movie "Twinkle Twinkle Star" grossed a total box office of 605 million during the three-day New Year's Day holiday, becoming the 2024 New Year's Day box office champion. It broke 22 records and achieved 66 milestones. Why did this little-known movie achieve such high box office success? Is it just "revenge viewing" by fans of the drama version? In fact, no, even viewers who have not seen the drama version of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Shining Star" will still think that the movie version of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Shining Star" is a good movie.
The drama version of "Twinkle Twinkle Star" is a TV series that combines elements of youth, love and suspense. Its unique narrative techniques and plot settings have attracted a large number of viewers. Wu Qinggong, a non-famous entertainment critic, pointed out: The play is centered on the outstanding performances of Zhang Jianing and Qu Chuxiao, and brings the audience into a world full of fantasy and emotion by showing the dual plot of high school and adulthood.
It is precisely because of the success of the TV series that there is a movie version, starring the same cast, but with a slightly different plot. In the TV series, the heroine Lin Beixing, played by Zhang Jianing, goes back to the past in order to save her love with her boyfriend Zhan Yu. But in the movie, Lin Beixing went back to the past to save the life of the leading actor Zhang Wansen, played by Qu Chuxiao. The suspense setting of the movie is even more exciting than the TV series, so I won’t spoil it.
The TV series version of Lin Beixing is in the same time and space every time he travels, but the time is different. The movie version breaks away from this setting and travels through different time and space. Will the audience feel dizzy after traveling through so many times? Romance movie turned into suspense movie? Into a science fiction movie? In fact, no, another movie of the same name, "Want to See You", adapted from the popular TV series, has this problem.
"Twinkle Twinkle Star" and "Want to See You" are similar in narrative structure and time travel elements. In the drama version of "Twinkle Twinkle Star", the heroine goes back to the past by deleting text messages on her mobile phone. There are slight changes in the way of time travel in the movie version. In the drama version and the movie version of "Want to See You", the male and female protagonists realize time travel by listening to specific songs, and there is no change. No matter which setting, it adds suspense and fantasy to the plot.
The male and female protagonists of "Want to See You" can travel back and forth between different timelines. This setting makes the plot of "Want to See You" even more brain-burning and complicated. Therefore, this is the reason why the box office of "Want to Meet You" is not high, only 403 million. It stands to reason: the drama version of "Want to See You" is much more famous than the drama version of "Twinkle Twinkle Shining Star", so the box office of the movie version should be higher. But just because the movie version of "Want to Meet You" is too complicated and not friendly to "non-drama fans", if you haven't seen the drama version of "Want to See You", you may not understand the movie version of "Want to See You".
The movie version of "Twinkle Twinkle Star" is relatively simple. Even if you have not watched the drama version, you can easily understand the plot. Perhaps the producers of "Twinkle Twinkle Star" learned the lessons from the producers of "Want to See You" . Of course, the marketing of "Twinkle Twinkle Star" was also very successful, which greatly helped improve the box office. Young audiences just like this, and are willing to pay several times more than usual to watch the movie.
