"The truth is demonstrated in words. - Tang Lei"
Competition for supremacy is an objective reality.
Whether it is the era of Double Monday in the past, the rise of new idols, the decade of decline of Hong Kong movies, the post-golden era, or even now that the afterglow has been seen, it is unavoidable.
Any giant has experienced many battles and cannot be ignored.
They have been around since the 1980s and 1990s, and they are still firmly at the top today.
Putting aside the issue of uneven quality of fans, each of them actually has his or her own strengths, which can be studied, appreciated, analyzed and used for reference.
The Lunar New Year festival in the movie market has begun.
Andy Lau came with "Stealth", Tony Leung with "Goldfinger", and Aaron Kwok came with "The Temporary Heist".
In the current winter of Hong Kong movies, a topic that has attracted much attention has been put on the table.
Who will be able to turn the tide?
sounds like a coincidence.
Andy Lau was named one of the "Five Superstars" ten years after his debut, Aaron Kwok won the annual crown from Shuangyi Cheng after ten years of debut, and Tony Leung Chiu-wai became famous internationally at the beginning of the new century.
And the movies they starred in have all been dubbed "bailout".
is also known as "Infernal Affairs" and "Cold War". Even in the last ten years, the two films "Cold War" and "Wushuang" can be called a shot in the arm for Hong Kong movies. They have made Hong Kong filmmakers and Hong Kong people Movie fans discovered that once a police and gangster movie is made, it can become a popular subject for everyone.
Of course, after "Warriors", as "Cold War 3" was no longer available, there has never been another one. It can be said that it is a Hong Kong-style police and gangster that has impeccable reputation and box office, and is extremely influential. Movie.
When will this movie come out and will it come out?
is still difficult to talk about.
As for the reason, I won’t go into details.
After all, everyone knows about the problems of Hong Kong movies.
In the future, whether traditional Hong Kong-style police action and crime movies can still take the lead will have to wait for time and the market to verify.
For example, Nicholas Tse was the only star of the "Golden Mesozoic" in Hong Kong film industry in the past.
He seems to want to copy the glorious path that his predecessors have walked, that is, relying on action and scenes, armed with gunfire, violence and risk of death, to regain his strength, whether it is the completed "Customs" This is true for "Battleline", the ongoing filming of "Rage", and the planned filming of "New Police Story 2" and "Infinite Mission".
No one can predict the outcome.
However, how Hong Kong movies should be produced remains unclear.
The three Hong Kong movies followed each other closely, and even two of them were "fighting" in the same film.
This situation is rare.
In terms of schedule selection, there may be reasons for it, but since the deal is done, there is no need to do more analysis. What is more interesting now is how the box office and word-of-mouth outcomes of the three movies will turn out.
fans support each other, there is nothing to say.
At present, the three movies are still at the stage of their own criticism, but they will soon "see red with the bayonet".
On December 29, "Stealth" will be the first to appear, and "Goldfinger" will be released the next day. On January 19, 2024, "Provisional Heist" will be officially released.
Judging from the schedule, it seems that "Temporary Heist" is slightly inferior.
But not necessarily.
Judging from the film schedule and pre-sales, both "Stealth" and "Goldfinger" are not optimistic.
On the first day of release of "Stealth", the current pre-sales exceeded 10 million, and nearly a quarter of the films were scheduled. "The Annual Party Can't Stop!" was released on the same day. ", as well as "The Third", "Tides of Fury" and "Aquaman 2: The Lost Kingdom" which have been released for some time, the final film schedule is likely to be around 20%.
"Goldfinger" was directly suppressed by "Twinkle Twinkle", and the first day of filming was quite worrying.
Its current pre-sales are slightly lower than "Stealth", but roughly the same, and the general trend of the first-day film lineup has been determined. "Twinkle, Twinkle" has a huge pre-sale and will occupy nearly 40% of the film lineup. Several other new films have been Compressed within 20%.
This trend is likely to continue throughout the holidays.
Unless word of mouth plummets directly.
Based on this current situation, even if "Twinkle Twinkle" is a typical traffic movie, it will inevitably cause considerable box office troubles for other movies.
Therefore, other movies can only hope for a long-term comeback.
From this point of view, the schedule of "Temporary Heist" is not all bad. Although
does not have a holiday bonus, the magnitude and popularity of its competitors on the same day are relatively weaker. In this way, it may not be too squeezed in the film arrangement.
The film arrangement analysis of "Temporary Heist" does not need to be put on the agenda yet.
At present, there are also some word-of-mouth reviews from various channels.
Filter out the shouting from fans and some self-media big Vs. It may be understood that "Stealth" is still a traditional Hong Kong-style crime movie, and "Goldfinger" is still a strange case that everyone is accustomed to. works, while "Temporary Robbery" maintains a leisurely pace of announcements for the time being, and its popularity is growing reasonably well.
Relatively speaking, "Temporary Robbery" may make the audience more interested in attending.
The reason lies in the subject matter and actor performance.
The comedy genre itself is uniquely endowed, and Aaron Kwok's image subversion this time is actually the first time in his career.
No one has ever seen Aaron Kwok, who has buck teeth, stutters, is reckless, polite and sometimes fierce, sometimes confused, and sometimes careless. "Love", and recent films such as "Blood in Search of Plum Blossoms" and "Wushuang" are not on the same level in terms of image subversion.
Even "saying thank you" has a tendency to become a buzzword.
This trend is certainly good.
Therefore, the advanced predictions of third-party media have also been revised and began to trend upward.
"Stealth" and "Goldfinger" are both in the range of 300 to 500 million. This data has not changed, and it is also a reflection of the current trend of weak Hong Kong films.
"Temporary Heist" has been revised from the initial 60 million to 7,000 and 80 million, and there is also a prediction of up to 300 million.
With the increase in prediction media and the gradual acceleration and intensity of movie announcements, the prediction data for "Provisional Heist" is expected to increase to a certain extent.
box office range of 300 million to 500 million.
is relatively rational.
This is applicable to both "Stealth", "Goldfinger" and "Temporary Heist". However, based on the scale of investment, "Temporary Heist" has a relatively greater chance of winning in terms of profit.
If you want to ask, who will be able to turn the tide? It is estimated that
is impossible.
However, "Temporary Heist" may have the trend of being a dark horse.
can wait and see.
