"Wolf Warrior 2", directed and starred by Wu Jing, was released in the summer of 2017 and eventually generated a box office of nearly 5.7 billion yuan, breaking the highest box office record in Chinese film history and becoming the box office champion in the Chinese mainland mark

" Wolf Warrior 2", directed and starred by Wu Jing, was released in the summer of 2017, and eventually created a high box office of nearly 5.7 billion yuan, breaking the record for the highest box office in Chinese film history and becoming a star in the Chinese mainland market. Box office champion.

Then, it started a four-year championship road. It was not until the appearance of " Changjin Lake " also starring Wu Jing on the National Day in 2021 that "Wolf Warrior 2" finally retreated to Chinese movies. The second place on the box office list. Since then, some people have said: "The only one who can beat Wu Jing at the box office is Wu Jing."

In fact, in addition to Wu Jing himself, there is a director who also hopes to surpass Wu Jing in terms of box office. He is Chen Sicheng .

During the Spring Festival of the same year, " Chinatown Detective 3" directed by director Chen Sicheng was the movie with the highest attention and expectations. Before it was officially released, the number of people who wanted to watch it on all major platforms exceeded 10 million, and the total pre-sales The box office also exceeded 700 million yuan. On the first day of its release, the film's first-day box office exceeded 1 billion yuan, directly breaking China's first-day and single-day box office records, which have not been surpassed so far.

is such an excellent opening performance that gives "Detective Chinatown 3" hope to surpass "Wolf Warrior 2" and break the highest box office record in Chinese film history. It may even become the first Chinese film to achieve a box office of over 6 billion. RMB movie.

Unfortunately, the overall quality of "Detective Chinatown 3" made the audience very disappointed. As a result, its box office trend fell off a cliff, and the final total ticket sales only stayed within 4.6 billion yuan. Not only did it fail to break the box office record in Chinese film history, it also failed to win the box office championship of the period.

However, although "Detective Chinatown 3" has a poor reputation among audiences and its box office results are far below expectations, director Chen Sicheng has not given up on the big IP of "Detective Chinatown". Not long after, he said that he would film a "Detective Chinatown 1900".

"Detective Chinatown 1900" is the prequel of the entire "Detective Chinatown" series (hereinafter referred to as "Detective Chinatown Prequel"). The film is set in San Francisco in 1900. It mainly tells the story of a white woman who was murdered in Chinatown. The suspect was a Chinese man. The murder caused social shock, and people called for the closure of Chinatown. Chinese medicine doctor Qin Fu and Chinese A Gui were involved in the case. They raced against time and finally found the murderer in a battle of wits and courage.

The two characters Qin Fu and A Gui mentioned in the plot synopsis are played by Liu Haoran and Wang Baoqiang respectively, two original cast members of the "Tang Detective" series. In addition to the two original cast members, the film "Tang Detective Prequel" also brings together Chow Yun-fat , Zhang Yi, Li Xuejian, Huang Bo, John Cusack, Feng Xiaogang, Guo Degang, Yu Qian and others Yue Yunpeng and many other well-known actors.

With such a strong cast, it seems that director Chen Sicheng is determined to prove himself this time, his directorial ability, and his box office appeal as a director.

Although the "Detective Chinatown 3" disappointed the audience, Chen Sicheng's "Detective" series still occupies a very important position in the hearts of the audience. Therefore, after "Tang Detective Prequel" is officially released, if its reputation does not collapse, it still hopes to break the highest box office record in Chinese film history, and its final total box office is still expected to exceed 6 billion yuan.