Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Stephen Chow and Andy Lau are all regarded as the top superstars in China. In the early years, they each created many classics that are still popular today. The films starring them are also popular in China and even throughout Asia. Created very impressive box office results.
Times have changed, and decades have passed. Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Stephen Chow and Andy Lau, the youngest is now over sixty, and Stephen Chow has completely moved behind the scenes, and Jet Li has not been in the spotlight for many years. Currently, only two superstars, Jackie Chan and Andy Lau, are still active, but the films they starred in are no longer as popular as they used to be. Especially for Jackie Chan, every film released every year has been reduced to low box office and low revenue. A bad movie with a bad reputation.
This means that there is no real number one superstar in the current Chinese market. Even Wu Jing still has one film left to prove himself.
In 2017, Wu Jing became the most box-office actor in China with his self-directed and starring film "Wolf Warrior 2", and also became a first-line superstar in China. His film set off a patriotic upsurge among domestic audiences and changed the domestic audience's concept of watching movies. This film also ushered in the era of China's heavy industry films.
Then, the "Wandering Earth" series, also starring Wu Jing, broke the vacancy in Chinese science fiction blockbusters. It opened the first year of Chinese science fiction movies and proved that we can also produce Hollywood-style science fiction blockbusters.
After that, "Changjin Lake", still starring Wu Jing, broke the box office record in Chinese film history with a box office of nearly 5.8 billion yuan. It can be regarded as setting off a boom in domestic theme movies and making domestic theme movies top the box office. peak.
However, whether it is "Wolf Warrior 2" that ushered China into the era of heavy industry movies, or "The Wandering Earth" that opened the first year of Chinese science fiction, and "Changjin Lake" that broke China's highest box office record. In the eyes of some domestic audiences, these movies are all successful in the current environment. Many people believe that Wu Jing relied on luck and reaped the dividends of patriotism from the audience to become a domestic first-line superstar.
Without the main theme and patriotic sentiments, Wu Jing may not be able to succeed, and the films starring him may not be able to create high box office.
Therefore, Wu Jing urgently needs a non-main theme film and a non-sci-fi blockbuster to prove himself, and the film that can truly make him the number one superstar in China may be the action martial arts film "Dart" directed by Yuan Heping and directed by him as the producer and star. people".
We all know that after entering the new century, martial arts movies have become less popular. Over the past few decades, the martial arts movie with the highest cumulative box office in the mainland was "Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings" released in 2018, and its box office was only 606 million yuan.
For example, "Xiu Chun Dao 2", which is highly rated by the audience, has a total box office of less than 300 million yuan.
In such a general environment, it is really difficult for "The Daredevil" as a martial arts film to succeed, at least it is much more difficult than films such as "Wolf Warrior 2".
And even under difficult circumstances, if he can still succeed, then Wu Jing will definitely become the undisputed number one superstar in the country. However, if the film fails, then Wu Jing will definitely be questioned, and the audience will think that he is relying on those main theme movies.
