The trend of "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" is indeed puzzling. It has won the Japanese crown for many consecutive days, but the number of film screenings has been growing slowly. Although it is considered a dark horse, there is still a risk of losing money.
exceeded 400 million. "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" won the championship for 4 consecutive days, but Louis Koo still lost this time.
As of 21:00 on May 9, the single-day box office champion and runner-up in the mainland are "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" and "Thelma and Louise ".
" Kowloon Walled City " has a single-day box office of more than 11.72 million, accounting for 20.8% of the scheduled films and over 31% of the box office. The attendance rate is far higher than that of new films in the same period. The cumulative box office in the 9 days of release has exceeded 400 million. It is predicted that it will surpass this weekend. " peacekeeping riot squad " won the final box office runner-up of the May Day new film.
The biggest problem with movies is that the cost is too high.
According to online reports, the production cost of this film exceeded 300 million. Just rebuilding the Kowloon Walled City cost 70 million. In addition, the salaries of veteran Hong Kong film actors such as Louis Koo and Sammo Hung are very high, so the cost of the film should not be high. This undoubtedly puts huge pressure on the box office.
means that the movie has returned to the box office of 900 million.
According to the current trend, unless "Kowloon Walled City" can take advantage of the entire month of May, reaching 900 million box office is a luxury. Since " Tomorrow Chronicles ", Louis Koo has made a loss in the mainland market. Movies have even become a curse. It was understandable that those previous works had poor reputation, but now "Kowloon Walled City" has the best reputation among Hong Kong films in recent years.
There is still a risk of losing money at the box office. This has to make people wonder whether mainland audiences still have feelings for Hong Kong films?
In comparison, "Thelma and Louise" seems much easier. The single-day box office of
movie exceeded 11.37 million, accounting for more than 25% of the scheduled films. Although the movie was snatched away from the Japanese crown by "Kowloon Walled City", the cumulative box office in the 9 days after its release has reached 456 million, and the production cost of the movie is only 30 million. It is one of the most profitable domestic films this year!
After 7 years, it was released simultaneously in China and the United States at a cost of over 1.4 billion. The rival of "Kowloon Walled City" is here.
Generally speaking, the May Day period is a less popular period, and few blockbusters are willing to release it. After all, the Dragon Boat Festival and summer vacation will soon have a better schedule environment, but this year is different. "Kowloon Walled City" will usher in this weekend. The first opponent is " Rise of the Planet of the Apes 4".
A total of 4 new films will premiere at the mainland film market this weekend.
However, Tao Hong's "Mom in Tears" has a pre-sale box office of only 690,000. Liu Yajin's "Laughing Comedian" and "Blue Bloods" are the last in popularity. Basically no one pays attention to them, and they are most likely box office cannon fodder.
The only real blockbuster this week is "War for the Planet of the Apes". After the restart of the
series, it achieved excellent box office results. The first part was released in 2011. The domestic box office exceeded 179 million and the global box office exceeded 475 million US dollars. The second part of the series was released in 2014. The domestic box office soared to 707 million and the global box office also increased. It has reached US$700 million, and mainland China has become the largest box office for movies. The third installment in the 2017 series received mediocre reviews, with the global box office falling to $481 million.
However, the Chinese mainland market bucked the trend and grew to 740 million. The global box office of the first three films in the
series exceeded US$1.656 billion, which is almost 12 billion yuan. Among them, the mainland market contributed 1.6 billion.
It can be seen that this series has a good box office appeal in the mainland market. However, the plot of the previous trilogy of the series is quite complete. Many fans thought that the movie would not have a sequel. Unexpectedly, after 7 years, Hollywood has speculated on this dish of cold rice.
The plot of the movie connects with the previous trilogy, but the protagonist Caesar is definitely gone. In the film
, human beings are almost destroyed. Apes, who have become advanced intelligent creatures, have become the rulers of the earth. The ape leader Sesa has established the first empire in the history of the apes. However, humans seem to be resistant to the ape flu virus. And intelligence began to return, and the relationship between humans and apes once again encountered huge challenges. The human girl Nova and the young ape Noah embarked on an adventure together.The
movie has a fresh rating of 86% on Rotten Tomatoes in North America. Its performance is not the best in the series, but it is still watchable.
This time "War for the Planet of the Apes" cost more than 200 million US dollars, which is 1.4 billion yuan, and the action scenes are grand. Although the appeal of Hollywood blockbusters has declined a lot in the mainland, there are still people who buy such special effects blockbusters, such as "" The domestic box office of "Godzilla vs. Kong 2" is close to 1 billion, and it is scheduled to be released simultaneously in China and the United States. Therefore, "War for the Planet of the Apes" is definitely a stumbling block for "Kowloon Walled City" on its way back to its roots.
The
movie has a fresh rating of 86% on Rotten Tomatoes in North America. Its performance is not the best in the series, but it is still watchable.
This time "War for the Planet of the Apes" cost more than 200 million US dollars, which is 1.4 billion yuan, and the action scenes are grand. Although the appeal of Hollywood blockbusters has declined a lot in the mainland, there are still people who buy such special effects blockbusters, such as "" The domestic box office of "Godzilla vs. Kong 2" is close to 1 billion, and it is scheduled to be released simultaneously in China and the United States. Therefore, "War for the Planet of the Apes" is definitely a stumbling block for "Kowloon Walled City" on its way back to its roots.
