Zhang Yi, Wang Junkai, was released for 20 days, and the box office exceeded 1.3 billion. Because there is no blockbuster release in the near future, there is still room for improvement in the box office of "Return of a Thousand Miles". The total box office forecast given by the ticketing platform is currently 1.624 billion.
A more important statistic is that the total number of people who watched the movie reached 31.682 million. Whether it is the box office or the number of moviegoers, the entire National Day file "Return" ranks first. It can be seen that the audience is not only interested in the movie, but also recognizes Wang Junkai's quality and fully affirms Wang Junkai's performance.
In the starring lineup of "Return of Thousands of Miles", Zhang Yi has already passed his acting skills in other works. Although this film has breakthroughs, it is not amazing; while Wang Junkai has feelings and performed well. , got rid of the innate idol image and labelled himself a powerful actor. Director Rao Xiaozhi has full confidence in Wang Junkai. Cheng Lang, played by him, has to complete the character growth in the 130-minute movie. The difficulty of the performance can be imagined.
His first scene in the film is when he and three other colleagues are driving to the Chinese embassy in the Republic of Numia. As a newborn, he was completely unaware of the crisis, and he persevered recklessly. The camera shot brought a lot of trouble to this group of people, and even almost died in a car bomb;
later insisted on telling the truth Cheng Lang, because he wanted to tell the truth to his compatriots, and Zong Dawei, played by Zhang Yi, disagreed and quarreled fiercely. Indirectly led to several people acting alone, Zong Dawei was kidnapped by the rebel army. It's hard to tell right from wrong with different ideas, but Cheng Lang's innocence and impulsiveness are obvious.
In the next plot, thanks to Wang Junkai's accurate interpretation, the audience saw Cheng Lang's growth. He led more than 100 people across the desert and out of the war zone, and finally bravely raised the camera and confronted the rebel leader in English and cried.
Wang Junkai also grew up with Cheng Lang. Back in 2010, 11-year-old Wang Junkai joined the big family of TF. He officially debuted in 2013. He formed the TFBOYS group with Wang Yuan and Yi Yang Qianxi and served as the captain. Over the next 10 years, the three parted ways.
From "Youth of a Teenager", " Sends You a Little Red Flower " to " Changjin Lake " and "Miracle · Silly Child", Yi Yang Qianxi has consolidated his acting career step by step. , The identity of the powerful actor has been stamped and recognized by the audience and fans. Compared with Yi Yangqianxi in the same group, he has always given the impression that Wang Junkai, who is heavy on music and on stage, walks slowly as an actor.
In 2015, he participated in "Fatal Pursuit" starring Jean-Claude Vincent. He plays the role of a singer. He is a real actor without much sense of presence; it is short-lived; participating in " Great Wall " directed by Zhang Yimou , for Wang Junkai, cooperating with international directors and participating in the production of blockbuster films produced by Hollywood , is a very rare opportunity, but the emperor he plays is not only a small role, but he doesn't play much. It seems a little insignificant among the big-name actors. Later, his resume gradually added works such as "Worry-free groceries", "My Hometown and Me", "Almighty", "1921", etc., but he still failed to get rid of the impression of "playing soy sauce".
Wang Junkai's performance will be a watershed moment. Appearing in 2022, this year is enough for him to describe it as "explosive". In "Broken Bridge" released in August, Wang Junkai "self-destructed his image" and played the escaped and sloppy Meng Chao, which is very sad. It was the first time that people saw the spirituality of his performance, and Wang Junkai was able to at least play a role that was very different from his own image. As for "The Way Home", as I said earlier, Wang Junkai's performance is enough to use his strength To describe it as an actor. Then I remembered that he graduated from Beijing Film Academy's performance department . With only two works, he posted it to himselfThe label of a powerful actor. Wang Junkai, who is only 23 years old, is full of stamina and can't help but think of it. Will he, who started later, become the next Yi Yang Qianxi? the answer is negative.
The first reason, as the saying goes, "Times create heroes", Yi Yang Qianxi started in the best era of Chinese movies. In 2019, the box office of Chinese movies hit a record high of 64.2 billion, and "Youth and Youth" was released in the same year. Yi Yang Qianxi successfully seized this opportunity. After winning Hong Kong Film Awards , Popular Film Hundred Flowers Awards and other awards, Yi Yang Qianxi was quickly recognized by the industry. Flowers, "Changjin Lake" and other movie reservations.
As we all know, starting in 2020, the movie has entered a "cold winter". At this time, Wang Junkai began to exert his strength, but the best development opportunity has passed, so from the perspective of the general environment, it is difficult for Wang Junkai to catch up with Yi Yang Qianxi. The second reason is that while opportunities are reserved for the prepared, good film projects are still scarce. "Youth is not as good as a boy" and "Give you a little red flower" are both literary youth themes, and the audience is not too large. But "Changjin Lake" is different. At present, it ranks first in the Chinese film box office with a box office of 5.757 billion, and the audience has reached 125 million. As the leading actor, Yi Yang Qianxi has also become an out-and-out national actor. The recognition in the hearts of the audience is very high, which will be of great help to his future acting career.
However, the total investment of "Changjin Lake" is as high as 1.5 billion yuan. Such a large project will not be easy to appear for a long time in the future, so Wang Junkai is at least one less than Yi Yang Qianxi. important opportunity.
The third reason is that in terms of the performance itself, although Wang Junkai has made significant progress, compared to Yi Yang Qianxi, there is still a big gap in his acting skills, understanding of the role, and fit with the role, and he needs more A lot of training to accumulate performance experience. However, Wang Junkai still has a long way to go in the future. He is currently the co-director of Gu Changwei, Ge You and Geng Le's new drama "Hedgehog" is waiting for release. I believe he will do better.