has been in theaters for 4 days, and the box office of "New 9th Grade Sesame Official" is less than 4,000 yuan.
Yes, you read that right, not 40 million, but 4,000 yuan. In addition to the box office of
exceeding 1,000 yuan on the first day, it continued to fall from the second day to less than 1,000 yuan.
Peng Yushu, who plays the leading role, would never have thought that as a former Internet university student, he could only hang out on the Internet, but once he got to the theater, his secret would be exposed. Not to mention that this was a remake of a classic IP, but still To no avail, now it's a hit at both the word-of-mouth and box office.
Movies of this era are either remakes of foreign countries or domestic classics!
In less than three months of 2024 alone, there will be many remakes released.
is first package Bell 's "What's in the Zoo?" ”, a remake of the Korean film “What’s in the Zoo?” "; then there is " Hot and Spicy " by Jia Ling , which is a remake of the Japanese film "One Hundred Dollars of Love"; and then there is " Brilliant Her " by Hui Yinghong and Liu Haocun, which is a remake of the Korean film "Grandma Ji Chun" .
And now it is this "New 9-Rank Sesame Official". It is not a remake of a foreign film, but a remake of the domestic classic film " 9-Rank Sesame Official " by Stephen Chow. Moreover, actors Huang Yishan and Yuan Qiongdan who appeared in the original version also joined the cast. From the characters to the plot, the story is basically consistent with the original version.
still made a moderate adaptation, but the adaptation was messy and the result was a mess. The reputation was bad and the audience didn't buy it.
even transformed the original Thunder Leopard, the capital’s divine catcher played by Xu Jinjiang, into a female catcher, Thunder Meow, which was just a sidekick and extremely vulgar!
As for the 36-year-old Peng Yushu, he has now made another bad movie, and he is going further and further down the road of bad movies! This time,
is imitating Stephen Chow again, and the dubbing uses Stephen Chow's Mandarin dubbing, but it doesn't match the whole performance at all. Even though Peng Yushu is an old actor, it has been ten years since his debut, but he still hasn't made much progress in his performance. Although he was once very prosperous in the Internet movie industry and made many high-grossing Internet movies, times have changed. The audience's demands for films are getting higher and higher, but he still remains the same. Naturally, it falls behind.
Peng Yushu, whose real name is Peng Qiang, originally studied computer graphic design. After being introduced by a friend, he embarked on the road of acting and began his career as a North drifter. He also officially changed his name to Peng Yushu.
first filmed commercials, and later entered the online movie industry.
In just one year, he ushered in the hit film "The Taoist Out of the Mountain", in which he played the role of the Taoist priest Yin Shisan who eliminates ghosts and subjugates the dead.
This film only took 8 days to shoot, with an investment of 280,000, but it ended up grossing 24 million at the box office. That year was 2015.
This film not only created a new genre of Internet movies, but also made Peng Yushu popular. For this film, he won the Best Actor in an Online Movie at the Jinguduo Online Film and Television Awards Ceremony. Since then, Peng Yushu has started his career as the top brother of Internet University, and he is also inseparable from type roles like Taoist priests. To this day, similar films are still released every year.
such as "Maoshan Taoist", " Yin and Yang Watchman ", "Maoshan Master", "Qimen Physiognomy", etc.
In addition, he has also become a director and screenwriter, and "Maoshan Taoist" is his first self-written, directed and acted online film. He has also directed the "Tianji: Legend of the Emperor of Heaven" and "Yu Long Xiu Xian Biography" series.
From the box office point of view, the ones with over 10 million box office include " Ghost Stories of the Watcher ", " Folk Tales of Ghost Stories: The Yin Man ", "The Watcher of Yin and Yang", "Maoshan Master", "Jiuhe Dragon Snake" and "The Killing" "Candle Dragon", "Qimen Physiognomy", "Folk Weird Chronicles", "Nine-fingered Divine Beggar", "The Legend of Conquering Demons in Shushan 2", "The Legend of Yulong Cultivation", "The Dragon Coffin in the Secret Tomb of the River Demon in the Pagoda", "Supernatural Events of the Falling Dragon" wait.
can see that although one game is worse than the other, after all, it has caught up with the dividend era and has already made a lot of money, so it will continue to work hard in the Internet circle.But times have changed now, and it’s not that easy to make over 10 million box office.
But for Peng Yushu, he takes the quantitative route and pursues quantity rather than quality. Even if there is no box office hit, he can still make enough money if he adds up to a lot.
For example, in 2023, he has 4 online movies online, " zombie general " has a box office of 9.7 million, " Golden Snake Lady " has a box office of 6.69 million, "The Ghost Story of the Watcher" has a box office of 11.72 million, and "The Legend of Yulongxiu Immortal" has a box office of 6.69 million. 3" has a box office of 4.18 million, and the total box office has exceeded 30 million.
But this road is obviously not a long-term one.
The overturn of "New 9th Grade Sesame Official" was undoubtedly a precursor and gave him a wake-up call.
On the other hand, the newly promoted brother Xie Miao has already embarked on the road of high-quality products. From "Northeast Police Story" to "Defiant", two films were filmed in succession, both of which performed well at the word-of-mouth and box office. They were recognized by industry insiders and audiences, and truly established their own brand and started the road to revival.
Nowadays, online movies have also entered an era of quality improvement, and high-quality creations have begun, and more and more excellent online movies have appeared! In such a period, if we continue to follow the old path of the past, we are destined to overturn and not be able to go far.
Of course, remakes of classics are a common pattern in online movies, but that doesn’t mean remakes can be successful. This method of gaining popularity is itself opportunistic and lazy. If you copy it as it is and make arbitrary changes to fool the audience, then you are not paying tribute to the classics, nor can you revitalize the classics. It can only completely destroy the classics.
And gold medal supporting actors like Huang Yishan and Yuan Qiongdan will also destroy the reputation they have accumulated over the years because of such remakes and adaptations.
In short, classics are difficult to surpass and cannot be remade or adapted at will. However, even if you want to remake or adapt them, you must be in awe, polish your creations with the will of a craftsman, and strive to be close to the classics, so that you can win the audience. Recognized and received good reputation and box office. Otherwise, you are shooting yourself in the foot.
