August 31st is the last day of this year’s summer season. As of press time, the total summer box office is 11.571 billion, which is 9 billion less than last year. It is also not as good as the five-year golden period of movies from 2015 to 2019. And three-quarters of the way thro

August 31st is the last day of this year’s summer vacation. As of press time, the total summer box office is 11.571 billion, which is 9 billion less than last year. It is also not as good as the five-year golden period of movies from 2015 to 2019. And three-quarters of the way through 2024, this year can also be called a movie winter.

Looking at the entire summer season, there are only two movies with a box office of more than 1 billion, " to catch a baby " and "silent killer". There are also very few that have made a profit, and the box office of most movies is quite sluggish.

Moreover, one of the biggest changes in this year’s summer season is that big-name actors and popular stars can no longer afford the box office. "The Hedgehog" starring Wang Junkai currently has a box office of only 116 million, " If, I am the person who loves you most in the world " starring Huang Minghao and Tong Liya only had a box office of more than 13 million after 9 days of release, and " decrypted " starring Liu Haoran is comparable. It is said to be a big production, and the box office is only over 300 million when it is released soon.

Zhang Ruoyun finally made it to the big screen, starring in " Safe Evacuation from the 21st Century ", which had a box office of 11.1 billion in one month, and " Dream of Red Mansions: A Good Marriage ", which brought together a group of young talents such as Guan Xiaotong, only reached 500 in more than half a month. The box office of Zhu Yilong's " negative negative is positive " is only more than 70 million. What's even more surprising is that " Welcome to Me " starring a top star like Yu Shi only sold 45 million at the box office.

What makes people feel even more "reversed" is that after "Kowloon Walled City", another Hong Kong film has become famous.

As of press time, the box office of " reborn ", which was released for 16 days, is close to 300 million, and the platform predicts that the final total box office will reach 430 million. At present, the film has great stamina and maintains 12.3% of the film schedule, second only to "Alien", the highest among domestic films.

In fact, as a long-lasting blockbuster, the summer season has always been a battleground for military strategists. "Rebirth" is not without rivals. On the same day, the Hollywood blockbuster "Alien" and the animated film "Detective Conan" were released. ", preceded by Xu Zheng's "Retrograde Life" and Zhu Yilong's "The Negative Makes the Positive", followed by "The Hedgehog" and " ". The overall schedule is very crowded, and it is really not easy to achieve such results.

Moreover, compared to the movies released in the same period, "Rebirth"'s lead at the box office means that the has-been actors have defeated the top stars Shen Teng and Wang Junkai.

"Rebirth" is a typical crime-themed movie, starring Nick Cheung, who plays Zhang Yao, who secretly cooperates with the police in an attempt to eradicate the criminal group. Unexpectedly, what awaits him is a carefully arranged revenge chess game.

To be fair, the overall quality of "Rebirth" is not better than director Ma Yuke's previous film "". Hong Kong films themselves have also been out of favor in the mainland for a long time. The film's box office success can be attributed to starring Nick Cheung Ka-fai and Ethan Ruan.

Let’s look at “Reverse Scale” again. In fact, the genre and quality are on par with “Rebirth”. The only difference may be that the action scenes are weaker, but don’t forget that the starring role is Shen Teng! The other "Hedgehog" is the one with the best reputation among the three movies. Wang Junkai's performance in the film is a breakthrough, and the film focuses on reality and has social significance. In addition, Wang Junkai's partner Ge You did not expect to still be in "Rebirth". 》 was defeated, which shows that Zhang Jiahui still has a certain appeal in the mainland.

This also explains why Nick Cheung can offer very high salaries in the Mainland.

Before this, I had seen the contract written in black and white. It was for the movie "Medal of the Dawn" that had never started filming. The director was Sammo Hung, starring Ou Hao, Nick Cheung, Qiao Zhenyu, Janice Man, Shi Xiaolong, etc., anti-terrorism action Subject matter, according to the contract I saw at the time, Nick Cheung’s salary was as high as 50 million! This is basically the same as the film salary of top-tier stars in mainland China.

Now it seems that being able to offer such a high salary shows that Zhang Jiahui has a stable commercial value.Of course, 50 million is definitely not Nick Cheung’s fixed salary. Celebrities are all dependent on others. For example, Nick Cheung will definitely not be paid such a high salary if he participates in a film produced in Hong Kong. "Tomorrow's War" will not give him such a high salary of 50 million. , otherwise the cost of the film would not be so well controlled, and the remuneration he received for starring in Lam Chaoxian's "Breaking Point" and Ma Yuke's last film "The Fury" would not be so high. I can only say that it is a mainland producer, so I thought he could Earn a little more to offer such a high price. In the end, the investors probably agreed!