After a year, Jia Ling appeared.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Jia Ling, who lost 100 pounds, came to the road show to meet the audience with her second movie " Hot and Hot ". "Just listening to the voice, you can feel that she has lost a lot of weight." Facing the cheers from the audience, Jia Ling couldn't help but burst into tears.
Looking back two years ago, Jia Ling's first movie "Li Huanying" took in a box office of 5.4 billion, setting a record for a comedy in Chinese film history; this year's Spring Festival release "Hot and Spicy" dominated the hot search list, with the latest box office exceeding 14 100 million, firmly occupying the top spot in the Spring Festival stalls.
And Jia Ling first gained weight and then lost weight for the movie. Her obvious abdominal muscles and muscle lines were even more popular. " admire Jia Ling, learn from Jia Ling and become Jia Ling ", which has become the New Year's wish of many people.
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There is no doubt that the excitement of this year's Spring Festival belongs to Jia Ling.
Since its official release on February 10, the first day of the Lunar New Year, Jia Ling and "Hot and Spicy" have dominated social media, with various hot searches on two major topics: "Jia Ling's abs" and "Jia Ling now". It is so popular that the total number of views on Weibo has reached nearly 2 billion. There are also "Jia Ling's Weight Line Chart", "Jia Ling's Complete Weight Loss Record", "Hot and Hot Release", "Hot and Hot Easter Egg", etc. Frequently on the hot search list.
The hotly discussed "Hot and Spicy" also lived up to expectations. According to the Beacon Professional Edition, its box office reached 420 million on the first day. On the second day after its release, " speeding life 2 " counterattacked and topped the single-day box office list. It took 2 days, 7 hours and 50 minutes to successfully break the 1 billion box office mark, becoming China's first film. The 113th film in film history to exceed 1 billion.
Of course, the record of "Hot and Spicy" continues. As of 14:00 on February 13, the box office has exceeded 1.4 billion yuan. Maoyan Pro also raised its forecast for the former's total box office in the mainland, from 3.7 billion yuan to 4.47 billion yuan. If the total box office of "Hot and Spicy" can eventually reach this figure, it will also mean that films directed by Jia Ling will occupy two of the top ten Chinese movie box office rankings, and she is also very likely to become the next tens of billions Box office director.
This scene seems familiar. In September 2023, the movie "Barbie" produced by Warner Bros. had a global box office of US$1.36 billion, becoming the highest-grossing movie in the world in 2023. This is also a female-themed movie directed by Greta Gerwig. It tells the story of a Barbie who lives in the Barbie Kingdom and discovers that she is no longer perfect, so she enters the real world to start an adventure.
The producer behind "Hot and Spicy" will also make a lot of money.
According to Maoyan Professional Edition, there are 8 producers participating in "Hot and Spicy", among which the first producer is "old face" Xinli Media. The largest shareholder of the latter is Tencent. Industrial and commercial information shows that Linzhi Tencent Technology Co., Ltd. holds approximately 40% of Xinli Media’s shares.
It is worth mentioning that Sony Pictures also wants a piece of the pie. It has officially announced that it has won the global distribution rights of "Hot and Furious", becoming the first movie that Sony Pictures did not participate in the production in mainland China, but purchased the global distribution rights. . Earlier, Sony Pictures had acquired the rights to remake the English version of "Hello, Li Huanying". In fact, Sony Pictures has a deep connection with Chinese films, including "Kung Fu", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain", etc.
What kind of movie is this? "Hot" is a remake of the Japanese movie "One Hundred Dollars of Love". It is the second film that Jia Ling directed and starred in. She even recruited "half the comedy circle" to help out, Lei Jiayin , Zhang Xiaofei, Yang Zi, Qiao Shan, Ma Li, Li Xueqin, Wei Xiang, etc. all participated.
This movie mainly tells the story of Le Ying (played by Jia Ling) who has stayed at home for many years and decided to change her life. She met boxing coach Hao Kun (played by Lei Jiayin) and started to practice boxing. The two later fell in love. Just when Le Ying thought her life was about to get on the right track, the tests that followed were far beyond her imagination. In the end, she successfully lost weight and stood in the boxing ring, defeating herself.
And Jia Ling is also very attentive to this new film.According to her post, the film took a whole year to shoot, covering four seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter, and was started five times (one more time because I was too tired). “I also successfully lost 100 pounds and practiced boxing. The look of the hands." Not only that, Jia Ling even turned down the popular variety show "Ace vs. Ace" after she had participated in the recording for many consecutive seasons.
Jia Ling's weight line chart, picture source network
As one of the leading actors in the film, Lei Jiayin also said in an interview with "The Paper" that when he saw Jia Ling become so thin, he was really speechless and just wanted to cry. , "Because the words she had thought of, like 'Awesome, so awesome!' were not worthy of her dedication and efforts, but when she had to find more harsh words, she felt like chicken soup was spilled all over the floor, so it was really I was stunned there."
's determination and perseverance have also been praised by many netizens, "For a movie that weighs 100 kilograms, you can't see a single spoiler before the release. The audience was in the theater when it was released. "Wow, I think it's a success!" Some netizens joked, "The gym will be saved, business will be much better", "I can't imagine how popular boxing classes will be"...
But controversy also exists. Some netizens thought, "You do have perseverance to lose weight, but it was over-marketed and there were too many hot searches in one day." Others commented that this movie once again proved that Jia Ling's personal brand is much greater than the movie, "Last time it was mother and daughter. This time it’s about personal image, what about next time?”
For this reason, Jia Ling also repeatedly emphasized in interviews with the media that this movie is not about weight loss and does not want to cause body anxiety. “The growth of this character and what she has to do , it is indeed shown through the change of appearance. I hope that when the audience goes to the cinema, they will see that she has become stronger, not that she has become thinner."
studied under Feng Gong, and the father and daughter teamed up to start a business. I am also inspirational enough.
In April 1982, Jia Ling was born in Xiangyang City, Hubei Province. Her favorite TV program as a child was "Quyuan Zatan". When she was 18 and taking the college entrance examination, Jia Ling applied for the Beijing Film Academy, but failed. She chose to stay and work to prepare for the exam. Hard work paid off. In 2001, Jia Ling applied for the drama performance class of the Central Academy of Drama and an unpopular professional comedy performance class, and was admitted to both.
Jia Ling later revealed in a variety show that the Chinese opera teacher called her mother to ask which major to choose, but because of her accent, she mistook "drama" as "comedy." Just like this, Jia Ling entered a cross talk class and studied under Feng Gong, and she has been inseparable from comedy ever since.
When Jia Ling was still immersed in the joy of succeeding in the exam, bad news came from home. Her mother Li Huanying had an accident and passed away unfortunately. Jia Ling was not able to see her mother for the last time, which became her eternal memory. Pity.
After graduating from college, Jia Ling participated in the Beijing Crosstalk Sketch Invitational Competition and won the first prize in the professional group. Even so, she still didn't get many performance opportunities. It wasn't until 2008 that Jia Ling met Bai Kainan through her teacher Feng Gong. Later, the cross talk "Big Talk" co-created by the two became popular in Beijing. The next year, Jia Ling also founded the "New Laughter Inn" cross talk club.
The turning point came in 2010, when Jia Ling and Bai Kainan made their first appearance on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala stage with "Big Talk". Jia Ling went from an unknown cross talk actor to a household name overnight. Since then, Jia Ling has become a frequent guest in various David TV Spring Festival Galas and variety shows, and she has also transformed from cross talk to sketch performance.
2016 was extremely important to Jia Ling. In July of this year, she officially established Dawan Entertainment, accounting for 65% of the shares. Her father served as the chairman, officially starting her entrepreneurial journey. At that time, A-share listed company Beijing Culture, the producer and distributor of "Wolf Warrior 2" and "The Wandering Earth", announced that the company planned to use its own funds of 10 million yuan to cooperate with Jia Yuling (Jia Ling), Zhang Guanghui, and Sun Jibin Jointly invested in the establishment of Beijing Dawan Entertainment Culture Media Co., Ltd. to expand the comedy creation business, with the goal of building China's first comedy unicorn company in the future.
As the saying goes, if you act well, you will direct. After three years of preparation, Jia Ling's first self-directed and self-acted movie "Hello, Li Huanying" was officially launched in September 2019. It was based on her and her mother's personal experiences. During the filming, Jia Ling cried countless times. Once she cried until three in the morning, and then she realized that the original description of "crying to the point of heartache" in the book was not an exaggeration at all.
In February 2021, "Hello, Li Huanying" was released during the Spring Festival, with a final cumulative box office of 5.413 billion, winning the box office championship of comedy films in mainland film history. With this film, Jia Ling also became the female director with the highest box office in Chinese film history. It is worth mentioning that there is a hidden Easter egg in "Hot and Spicy". There is a line of small words on the sports vest worn by the heroine Le Ying, "that's li huanying's daughter (This is Li Huanying's daughter)."
Look back at Jia Ling The growth path coincides with the meaning of the English name "yolo" of "Hot and Spicy", that is, "you only live once". As she herself said, "It doesn't matter if you are laughed at. It’s okay if you want to cry, it’s okay if you fail, you have to live for yourself.”
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Looking at this year's Spring Festival, the eight movies that have been released have formed an obvious echelon trend. "Flying Life 2" ranks second at the box office after "Hot and Spicy"; while "Bear Infested: Reverse Time and Space" and "The 20th" "Article" constitutes the second echelon, and has opened a gap with "Mr. Red Carpet" and "Let's Shake the Sun Together"; as for the other two animated films on Journey to the West, the box office is even more miserable.
Among them, "Bear Infested: Reverse Time and Space" is undoubtedly the biggest dark horse. So far, the box office of "Bear Infested: Reverse Time and Space" has exceeded 700 million yuan, firmly occupying the third position in the Spring Festival period, and becoming a watershed in the box office. Although the first-day film schedule was far behind, "Bear Bears Reversal of Time" became the first-day box office champion in Spring Festival animated film history and set a single-day box office record for Spring Festival animated films. According to the forecast of Maoyan Professional Edition, its total box office in the mainland is 2.39 billion yuan. If this figure can be successfully achieved, this will be the best box office performance of the "Bear Bears" series in the mainland market.
It has been ten years since the launch of the "Bear Bears" series. It has developed from a cartoon for children to becoming the first choice for parents and children during the Spring Festival. Data shows that since the launch of the first major movie in 2014, the series has currently received more than 6 billion yuan in box office.
The one that can best challenge the championship position of "Hot and Spicy" is "Flying Life 2". In comparison, although "Flying Life 2" has a strong lineup, written and directed by Han Han, and starring Shen Teng, Fan Chengcheng, Yin Zheng and others, its promotion is relatively dull, and there are almost no related hot searches. However, relying on Shen Teng's appeal and film quality, it is still inseparable from "Hot", and the box office is currently only about 160 million yuan behind.
Of course, " Article 20 " directed by Zhang Yimou cannot be ignored. Although it cannot be compared with "Man Jiang Hong" which has been leading the Spring Festival last year, this does not mean that "Article 20" will end dismally. Some viewers said that "Article 20" is not only a masterpiece of realism that reflects social topics, but also a joyful comedy that depicts family life and family relationships. It can be seen that the word-of-mouth spread of "Article 20" is still fermenting. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, its attendance rate has surpassed "Flying Life 2" and basically tied with "Hot and Spicy".
However, "Mr. Red Carpet" directed by Ning Hao and "Let's Shake the Sun Together" directed by Han Yan failed miserably and are still far away from breaking the 100 million box office mark. As a well-known director with a total box office of over 7 billion, Ning Hao, in the field of absurd comedy where he is best at, received less than 70 million in box office in 4 days, which is really incomprehensible.
"Let's Shake the Sun Together" is the last part of director Han Yan's "Life Trilogy". Although the Douban score of 7.9 is not low, the theme of the film is related to terminal illness. Even if it highlights the tenderness, such themes will be reserved for the Spring Festival holiday. In fact, it is not palatable, so it is expected that box office and word-of-mouth are inversely proportional.
Of course, the Spring Festival holiday has just passed, and the fierce battle for the Spring Festival stalls will continue.Who will win in the end is still unknown, but the answer lies in the hearts of the audience.
