" Negotiator " has won the pre-sale box office title before it was released, and the box office was close to 100 million within 3 days of release. This time Andy Lau finally washed away the reputation it had lost before.
During the Dragon Boat Festival in 2023, the movie "The Disappearance of " not only became the box office champion of the Dragon Boat Festival, but also won a box office of 3.5 billion. However, compared with the 2023 Dragon Boat Festival, the overall box office of this year’s Dragon Boat Festival has declined. Due to blockbuster movies like "The Lost Girl" last year, the box office of the 2023 Dragon Boat Festival (June 22 to 24) reached 909 million yuan, ranking second in the Dragon Boat Festival in Chinese film history. "The Lost Girl" earned 159 million in box office on the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival last year, surpassing the combined first-day box office of all new Dragon Boat Festival films this year.
It is understood that this year's Dragon Boat Festival will directly release 8 movies, including the crime film " Anti-Crime Never Give Up ", the literary film " Stop and Go ", and the youth romance film " Me" I don’t want to be friends with you ", and the Hong Kong film "The Negotiator". It can be of any genre, and the audience can watch whatever they want.
As the only Hong Kong film "The Negotiator", because it was produced by Andy Lau and starring two movie kings, Liu Qingyun and Francis Ng , the film won the pre-sale box office title before it was officially released.
And the film did not disappoint everyone. It took in 90 million at the box office in three days of release. It can be said that Andy Lau made the right bet again. As we all know, Andy Lau once filmed a movie called "ace teases ace ", which was based on the popularity of the Hollywood classic "ace versus ace ". However, the film's reputation collapsed, and it became Andy Lau's rare bad film in recent years.
The "Negotiator" produced by him this time is also adapted from "Ace vs. Ace", and the film currently has such good results. It can be said that Andy Lau has finally regained the face he lost before.
"The Negotiator" was not only produced by Andy Lau, but he also made a guest appearance in it, playing the role of "Chen Dalai", a mentally ill father. It is understood that the inspiration for Chen Dalai's character actually came from a real case that once caused a sensation in Hong Kong, the "Kwok Ya Nu" case. And this localized adaptation also gives the film a more human touch. Although the special performance of Andy Lau did not appear for a long time, he left a very deep impression on people.
And Andy Lau, who plays a psychopath this time, also directly faces Liu Qingyun, who plays the "negotiation expert". This is the first time the two have collaborated after 4 years. As early as 2020, the two collaborated on " bomb disposal expert 2". At that time, the film also won a box office of 1.3 billion, becoming the Hong Kong film champion that year. Therefore, everyone hopes that the two people's collaborative works will create greater glories.
In fact, the setting of "The Negotiator" is very similar to "Dark War", a collaboration between Andy Lau and Liu Qingyun in 1999. The battle of wits and courage between the two Lius back then can be said to be a classic in Hong Kong films. cp. Therefore, now that the two are collaborating on this type of work again, people have to look forward to their performance in "The Negotiator".
