Hong Kong actor Wu Zhenyu is really getting more and more popular, three movies starring Wu Zhenyu have been released in the past two months, and some netizens say that Wu Zhenyu is busier than Louis Koo and Andy Lau. Although they are all starred by Wu Zhenyu, the box office gap between the three movies is not a little bit worse, and the box office of two of the Hong Kong movies is not as good as a mainland film, is the Hong Kong movie so bad?
Screenshot of real-time box office data of Maoyan Movie
In the movies starring Wu Zhenyu in the past two months, "Silent Killing" is a mainland film, directed by Malaysian director Ke Wenli, and "Customs Front" is a Hong Kong film, directed by Hong Kong director Yau Litao, these two are now in theaters; Another "Negotiator" is also directed by Qiu Litao, which is almost offline, and the cumulative box office in the mainland is 1560 million.
"Customs Front" was released for eight days, with a cumulative box office of 105 million, and today's box office forecast will not exceed 5 million, not far from the offline line, if there is no major accident, the final box office of "Customs Front" is lower than the 300 million predicted by the editor last week, almost 150 million box office. "Customs Front" is a blockbuster produced by the Emperor, with an investment of 200 million and a box office of 150 million, which is a blood loss, and the singer Jacky Cheung and the emperor's first brother Nicholas Tse can't bring the box office of Qiu Litao's movie. Wu Zhenyu can be regarded as a cameo performance in "Customs Front", and his role is average.
Wu Zhenyu plays the second male lead in "Negotiator", in fact, this movie is the role of two heroes, and Wu Zhenyu's role is on par with the male number one Liu Qingyun. "Negotiator" and "Silent Killing" have a lot of comparability, let's compare "Negotiator" and "Silent Killing" today to see where Hong Kong movies lose.
Promotional poster for the movie "Silent Killing".
"Silent Killing" and "The Negotiator" are both remakes. Do you feel that the story of "The Negotiator" is the best screenplay by Qiu Litao? Because it is adapted from the classic movie "Ace vs. Ace", the foundation of the story is good; The 2024 version of "Silent Killing" is a remake of the 2022 version of "Silent Killing", the name of the movie has not changed, and the story has not changed significantly, the director is still Ke Wenli, but a group of actors have been changed, but the Douban score is much lower, with five percent of the audience giving a low one-star rating, it seems that there are still many viewers who do not approve of "Silent Kill".
However, it does not hinder the high box office of the "Silent Kill" movie, it is estimated that the box office of the "Silent Kill" movie today is 70 million, which is the daily crown of the box office, and the estimated total box office has also risen from 400 million to 800 million. The box office of the two movies "Customs Front" and "Negotiator" combined is 300 million, and they were really beaten by "Silent Killing".
"The Negotiator" movie promotional poster
Judging from the cast of "Negotiator" and "Silent Killing", Liu Qingyun must not lose to Wang Chuanjun, Wang Chuanjun became popular for playing the leader of the electric fraud group in "All or Nothing" last year, and this time he played the male lead in the campus bullying movie "Silent Killing", it seems that Wang Chuanjun likes to act in movies with hot themes, and hot topics can indeed boost the box office. Watching "Negotiator" and "Customs Front" again is really an old-fashioned theme, except for watching the wonderful acting skills of Hong Kong actors, there is really not much to watch.
Qiu Litao is a well-known fast gunner in the Hong Kong film industry, since his "Anti-Drug 2: Heaven and Earth Showdown" and "Demolition Expert 2" achieved a billion+ box office, Director Qiu has made several movies a year, but the box office has hit the streets, and even affected the decline of the reputation of the entire Hong Kong film. On the other hand, Ke Wenli works slowly and meticulously, polishing a theme with heart, and "Silent Killing" is a second remake.
"Silent Killing" is under the banner of a suspense film, but it is not suspenseful at all, and the raincoat killer played by Wang Chuanjun has been exposed early, but it is full of blood, and the timid should watch it carefully. Where do you say Hong Kong movies are losing?