Speaking of the most watched movie this year, it is "Detective Chinatown 3", which was moved to this year for release because of the epidemic last year. Originally, when everyone was worried about the box office of the Spring Festival file, the box office of "Detective Chinatown 3" can be described as unexpected, and it has set a record with an overwhelming absolute advantage at the time of pre-sale, especially on the first day of release, the box office directly broke 1 billion, and just two days later, the box office has also exceeded 2.2 billion. According to this trend, the box office of the Spring Festival file will eventually be about 5-6 billion.
Why is it so successful? Naturally inseparable from the setting of this drama "comedy + case solving" form, the general detective films are more rigorous, but the "Detective Chinatown" series integrates the funny into it, especially Wang Baoqiang's own sense of comedy, which also adds a lot of characteristics to this film.
The box office is so successful, there are still many stories behind "Detective Chinatown".
Behind story revealed 1: "Detective Chinatown" was inspired by a run by Chen Sicheng
To say this inspiration, first of all, we must first make a scene of the story line of Chen Sicheng and Wang Baoqiang.
The first time the two people met was when Chen Sicheng filmed "Judge Mother", but at that time, Wang Baoqiang only ran the dragon set, so the two people did not over-read each other.
In 2004, the two people met again in the film "Children of HongqiQu", and Wang Baoqiang also recognized Chen Sicheng at a glance.
At that time, Chen Sicheng was also very moralistic, and directly said to Wang Baoqiang, "Come, brother, please eat a meal." ”
But at that time, Wang Baoqiang was also shy, had no money, and said, "I don't have any money, give you a set of punches as a gift." ”
Although this meal is also very simple, the cost is only 20 yuan, but this is enough to make Wang Baoqiang satisfied. It was this meal that made Wang Baoqiang have an iron brother's affection for Chen Sicheng.
After this time, the two people met again in "Soldier Assault" and also worked together. In this drama, Chen Sicheng also became a good buddy with Zhang Yi and Li Chen. So later, when Chen Sicheng switched to becoming a director, in "Beijing Love Story", they were invited to act.
In fact, at that time, in this "Northern Love", Chen Sicheng also left a role for Wang Baoqiang, but unfortunately, Wang Baoqiang did not have time in the shooting schedule at that time, and did not star.
Because the TV series version of "Beijing Love Story" was successful, Chen Sicheng wanted to make it into a movie. In order to write the script for the film, Chen Sicheng ran to Bangkok, Thailand in 2012 to find inspiration.
On a run with his brother, just passing by Bangkok's Chinatown, Chen Sicheng looked at these scenes, and then looked at his brother, and suddenly came inspiration, the elements of inspiration are: detective, case solving, Chinatown. Characters: Obscene uncle, small fresh meat.
Just do it, so there is the prototype of "Detective Chinatown".
Behind story revealed 2: For Wang Baoqiang, Chen Sicheng and the crew waited for 40 days.
After having this idea, regarding the candidate for this obscene uncle, Chen Sicheng immediately thought of Wang Baoqiang.
Before the filming of "Detective Chinatown 1", in order to be more in line with the image of the character, Chen Sicheng found an actor with a Guangdong household registration and asked Wang Baoqiang to learn the accent.
The location of the first "Detective Chinatown" was selected in Thailand, and the staff also set up the scene in Thailand, and then there was the problem of the actors being ready. But Wanwan did not expect that at this time, Wang Baoqiang was injured in the filming of "Real Man", and the doctor said that it might take half a year.
Half a year can be good, which is undoubtedly a thunderbolt for the crew, because if you delay shooting for one day, the crew will have a great loss. Investors also strongly demanded a replacement, but Chen Sicheng tried to protect Wang Baoqiang.
When Chen Sicheng heard the news of Wang Baoqiang's injury, he immediately rushed to the hospital, and Wang Baoqiang originally wanted to quit the role for the progress of the crew. But before he could speak, Chen Sicheng said, "It's okay, we'll wait for you." ”
This sentence made it difficult for Wang Baoqiang to refuse.
Finally, in order to wait for Wang Baoqiang to return to the crew, Chen Sicheng waited for Wang Baoqiang for 40 days under tremendous pressure.
In an interview, someone asked Why Wang Baoqiang only cooperated with Xu Zheng in one "Tai 囧", but with Chen Sicheng on three "Detective Chinatown"?
Wang Baoqiang also said without hesitation, "Because Chen Sicheng understands me better." ”
Behind the story revealed 3: Liu Haoran filmed the first "Detective Chinatown" film remuneration of only 10,000 yuan
After having the obscene uncle's human design, this small fresh meat human design is really a problem.
The "Detective Chinatown" series is Chen Sicheng's painstaking effort, naturally it is also necessary to choose a more recognizable male protagonist, the reason why Liu Haoran is determined naturally also has a story.
As early as 2014, Chen Sicheng was also carefully selected for the role of small fresh meat in the play in order to shoot the movie "Northern Love".
However, what is surprising is that liu Haoran was only paid 10,000 yuan when he participated in the first part of this "Detective Chinatown", but because Liu Haoran's acting skills are very solid, many scenes are one over, so he also got a nickname in the play, called "Liu Yiyi".
Behind story revealed 4: The supporting role only appeared for 5 minutes, but was paid 3 million films
"Detective Chinatown" 1 out of many people's expectations, has achieved unprecedented success, Chen Sicheng's ambition is even greater, at that time an idea was born, to make Chinatown detective into China's first detective IP, naturally there is a second, third and more.
But when filming the second part of "Detective Chinatown", a supporting role only appeared for 5 minutes, but the film was paid 5 million, which is really amazing. Who, exactly?
It is in it to play the super high IQ of the "computer hacker " KIKO", she also appeared in the third part, although there are not many shots, but the popularity is also super high.
Behind story revealed 5: Liu Haoran's mathematics was tutored by Wang Baoqiang
When filming "Detective Chinatown"1, Liu Haoran had to prepare for the college entrance examination in addition to filming. I have to say that Liu Haoran is also a bully, and finally was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama with a good score of 454 points in the professional course and 454 points in the cultural class.
In a later interview, Liu Haoran revealed that his mathematics was tutored by Wang Baoqiang.
Therefore, if you want to get a high score, you still have to believe in Bao Qiangge.
The Backstory Reveals 5: Q's True Identity!
When watching the first two parts of "Detective Chinatown", many people are speculating about who Q really is, but few people can guess it.
However, in the third part, this mysterious veil was finally unveiled, Q's real identity is not a person, but an organization, there are many people in this organization, including Song Yi, Tanaka Naoji, etc., at the end of the final film, there are also andy Lau's shots, so if there is no accident, the next Chinatown detective, Andy Lau will also be one of the main actors.
With the three parts of "Detective Chinatown", Chen Sicheng also became the first director to break the box office of tens of billions, I have to say that he is indeed worthy, but also look forward to the fourth "Detective Chinatown", next year's Spring Festival file, goodbye!