thought it would be miserable, but didn't expect it to be this miserable.
’s current summer season is almost dominated by Shen Teng and Ma Li.
" Catch a Baby " once it was released, who could compete with it? The box office reached a low of 100 to 200 million in a single day, easily accounting for 70% of the box office share.
and the remaining " silently kills ", "Legend", " falls into the mortal world " even have difficulty drinking soup.
As of press time, "Catch a Baby" has been in theaters for 6 days and has a total box office of 1.53 billion, with the final forecast reaching 3.7 billion.
Not to mention saving the summer season, another upstart is about to be born in the comedy box office charts.
My fellow disciples were all defeated when they came, and even the foreign monks could not recite sutras.
Before and after the release of "Catch Me", the imported film " Despicable Me 4" and the re-released "Your Name" were also put into the Colosseum, but they were still powerless against the box office dominance.
However, their results are pretty good.
Because during this period, there was a huge blockbuster, a Hollywood movie with a big IP, big production, and big stars also came to participate in this brawl.
As for the result, others were able to make ends meet, but this American brother didn't even earn back the money for the tickets -
《 Tornado》
I thought that "Tornado" would fail, but I didn't expect it to be so miserable.
On July 19, the Hollywood movie "Tornado" was released, and "The Pleasant Goat Movie" and "Your Name" were also premiered on the day.
These two cartoons are supposed to be helpless in the face of Hollywood movies, but as soon as the market opened on the day of its premiere, "Tornado" completely missed the mark, ranking far away in sixth place.
's single-day box office was only 3.95 million. Let alone Shen Teng, he didn't even win against "Pleasant Goat".
The days that followed became even worse day by day.
As of press time, "Tornado" has been in theaters for 6 days, with a total box office of about 16 million, and the final prediction given by the media is 27 million.
Good guy, a Hollywood blockbuster, 27 million box office?
Admittedly, if this is something under the guise of Hollywood, it is actually just a low-grade pony that is pretentious and deceitful.
But the problem is that "Tornado" is a legitimate ace seed player back home in the United States.
North America is a treasure, but no one in China
The director of this film is Lee Isaac Cheng, who won the British Film Institute's Best Director in 2020 for "Minari" and was nominated for Cannes' "Un Certain Regard". The production team of
is the " Jurassic World " team, starring Hollywood's new first-line action star Glen Powell.
The second male lead is Anthony Ramos, a rookie from "Transformers: Rise of the Super Warriors", and the third male lead is David Corensway, who plays the role of the roller-coaster version of "Superman".
The investment in this film is as high as 155 million US dollars, which is equivalent to 1.1 billion yuan in RMB, which is exactly the same as " The Wandering Earth 2".
If "The Wandering Earth 2" had a box office of 20 million in theaters, I can't even imagine what it would be like.
Moreover, this film is a remake of the 1996 classic film of the same name.
With big production, big stars and big IP, it is a top Hollywood movie.
"Tornado" has achieved very dazzling results in North America.
had a box office of US$34 million on its first day on Friday and a box office of US$80.5 million in its first week. The box office was quite explosive.
The popular food in North America has not even stirred up a splash in China. Why is this?
The reason is still the same-
Hollywood blockbusters have been disenchanted.
In the past, we watched Hollywood blockbusters. Although the plot was simple and a straight line penetrated the brain, the characters were even more crazy and inexplicable.
is superior to mature industrial standards and powerful special effects.
When the overwhelming special effects scene is presented on the imax screen, any plot holes can be filled instantly.
is enough for fun.
But the problem is that now, after the baptism of " The Wandering Earth ", "Operation Red Sea", and "Fengshen", we already have our own special effects blockbusters and war blockbusters.
And " Wolf Warriors " is a condensation of ideology, crushing "Captain America" in all aspects.
When the only advantage is stripped away, the Hollywood script, repetitive routines, arrogant attitude... these problems will naturally emerge.
is like this "Tornado".
North America’s performance has exploded, and Americans are shaking their heads after seeing it, but don’t be deceived by this illusion.
Before entering the cinema, I saw a netizen complaining -
Hollywood disaster movies are nothing more than a routine:
The protagonist starts a suicide adventure, fails the mission, his teammates and family members die, and then a few years later, the protagonist suffers from serious mental illness Shadow, suddenly someone asked him to perform another task.
The protagonist is hesitant but still goes. At this time, former teammates or family members will act as villains to stop them, and the two will fight with each other to settle old scores.
The big boss comes at the end. The two of them resolve their differences and defeat the boss. The protagonist also defeats his inner demons and ends the story.
I have watched this plot no less than a hundred times!
I thought that there would be new jobs in Hollywood in 2024, but I didn’t expect that after watching the full movie
, I couldn’t say it was completely unrelated, I could only say it was exactly the same.
Is the Hollywood model drama okay?
In the opening scene, the heroine Kate leads a team to chase a tornado, trying to put diapers on the tornado, but the task fails and her teammates spiral into the sky.
Then the camera turned to a few years later. Kate changed her career to a civilian job, but her former teammates suddenly found her and invited her to go out again to save the people of Oklahoma.
Isn’t this exactly the same?
It’s just that the subsequent development is not 100% consistent.
After Kate came to Oklahoma, her second role was not her former teammates/family members, but the internet celebrity team led by the male protagonist.
is good, actually not too different.
Two waves of people started chasing the tornado.
Kate represents the academic group. They are well-equipped and have a clear division of labor. They have a set of professional sonar equipment to control tornadoes.
The male protagonists represent Yeluzi. They are free-spirited and wild in style. The way to control a tornado is to rush to the wind outlet and set off fireworks to destroy the internal structure.
Both groups of people work for the safety of the people, but in different ways, and there are always frictions in the process of performing tasks.
At this point, you should have guessed the next development:
That's right, the male and female protagonists are in love, they don't know each other anymore if they don't fight, they have dinner, watch a show, and share hardships, that's all.
finally came to the conclusion that the two groups of people should integrate each other's ideas and use the heroine's original method -
put diapers on the tornado to control the tornado.
At the end of the movie, the male and female protagonists succeeded and defeated the giant tornado, while the female protagonist also defeated her inner demons and became a professional tornado catcher.
o m g...
The whole movie is 122 minutes, a full 2 hours, but the plot can be told in one sentence, and it is almost entirely based on the template of a disaster movie with minimal modifications.
just changed the male protagonist to an internet celebrity, and that was it.
There is nothing watchable at the story level, and the special effects are so-so and not amazing.
doesn’t know how such a movie exploded in North America.
Hollywood is no longer competitive at the mainland box office?
Hollywood, a once-destroying tiger.
Now, I have become a little meow living on subsistence allowances.
In 1994, China introduced the first Hollywood movie, "The Fugitive " starring Harrison Ford. The movie earned box office of 25.8 million and ranked first in the mainland market when it first entered the mainland market.
Then in 1995, "True Lies" starring Schwarzenegger landed in the mainland and caused a crowd-pleaser upon release.
watched the planes shuttle between the buildings, and the beautiful women danced in the moonlight.
How could the audience at that time have seen this? The box office of
directly reached 103 million, and Hollywood continued to win the annual championship.
This year, in addition to "True Lies", there are 6 Hollywood movies in the top ten including "The Lion King", "Die Hard 3", and "Speed".
The next champions were "Jurassic Park 2" in 1997, "Titanic" in 1998, and "Pearl Harbor" in 2001....
In those years, only dozens of imported films were introduced every year. However, the box office accounted for almost half. Until 2012, imported films accounted for 848.2% of the box office.
This situation continued until 2017, when Hollywood finally showed decline in the mainland, with its box office share falling from 46% in previous years to 37%.
And that year was the year when Wu Jing's " Wolf Warrior 2" took in 5.6 billion at the box office and created a miracle.
to In 2021, the proportion of imported films dropped sharply to 12.3%. As of May 16, 2024, the proportion dropped to 15%.
Now the annual box office list is open. Except for "Avatar 2" in 2022, which ranked fifth, there has been no Hollywood movie in 23 years.
The days of Hollywood blockbusters are over.
The reason is as mentioned above, the special effects industry they are proud of has lost its advantage.
The industrial level of domestic films has caught up. Next, it is time for a decisive battle with Hollywood.
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