The summer of 2024 is over for Hong Kong films.
The current Hong Kong films seem to have fallen into a spell, the box office of the super IP sequel "Sweeping Drugs 3" is only 284 million, the team of "Infernal Affairs", Andy Lau and Tony Leung's "Goldfinger" box office is also less than 600 million, plus the previous "Tomorrow's War" produced by Louis Koo spent 450 million was a fiasco.
The last hit of a Hong Kong film in the mainland that broke 1 billion at the box office was "Angry Case" in 2021.
Who would have thought that it seems that mainland audiences will lose interest in Hong Kong films overnight, and most of 2024 has passed, and only 4 new Hong Kong films have a box office of more than 100 million, and the box office of the best-performing "Kowloon Walled City" is only 684 million.
Many Hong Kong film fans pinned their hopes on this year's summer file, but unfortunately they lost even worse this time.
Nicholas Tse hits the street, Jackie Chan smashes the signboard, Hong Kong films are facing a dilemma!
The most blockbuster Hong Kong film in the summer of 2024 is undoubtedly Nicholas Tse's "Customs Front", plus "Legend" co-produced by the mainland and Hong Kong.
"Customs Front" is regarded as a key battle between Nicholas Tse and Hong Kong films.
Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen are both old, and the action movies that were once the pearls of Hong Kong films are facing the dilemma of having no successor, and at this time, the box office of "Angry Serious Case" in 2021 will break 1.3 billion, setting a box office record for pure Hong Kong films in the mainland, and it has also restored the hope of Hong Kong films for Nicholas Tse.
It's a pity that Nicholas Tse didn't seize the opportunity.
spent 250 million costs, and as a result, a old-fashioned and boring bad movie was made.
In the end, the mainland box office of "Customs Front" was only 129 million, and the Hong Kong box office was only a little over 10 million.
"Customs Front" has a great impact on Nicholas Tse, according to reports, Nicholas Tse's next "New Police Story 2" and "Infinite Mission" have been suspended!
After Nicholas Tse, Jackie Chan took over.
As a sequel to Jackie Chan's classic movie "Myth", "Legend" has a production cost of more than 350 million, and invited many traffic stars such as Zhang Yixing to star, but the box office was less than 80 million, which is definitely the number one box office tragedy in Chinese film history.
With the successive failures of "Customs Front" and "Legend", mainland film companies are also full of pessimism about Hong Kong films, according to an interview with Chen Luochao, producer of "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City", because Hong Kong films are not as good as expected this year, mainland film companies have decided to temporarily stop investing in Hong Kong films.
We all know that almost all high-cost Hong Kong films in recent years are co-productions, which means that we may not see big-budget Hong Kong films for a long time.
Hong Kong films urgently need someone to stand up!
Hidden in the snow for 3 years, the cost is over 300 million, the National Day file showdown with Wu Jing, can 62-year-old Andy Lau save Hong Kong films?
At present, we can only hope that the big Hong Kong film productions that have been filmed will make a comeback at the box office.
can change the market and the audience's perception of Hong Kong films.
Judging from the upcoming Hong Kong films to be released in 2024, I am most optimistic that Andy Lau's "Crisis Route" will be able to turn the tide!
The film will be filmed in 2021, due to special effects production and masks, the movie was hidden for 3 years before it was set to meet the audience on this year's National Day, the film cost 300 million yuan to produce, Andy Lau is not only the starring, but also the producer of the film.
The movie gathered 20 stars such as Andy Lau, Zhang Zifeng, Qu Chuxiao, and Liu Tao.
tells the story of an international security expert played by Andy Lau who was hijacked on the way to the inaugural international flight, fought against the robbers with his daughter Xiaojun, and saved 800 passengers on the plane, and the film created the world's largest three-story luxury passenger aircraft A380 in a one-to-one real scene.
Coupled with big scenes such as high-altitude action scenes, it can be said to be the most anticipated disaster movie of the year.
However, Andy Lau's opponent is also very strong, this year's National Day file has Wu Jing's "Volunteer Army 2", Xiao Yang's "In and Out of Peace" and many other blockbusters have been finalized, and when the time comes, we can see Tu Hengyu teaming up with Liu Qi to fight Liu Peiqiang's box office show.
The 62-year-old Andy Lau is currently the only superstar in Hong Kong films who still has box office appeal in the mainland market.
Thanks to the cooperation with mainland films in recent years, Andy Lau will have 5 new films in full swing, in addition to "Crisis Route", "The Wandering Earth 3", "Bomb Disposal Expert 3", "Rage" and "Nobody 2" have all begun to prepare or shoot.
Obviously, Andy Lau's blockbusters will determine the market's confidence in Hong Kong films.
I hope Andy Lau can save Hong Kong films again, after all, how many feelings and memories of mainland fans does Oriental Hollywood carry!