Why can't Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang get box office box office like professional directors like Wu Jing and Jia Ling?

Wu Jing's box office revenue reached 20 billion, and the domestic film and television industry seems to have really ushered in a new era.

Jackie Chan praised the scripts he had been writing for decades, but not to 20 billion. Wu Jing did this in four films.

In particular, as a director, Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior 2" still topped the list with a box office of 5.6 billion. In addition, Jia Ling's "Hello" Li Huanying earned 5.4 billion at the box office and became a new director in the film and television industry.

Not to mention Chen Sicheng, who has become a popular figure in many capitals with the "Tai 囧" series, while Xu Zheng is known for his comedy and once opened a domestic 1 billion box office club with "Tai 囧 embarrassment".

In the domestic film and television industry, cutting-edge directors with high box offices seem to have ushered in an explosive wave and appeared in front of the audience.

Box office records are getting higher and higher, giving the audience a feeling. If a movie doesn't have $2.3 billion at the box office right now, they'll be embarrassed to say they're the director.

In addition, some young viewers believe that the era of Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang is over.

I think they're basically clean, old and unattainable.

When Feng Xiaogang barely broke through $100 million at the box office of "Fanghua", he also sighed on the social platform, making the audience feel that the original Feng Cannon was broken.

As for Chen Kaige in an interview during the Fire at Chosin Lake, he said:

Even if the total box office of "Chosin Lake" reaches 10 billion yuan, it will no longer cooperate with Wu Jing.

Wu Jing is a good actor and will not find any mistakes, but he does a good job as a director.

When we were shooting Chosin Lake, Wu Jing was always busy, doing two jobs alone. I think we are superfluous.

Zhang Yimou also needs Xu Zheng to make emotional adjustments in the guest played by Xu Zheng in "My Parents and Me".

The three major domestic directors have had different degrees of this feeling.

As a result, some people laugh at them that when they're old, they don't abdicate, as if there's only one box office standard to measure the quality of a movie.

This view is clearly unreasonable.

Not to mention Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang, etc., they also have wonderful moments, and even set records in the Chinese film industry.

Zhang Yimou has won many international A-level film festival trophies. Needless to say, Chen Kaige's "Farewell to the King" is still one of China's most famous films 28 years later.

Feng Xiaogang is a director who created the concept of Domestic New Year's Day.

Each of them had the opportunity to become box office champions, especially Zhang Yimou's hero, which forced many Hollywood blockbusters to become box office champions that year.

Also, to measure the quality of a movie, box office performance is important, but it's not the only criterion.

A typical example is the box office of Stephen Chow's Journey to the West in Hong Kong, which can be said to be a loss.

But many years later, after fermentation, the reputation of "Journey to the West" has become a classic in the eyes of many people.

Because the film itself has commercial and artistic attributes.

Most of Xu Zheng and Chen Sicheng's films are mainly commercial films, and commercial films are mainly commercial attributes.

Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige's films mostly focus on artistic pursuits, and occasionally produce some commercial films.

Therefore, it is inappropriate to compare the directors of commercial films with those who pursue artistic films.

After all, the box office of art films is difficult to compare with commercial films.

I believe that no one thought that Li Huaying would surpass "Farewell to the King" in terms of artistic achievements.

Second, the two generations of directors lived in different eras.

Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige lived in an era when the domestic economy was not developed.

At that time, the people who could pay for movies were either petty bourgeoisie or big money.

The audience base is small, and naturally does not contribute much to the box office.

Chen Sicheng and Xu Zheng lived in an era when the domestic economy required them to take off. Now, people spend tens of dollars to watch movies, which is basically a daily pastime.

The potential of the domestic film market began to appear.

If the economy continues to take off and the domestic film market continues to develop, there may be more than 10 billion movies in the future.

At that time, it can be said that so-and-so's movies have exceeded 10 billion. Is it superior to Chen Sicheng and Xu Zheng at the director level?

Obviously, this is unreasonable, so there is no need to use the high box office of Chen Sicheng and Xu Zheng to look for the low box office of Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige.