Ang Lee's new film "Gemini Killer" is currently in theaters in China. Although the big director Ang Lee and the big star Will Smith blessed, the box office was not ideal. As of the evening of October 23, "Gemini Killer" had a box office of 179 million yuan (approximately US$25.28 million) in mainland China, ranking low in terms of film placement and attendance.
has a rating of only 5.7 on the rating website IMDb. The score on Douban is only 7.1, which ranks third from the bottom in director Ang Lee's career. Many netizens praised the film’s fineness and production technology, but expressed a slight lack of storyline. The
market estimates that the cost of the film is as high as 138 million US dollars, and as of October 21st, the global box office of movies was only 119 million US dollars. According to the current trend, "Gemini Killer" may not be able to recover the cost in the end.
See the content: The old story is considered the biggest problem.
The story of "Gemini Killers" is quite simple, so simple that it doesn’t matter. Spoiler: After the American CIA agent Henry retired, he was chased by his former boss because he knew some secrets. The killer is a clone of himself. At the end of the film, he and the clone reached a reconciliation, fought side by side, and went back. This is a typical Hollywood popcorn film. The film was released in North America on October 11, 2019, and in Mainland China on October 18.
has been working silently for movies with the attitude of ascetics for many years, such as "Wedding Banquet", "Brokeback Mountain", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Fantasy Drifting of Juvenile School" and other excellent works have continued. Ang Lee has always held a high position in the hearts of domestic movie fans. In 2016, Ang Lee's "Billy Lynn's Midfield War" lost both in the North American market. The total box office of the film in North America was 1.74 million US dollars. Only the Chinese market gave Li Ang some comfort. The Chinese box office of the film was 165 million yuan. But under the high cost, the film still loses money.
's "Gemini Killer" this time, the word-of-mouth is obviously different from that in the past, and some people even commented: Ang Lee missed it. Among them, the old-fashioned and mediocre story is considered the biggest problem of the film.
According to the Beijing Daily client report, the film critic "Twenty-Two Island Lord" bluntly said that he was a little disappointed after watching the film. "The film's reflection on cloning technology and the discussion of the relationship between father and son are not new. In particular, the matter of cloning and killing the body has been shown in too many film and television works. There are many places in the script."
In addition, with the improvement of the quality of domestic films, the appeal of Hollywood blockbusters to domestic audiences seems to be weakening. Up to now, "Me and My Motherland" and "Captain China" are still ranked high in terms of average attendance and attendance.
Seeing technology: There are too few theaters that can watch the "top version"
In 2016, Director Ang Lee completed his first 120-frame film "Billy Lynn's Midfield War", which made some audiences around the world see it for the first time 120 frames, 4K, 3D version of the movie viewing experience. "Gemini Killer" is Lee Ang's second movie shot with the above specifications.
Currently, most movies are shown using the traditional technique of 24 frames per second. In 2016, when "Billy Lynn's Midfield War" was screened, there were not many 120-frame screening theaters in the world-at that time, only 5 theaters in the world were able to screen this 3D/4K/120-frame high-tech For the format version, mainland China has two seats-Beijing U-Tambona Cinema and Shanghai Cinema, and the ticket prices are 380 yuan and 280 yuan respectively. In the end, the two studios contributed 30 million box office to the film.
However, the high version of the projection system that the two theaters spent millions of dollars to remodel at that time was only an engineering prototype because it was not compatible with other versions of movies. After the screening of "Billy Lynn's Midfield War" was off the line, the projection equipment was also It was removed.
According to the Beijing Daily client report, director and producer Zhang Xiaobei analyzed that there are too few theaters that can watch the "top version" of the film, which may be one of the reasons why the film audience has a general reputation. It is understood that at present, there are less than 30 domestic theaters with "120 frames + 4K + 3D" theaters, and only 4 theaters in Beijing can see the "top version". In North America, where the film's box office failed, there is not even One hall can make up the configuration of "120 frames + 4K + 3D". In Zhang Xiaobei's view, "If it was only shown in a normal format, "Gemini Killer" would be confusing or disappointing to ordinary audiences."
Seeing that the fare of the "top version" exceeds 200 yuan, such a price can be called a luxury.
has experienced two losses. Will Ang Lee go to shoot the third 120-frame movie? Ang Lee’s answer is: As long as someone invests in the 120-frame movie, I will continue to shoot it. Of course, if it doesn’t sell well, no one will vote again.
Regarding box office and profit, Ang Lee said, “It seems that there is no difference between earning a little more and earning a little less. I think people have to have a taste of life and have a taste of learning. You can get things that you are not interested in. There is no purpose in life."
Daily Economic News Comprehensive Beijing Daily Client, Beijing Youth Daily, Every Jing App (Reporter Bi Yuanyuan)
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