The box office market in December was very lively. "Game of the Brave 2: Fighting the Peak" and "The Gathering at Southern Station" were all overwhelming, which together set off the first wave of box office craze for the Lunar New Year.
And "Two Tigers" released at the end of November had to give up the box office champion. After 9 days of release, the total box office finally exceeded 200 million. Zhao Wei and Ge You tried their best. The stamina of "Two Tigers" is cool!
, as the most anticipated Chinese comedy blockbuster recently, "Two Tigers" is coming aggressively. The film gathers popular celebrities such as Ge You, Zhao Wei, Qiao Shan, Fan Wei, Yan Ni, etc., especially Ge You is a comedy master who can be called a mainland national treasure, and is the first Cannes movie winner in China.
Ge You sits in town, coupled with the popular actress Zhao Wei, the famous comedy star Fan Wei, this lineup is really amazing.
However, it is a pity that the box office after the release of "Two Tigers" is very average. The box office on the first day was only 46.25 million, and the total box office for the first three days was only 137 million. For such a guarded lineup, this box office is really true. too low.
Previously, many viewers predicted that its total box office could exceed the 1 billion mark. At present, "Two Tigers" has only been released for 9 days, which is worth more than 200 million. The final box office can reach 220 million. It is not bad that Ge You + Zhao Wei + Fan Wei. The comedy lineup can also lose! The word-of-mouth of
"Two Tigers" is also very general, with Douban only 6.2 points, just past the passing line. For a comedy master like Ge You, this rating is undoubtedly very embarrassing. Can the former Cannes actor also fail to hold up the reputation?
The plot design of the film is very old-fashioned, the rich man is kidnapped, and then let the kidnappers fulfill their wishes, and the kidnappers are moved in mission after mission. Such a plot may have been very novel 20 years ago, but it has obviously been ruined in today's movie market. The
film seems absurd and humorous, but the chicken soup style of lines does not satisfy many audiences. Even if a comedy boss like Ge You sits in town, many places are still very awkward. It can be seen that director Li Fei really wanted to tell a good story, but even with so many outstanding actors in front of him, he could not make a good work, and his level was quite limited.
In fact, in the past two years, Chinese comedy seems to have entered a bottleneck period, and many of the previously anticipated comedy blockbusters are not particularly ideal at the final box office.
In the summer of 2018, Shen Teng's "The Richest Man in Xihong City" was defeated at the box office of 2.5 billion by Xu Zheng's "I'm Not the God of Medicine" at the same period.
2019 Spring Festival file "Crazy Aliens" directed by Ning Hao and starring Huang Bo and Shen Teng gathered a number of popular comedy big names. In the end, the box office only won 2.2 billion, which is far from the 4 billion box office expected; "Comedy" "The King of Comedy" Zhou Xingchi directed "The New King of Comedy" Douban as low as 5.7 points, setting a record low star master movie ratings in the past 20 years.
is even more embarrassing, "Crazy Aliens" 2.2 billion + "Speeding Life" 1.7 billion + "New King of Comedy" 623 million, the sum of the box office of the three comedy blockbusters, unexpectedly not the same period "Wandering Earth" 4.655 billion The box office is high.
This is the worst loss for a comedy against a science fiction film!
In 2016, "Mermaid" set a new record in Chinese film history with 3.386 billion yuan. Just three and a half years later, there are now 4 Chinese movie history with a box office of over 4 billion yuan, one military action film, one cartoon, one Science fiction, a Hollywood superhero blockbuster, none of them are comedies.
Among them, Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior 2" made a national sensation with a box office of 5.68 billion, becoming the only Chinese film in the top 100 global box office history. The
comedy is indeed easy to sell, but the box office ceiling has become increasingly difficult to break through.
Chen Sicheng and Wang Baoqiang added "reasoning" to the comedy. "Detective Chinatown 2" is a big hit, but the total box office is only 10 million higher than "Mermaid", which is far from "Wolf Warrior 2". Although the upcoming "Tang Detective 3" is aggressive, it is still very difficult to exceed 4 billion.
Although "absurd comedy" like "Two Tigers" has invited Ge You to sit on the floor, the box office still fails to explode. Where is the future of Chinese comedy?
I have to say that the audience's appreciation level is getting higher and higher, especially the various jokes on the Internet, and the jokes are quite high. Want toIt is indeed getting more and more difficult to make a comedy that is hilarious for the whole people...
Now the mainland box office market is booming, especially the strong rise of Chinese heavy industry blockbusters. Movies such as "Wolf Warrior 2" and "Wandering Earth" will be It is the highlight of the box office market in the future, and how should the once-popular comedy be transformed?
Of course, comedy films are always in demand in the film market, and they are not destined to be reduced to a niche like kung fu films. But in the face of the strong rise of heavy industrial blockbusters, what can comedy films use to compete?
