Most of the time, word-of-mouth really affects the daily box office trend of a movie and the final box office results of the movie.
A total of eight movies were released on May Day this year. In addition to the classic animated film "Howl's Moving Castle" directed by Hayao Miyazaki, the most popular one is the Hong Kong film " Kowloon Walled City" starring Louis Koo. "Fortress Besieged ". The film is hailed as the best Hong Kong movie in recent years, with more than 60,000 viewers giving it a high score of 7.5 on a certain online site. It is because of its good reputation that the film generated a high box office of over 70 million yuan during the screening period, which enabled it to show a very stable daily box office trend after its official release.
In addition to the very stable box office trend of "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City", which has a good reputation, the box office trend of the happy twist comedy movie "Thelma and Louise ", which is also rated above the passing line, is also very stable. It even achieved a lead on the third day and reached the top spot in the Chinese mainland market.
And because of the very stable box office trend, the domestic media made bold predictions about the final total box office performance of "Thelma and Louise". Its predicted total box office exceeded 800 million yuan.
Both the films "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" and "Thelma and Louise" have achieved stable box office trends due to their good reputation.
As for the next movie, due to its poor reputation, its performance at the daily box office has been on a downward trend. This movie was originally the most promising and most expected to win this year's May 1st box office championship, " Peacekeeping Riot Squad ".
Before its official release, "Peacekeepers" can be said to be one of the most anticipated movies on May Day this year. Its pre-sale box office results and the number of people who want to watch it on the platform have always been ahead of other movies. On the first day of its release, the film earned a box office of over 130 million yuan, winning the day's box office championship with an absolute advantage.
is one of the most anticipated and most promising movies to win the box office championship, but unexpectedly it became the most disappointing movie, the lowest-rated movie, and the only bad movie on May Day this year.
Not long ago, a certain rating of "Peacekeeping Riot Squad" was officially "released". According to a certain website, more than 60,000 viewers have given "Peacekeeping Riot Squad" a score of 5.6, which is still 0.4 points away from the passing line. Therefore, it has become the only May Day drama this year with a score lower than passing. line of movies.
Even " Nothing That Can't Be Solved by Hot Pot ", which has many bad reviews, has a certain score of 6.3 points. " Journey Through the Moon ", which has been almost forgotten by the audience, also has a score of 6.8 points. .
Because it was very disappointing and the audience's reputation was very poor, the daily box office performance of "Peace Keepers" has been on a downward trend, and its daily box office performance was overtaken by "Thelma and Louise", and finally It will also lose its status as the box office champion of the period.
Judging from the performance in these aspects, "Peacekeeping Riot Squad" feels like " Chinatown Detective 3" during the Spring Festival.