore, in the coming years, as long as Andy Lau wants to make a movie, he will get a film contract, as for when this strange phenomenon will end, it depends on whether the new generation of actors can do it!