Recently, two more Hollywood news came out.
First, Sony Pictures announced that it will continue to develop "Spider-Man 4" with Marvel Studios, and it has been confirmed that the regular cast Dutch brother and his girlfriend Zendaya will return, and the director will be handed over to the Chinese director Lin Yibin, and the film will be released in 2026.
The other is that "Stunt Maniac" was the first to land in the Chinese market. On April 23, the film premiered at the 14th Beijing International Film Festival, and at the same time, on April 25, it was released on a large scale in Hong Kong, China.
So, how did the Hong Kong premiere of "Stunt Maniac" perform at the box office?
Is word-of-mouth good or bad?
What other new films will be released in Hong Kong?
1. The premiere was 430,000 Hong Kong dollars, and Gosling beat Zhang Jiahui to win the runner-up.
Unlike the opening of new films on Friday in the mainland, a batch of new films will land in the Hong Kong market every Thursday, so Hong Kong audiences can basically enjoy Hollywood movies for the first time.
On April 25, the Hong Kong box office charts were released on Thursday, and the top three were "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM", "Stunt Maniac" and "Volleyball Boy!!Dump Showdown".
The top 10 consists of three Hong Kong films, three Japanese films, three Hollywood films, and one Korean film. Zhang Yimou's "Article 20" and Han Yan's "Let's Shake the Sun Together" did not break into the top ten.
Wu Kangren and Zhu Ziyan's "I Wish People Were Long" and Zhong Xueying's "Lyrics L" ranked fifth and tenth respectively, and they no longer have any competitive advantage for the time being.
Guy Ritchie's "Top Secret War" starring "Superman" Henry Cavill, on the eighth day of its release in Hong Kong, collected only 60,000 Hong Kong dollars at the box office in a single day, ranking seventh.
The Hollywood monster movie "Godzilla vs. Kong 2" is nearing the end of its Hong Kong release, with a total box office of HK$24.31 million, basically completing its mission.
The Korean film "Broken Tomb", which attracted huge attention, once again received 120,000 Hong Kong dollars at the box office in a single day, ranking fourth, and the total box office in Hong Kong has been open for 15 days, with a cumulative total box office of 6.06 million Hong Kong dollars, and there is no phenomenon that it is difficult to find a ticket.
This film has landed on the streaming platform and has been tested by a large number of ordinary audiences, the high reputation has not continued, and the Douban score has dropped from 7.2 points to 6.9 points.
In my opinion, "Broken Tomb", like the just-released "Embroidered Spring Knife: Infernal Purgatory", has been treated as an anti-genre film in the end, which is also the biggest highlight of the film.
A total of four new films broke into the top 10 on Thursday.
The animated film "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM" hit HK$930,000 at the box office and won the championship with a unique momentum, and its main box office came from the pre-sale priority show.
Mobile Suit Gundam has been around for 45 years since its release in 1979, and its global influence is evident in the fact that Southeast Asia has amassed a large fan base, many of whom have Gundam figures in their homes.
This is the same as the previous animation of Hayao Miyazaki, as well as "Slam Dunk", "Volleyball Boy!!Garbage Dump Showdown", "Spy Play Codename: White", the theatrical version premiered, of course, fans will enjoy it for the first time, and it is not surprising that the premiere box office is high.
It is learned that the introduction of this film in the mainland has been determined, and it has not yet been finalized.
Ranked sixth is "April Girlfriend" starring Takeru Sato and Masami Nagasawa, which only collected HK$65,000 at the box office on the first day.
The film is adapted from the novel by Genki Kawamura, and the synopsis of the story is as follows:
Fujishiro, a doctor played by Takeru Sato, and Yayoi, played by Masami Nagasawa, are preparing for their wedding, and at this time, Fujishiro's ex-girlfriend sends a lot of letters from abroad.
At the same time, his fiancée Yayoi suddenly disappeared, is there any connection between his ex-girlfriend's letters and Yayoi's disappearance?
Fujishiro decides to launch an investigation to find out the truth......
"April Girlfriend" will be released on May 18 in the mainland, and Douban's reputation is not outstanding, and there may not be any film schedule, and the probability of "cannon fodder" is extremely high.
Zhang Jiahui's suspense film "Super Detective" hit the Hong Kong box office, with only HK$49,000 on the first day, ranking eighth.
The movie is directed by Huang Mingsheng, Zhang Yishang, Tan Yaowen and others participated in the performance, Zhang Jiahui switched five personalities by himself, and his acting skills were quite explosive, but the plot was too mysterious, in other words, the vast majority of the audience would have a feeling of "confusion" after watching the film.
Huang Mingsheng is preparing to challenge Nolan, hypnosis, dream theft, and parallel universes are all used, and the case is broken apart, no wonder the mainland is directly on the streaming media.
In addition, what does Zhang Jiahui mean by going on like this? Is he ready to become a "box office poison" like Aaron Kwok?
is also the opening of a new film, Gosling's "Stunt Maniac" premiered 430,000 in Hong Kong, beating Zhang Jiahui's "Super Detective" and won the runner-up.
If you exclude the priority box office of the theatrical version of Gundam, in fact, "Stunt Maniacs" won the championship, and I believe it will be able to detonate this week's holiday.
The film is directed by David Leitch, who has a strong ability to control commercial films, and his representative works include "Bullet Train", "Fast and Furious: Special Operations", "Extremely Cold City", etc., and there is no bad movie in the movies he directed independently.
It tells the story of a stuntman who takes place on and off the set.
Previously, the mainland was scheduled for May Day, and later it was released on May 17.
Second, the word-of-mouth of "Stunt Maniac" was released.
After the large-scale release in Hong Kong, the scores were also released one after another, and the audience scored 7.4 points, which is quite good for comedy action films.
In addition, the overseas reputation of this film has also been fully lifted.
IMDB had 1,500 viewers score 7.4;
On the MetaCritic (MTC) media platform, 18 media outlets systematically evaluated and scored "Stunt Maniac", and the overall word-of-mouth was as high as 78 points.
Among them, 16 gave five-star praise, 1 thought it was decent, and 1 media gave a bad review, and the media had a good reputation;
On the Rotten Tomatoes film critics platform, 53 professional film critics evaluated "Stunt Maniac", 89% on Rotten Tomatoes, and the popcorn index has not yet come out.
Brother Brown excerpts a few short comments for reference only:
Comment 1: David Leitch, who was born as a stuntman, really understands the industry thoroughly, and makes a popcorn movie full of good stalks, a retro black action comedy tune, and an explosive tribute to the makers behind the movie.
Comment 2: The rhythm in front is a bit chaotic, and the back third is finally pulled back. Romance, suspense, comedy, a love letter to a stuntman.
Comment 3: It's just a blast in my heart, a long-lost romantic comedy, plus a tribute to the golden age of action movies in the eighties and nineties, and all kinds of hilarious jokes, the most surprising thing is that the core of the script is a crime genre film, even similar to a film noir.
Short comment 4: Beijing Film Festival check-in, the rhythm is bright, the action is smooth, and the laughter is sufficient, it is the most comfortable popcorn movie I have seen in recent years......
Vulgar script. But it's really funny, it's a relaxing film at the festival! Gosling fans give a bonus of five stars.
From the above data, it can be concluded that "Stunt Maniac" will be another high-quality Hollywood film that has swept the global box office after "Godzilla vs. Kong 2".
3. Highlights of Hong Kong's May Day.
Next week will usher in the annual May Day file, what will be the highlights of the Hong Kong film market?
Brown brother combed as follows:
There are four film re-releases, namely "GIVEN to the Future", "City of God", "24-hour Carnival Party" and "Chongqing Forest".
There are also three new films that have been opened on a large scale.
One is "The Challenger" starring Zendaya, which will be released in Hong Kong on May 1.
A "Crime City 4" starring Ma Dongxi is scheduled to be released in Hong Kong on April 30.
There is also a film starring Louis Koo, Sammo Hung, Yam Xianqi and Lin Feng "The Siege of the Kowloon Walled City", which opened in Hong Kong on April 30.
Ma Dongxi vs. Gu Tianle, who will kill the deer, let's see!
Well, that's all for you at Thursday's single-day box office, and we'll continue to share it when we have time next week.