Recently, there was a very funny thing, that is, a man in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, was forced by life and came up with the idea of robbing a gold store.
So, he carried out this act on the evening of January 18th. However, in the past three hours, he was arrested and all the robbed jewelry was recovered. It was really a game and a dream.
are no different!
This reminds me of Huang Bo grabbing the bread and running wildly at the end of "Crazy Stone"; or Fan Wei holding an ax in "A World Without Thieves" and saying to the passengers: "Beat... Fight...robbery!"
This is really a bit laughable. This year's Lunar New Year holiday also welcomed a film of the same type. This is the comedy "The Temporary Robbery" starring Aaron Kwok, Lam Jiadong and Ren Xianqi.
So, as the most blockbuster film before the Spring Festival, how does it perform? Let the author, Brother Fei, tell you one by one.
1. Box office prediction, will you lose money?
The schedule of "Temporary Heist" is not favored by the industry, but it takes great courage to dare to put the film in this schedule.
As we all know, after the baptism of the New Year’s Eve schedule, the most important schedule is the Spring Festival. Many viewers will choose to relax and watch a few movies during the Spring Festival.
Before this, although it included half of the winter vacation, it was still called the darkest moment of the theater chain, because during this period, there had been no high-grossing movies in the past years.
"Temporary Robbery" is scheduled to be released to the audience this Friday.
The mainland box office rankings were released on January 20. According to the Saturday box office report, the market totaled 129 million, a 68.8% increase from Friday. The top three for were "The Annual Meeting Cannot Stop", "Temporary Robbery" and "Golden". finger".
There are four new films on the list this week.
The animated film "Porpoise: Dance of the Wind" received 2.73 million on its first day, ranking ninth. The holiday schedule for primary schools across the country is not uniform, and the real outbreak period of winter vacation has not yet come, so the film still needs to be followed up.
This fantasy animation with Chinese style elements, if it doesn't get good reputation, don't expect to get high box office.
The costume fantasy film "A Thousand Bones" starring Chen Duling and Li Chengbin became the "cannon fodder" film in this week's schedule. It only grossed 3.01 million at the box office after its premiere, ranking eighth.
National theater chains gave this film a share of 11.4%, second only to "The Annual Meeting Can't Stop" and "Temporary Robbery". However, the attendance rate is really disappointing, only 1.3%. With such sluggish data, It will definitely affect the next film arrangement.
"A Thousand Bones" is very likely to be a two-day tour in theaters. There is no way, the competition in theaters is so fierce, who says the film quality cannot be outstanding.
This film follows in the footsteps of the movie versions of "Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossom" and "Zhu Xian". These films all have a common feature. First, they have the blessing of the original work and a super powerful IP; second, the previous TV series have good reputations. ; Third, the movie version was a hit at the box office. How to crack
, a popular TV series, can achieve high box office and good reputation when adapted into movies. This is a problem that current screenwriters need to solve. If the adaptation is not in place, it is not recommended to rush to the big screen.
After all, theater movies require a huge investment of real money. In this regard, we have to look at "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Greatest Hero" directed by Tsui Hark, Xiao Zhan and Zhuang Dafei.
The sixth place is the domestic animation "Happy Superman: Time and Space Rescue", with a first-time revenue of 4.48 million on Saturday, and there will be more gains in the following winter holidays.
Last week’s schedule, Jason Statham’s action film “The Beekeeper” and Bao Beier’s remake of the comedy “What’s in the Zoo” ranked fourth and fifth respectively. After nine days of release, the cumulative box office exceeded more than 60 million, showing good performance. Average.
won the second place with the film "Temporary Heist" highlighted in this article.
There were nearly 108,000 screenings scheduled for the day after the film was released. The box office on Saturday increased by 46.5% month-on-month, with a total of 58.92 million. predicts that the box office will reach 200 million.
After watching the movie, Brother Fei concluded that the biggest expense of this film is the actors' remuneration, that is, the remuneration of the first actor Aaron Kwok is slightly more expensive. The rest of the budget is not large, and the total investment is estimated to be between 100 million and 150 million.
The theater box office needs to reach between 300 million and 450 million to recover the production cost. Before the Spring Festival, there is no suspense about "Temporary Robbery"'s mainland box office reaching 200 million.
In addition, this film is scheduled to be released in Hong Kong on the first day of the Lunar New Year, which is the same period as last year's blockbuster film "The Vengeful Lawyer" by Huang Zihua. In other words, "The Temporary Robbery" may earn about 50 million at the Hong Kong box office.
At the same time, the film will be released simultaneously in some Southeast Asian countries during the Spring Festival. It also has the potential to earn 50 million in box office overseas. After the film is released, the streaming rights will be charged another sum.
combined various data and concluded that "Temporary Heist" will not lose money, and will eventually achieve a small profit.
2. How is the word-of-mouth performance and quality?
"Say thank you!"
- Excerpted from Aaron Kwok's lines in the movie "Prompt Heist". If nothing unexpected happens, this will be the first hot word in the beginning of 2024.
If a movie can have a line that the audience can remember, it is already successful, just like "the prosperity has faded away and everything is just a passing cloud" in "Flowers".
"Temporary Robbery" is a Lunar New Year comedy film produced by Ye Dongsheng, directed by Mak Qiguang, and produced by Galaxy Image. It tells the story of the gangster Mei Lantian played by Aaron Kwok, and A Zhang (played by Lam Jiadong) and Murong Fai (played by Simon Yam). ) a story about a temporary robbery.
Mei Lantian is a Southeast Asian expatriate who came to Hong Kong to make money. Before that, he was a professional boxer. He also participated in the Asian Championships and won awards, but he still could not provide a normal life for his family.
So, he went to participate in a wrestling exhibition again, but he was also unable to meet his livelihood. His wife was beaten, and his son was accidentally struck by lightning. His spirit seemed to be a bit broken. Although he was a tough gangster, he never made people say "Sorry" and " Thank you." It can be seen that he is a very polite person.
lives in a cage house where Azi runs a transportation company and drives a rental business. His parents often fight and argue with each other. In order to avoid the conflict, his son sends his father to live in a nursing home. His wife also had conflicts with her mother during her pregnancy, and they live in the same place. Chicken feathers.
Murong Hui is kind-hearted and works as a social worker in a nursing home, but he has no money to pay the rent. He is as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. In order to make money, he is planning a robbery.
But at this moment, Mei Lantian's bag of money entered their lives...
In addition, there was a young man and his girlfriend who robbed a store to pay off debts; two car repairmen who played tricks in the swimming pool; Sister Jiang and her colleagues, a low-level police officer who has been reused; the gangster who provides robberies and assists in escapes, etc.
Half of the narrative method of this movie is non-linear narrative. Many people cannot understand this method. It is similar to Cheng Er's "Unknown", Ning Hao's "Crazy Stone" and Rao Xiaozhi's "Unknown". It's wonderful and belongs to the category of black humor.
"Temporary Robbery" is a purely original script with very high quality, but the screenwriting skills are not up to the mark, and the details are not fully developed into a non-linear narrative, so that some viewers feel like they are in a fog, and such a good script is wasted. What a shame.
But this movie is definitely not a bad movie. In recent months, it can be regarded as a high-quality Hong Kong movie. It uses police movies as a gimmick. The end of comedy is tragedy, which is also the core of this movie. Overall, it is better than Andy Lau's " "Goldfinger" and "Stealth" are much better.
personally gives it three and a half stars, 7 points. If a good screenwriter is hired, this film can leave a mark in film history!
After the large-scale release of "Temporary Heist", the audience's reputation is somewhat polarized, but the vast majority of movie fans have given relatively positive comments. I believe that the Douban big data of this film will be able to give a reasonable score.
Third, the two kings, Aaron Kwok is going to make Jacky Cheung famous again.
"Whoever steals my heart secretly, I can't tell the difference between night and dawn; whoever steals my heart secretly, my eyes can't see myself."—— This is Jacky Cheung's song "Stealing the Heart".
With the popularity of the hit drama "Flowers", the butterfly effect has been far-reaching. 53 songs in the drama have been released one after another. Among them, Jacky Cheung's "Stealing the Heart" Ushered in a second rise in popularity.
On the eve of the finale on January 9, this song surpassed Jiang Yuheng's "Looking Back Again" and Zhang Yusheng's "My Future is Not a Dream" and became a phenomenon-level hit music, short video and music The popularity index of the broadcast platform remains high.
For this reason, Jacky Cheung urgently submitted the backup materials of "Stealing Heart" to the relevant departments before the Quanzhou concert. After being approved, Jacky Cheung thanked the crew of "Flowers" at the concert and sang this song.
He said that after the song was released, he only sang it three times live, because "Flowers" made the good song "Stealing Heart" pay off.
Maybe Jacky Cheung never dreamed that he could sing this song This is a way to get on the hot searches.
It’s strange to say that the movie "Prompt Robbery" also used a song by Jacky Cheung. This is the original music "I Just Want to Be With You All My Life" released in 1995.
Song The climax is as follows: “But please don’t forget your old feelings. I would like to shed tears silently, and I really want to be with you for the rest of my life. No matter how far the world is, there are so many changes, but only in one life, I will pursue it in the wind, and I don’t want to stay alone..."
This classic Cantonese song, I believe many people can hum a few lines, but due to the passage of time, it is not that popular now. .
In the film, the three male protagonists sang with emotion after pushing a rental car and talking. This song expresses a kind of "trust", and the temporary partnership increases each other's confidence in "looking forward to the future."
Because "Poor", they all need this money to meet their urgent needs, so "I Just Want to Be With You All My Life" appeared at the right time.
In this movie, Aaron Kwok directly subverted the image of the starring role. At first glance, you can't see it at all. He played the role of the tough robber, and he used the serious method of robbery to express it in the form of comedy.
He is no less funny than the robber played by Fan Wei.
As the plot progresses, Mei Lantian, played by Aaron Kwok, Becoming more and more eye-catching, sometimes ruthless, sometimes generous to those who help him, perfectly interpreting this ruthless but righteous gangster who is also a good thief.
's limelight directly overshadowed Lin Jiadong and Ren Xianqi, the male first The title is well deserved. It can be said that this is the best script Aaron Kwok has received after "Warriorless".
If "The Temporary Robbery" is a box office hit, Aaron Kwok is bound to once again make Jacky Cheung's song popular, the two kings It is indeed a blessing for movie fans that a superstar can appear on the screen in this way.
4. Epilogue.
"Provisional Robbery" is another milestone in Aaron Kwok's acting skills. The core of comedy is tragedy.
Tragedy comes from the helpless groans of the poor at the bottom, and The cry for escaping from the shackles of fate exudes artistic value, telling people not to dwell on the past, but to move forward courageously.
Fortunately, the ending of the movie is positive, and the friendship between family, family, and brothers is always the most precious. The Mei Lantian who couldn't get out of the predicament could only pass away with the wind.
But please, you have not forgotten the old feelings, and I really want to stay with you for the rest of my life...
