The 2024 summer vacation will undoubtedly be full of twists and turns.
originally thought that the collaboration of "Feng Shen 2" and "Nezha 2" would make this summer's summer release the best in film history. Unexpectedly, director Wu Ershan directly stated that "Feng Shen 2" would not be able to catch up, and "Nezha 2" became the only hope. Unfortunately, there is currently no news about the release date of "Nezha 2", and it will most likely be released during the Spring Festival in 2025.
When everyone thought that there would be no movies to watch in the summer, a large number of blockbuster new movies have been scheduled to be released recently, which has restored the market's confidence.
In the 2024 summer season, Shen Teng Xu Zheng will compete for the second time. Will the mainland comedy kings show off?
As of now, 77 new films have been scheduled for summer in the Mainland.
However, the only blockbusters that are really attracting attention and are expected to reach 1 billion at the box office are " Legend ", " Customs Front ", " Under the Stranger ", " Retrograde Life ", and " Gate of the Sand Sea " Although there is no specific release date information for "Decryption", "Succession Plan" and " reverse scale ", they are basically confirmed to be released in the summer.
These 8 blockbusters form the first-tier lineup of this summer’s movie. But the summer box office champion is probably the work of Xu Zheng and Shen Teng.
The two Hong Kong films, "Legend" and "Customs Front", have a box office ceiling of about 1 billion. Especially in recent years, it has been a long time since a major Hong Kong film has exceeded 1 billion, and " Kowloon Walled City ", which has an explosive reputation, has also stopped at 7 billion box office. I wonder if Jackie Chan and Nicholas Tse can lead Hong Kong films out of the predicament this time.
Although Wu Ershan did not bring "Feng Shen 2", "Under the Stranger" that had been hidden for a long time was brought up.
This film started production in 2020. After the first trailer was released, word-of-mouth was polarized. Cheap special effects became the biggest drawback. In addition, the actors in the drama version were preconceived, so the film faced huge challenges. "Under the Stranger" It's either a dark horse or a summer box office disaster.
"Reverse Scale" was filmed in 2019.
At that time, Shen Teng wanted to transform, so he starred in this crime action film. The film has not yet released a trailer. However, as the only 30 billion movie star in the current Chinese film industry, it goes without saying that "Inside Scale" has attracted a lot of attention, but the movie is not reliable in terms of lineup, especially the heroine Zhang Yuqi can be called the king of bad movies.
"Gate of the Sand Sea" stars Deng Chao, while "Decryption" stars Chen Sicheng.
"Gate to the Sand Sea" is a costume war film, and "Decryption" is a spy film. Judging from the subject matter, the probability of these two films winning the summer championship is not high.
"Retrograde Life" and "Succession Plan" are undoubtedly the seed players for the summer championship.
In recent years, due to the influence of "囧Mom", Xu Zheng has not had a real hit. Both the influence of comedy films and his personal box office have been far surpassed by Shen Teng. It seems that there is no suspense in the showdown between the mainland comedy kings.
But to a certain extent, Shen Teng has not surpassed Xu Zheng's performance.
In 2012, "Lost in Thailand" broke through the box office of 1.2 billion. It was the first 1 billion box office blockbuster in the history of domestic films. It broke all the records in film history that could be broken at that time. Although Shen Teng has works with box office of 3 to 4 billion, and even 5 billion. , but no film has raised the box office ceiling of domestic films like "囧". Breaking the ceiling of genre films.
" I am not the god of medicine " in 2018, the Douban score exceeded 9 points.
This is the best reputation of a Chinese-language film in more than 10 years. Xu Zheng combined realism themes with comedy. Not only did it receive rave reviews, but the final box office also exceeded 3.1 billion. What's interesting is that Shen Teng also had a movie " The Richest Man in Xihong City " released that year, and the final box office exceeded 2.5 billion.
This was the first time the two faced each other in the summer, and Xu Zheng won.
What’s interesting is that in 2024, the two works “Retrograde Life” and “Succession Plan”, which the two met for the second time in the summer, are quite interesting.
"Retrograde Life" is a realistic comedy film like "I'm Not the God of Medicine".It tells the story of the male protagonist played by Xu Zheng who transformed from a large factory executive to a delivery rider, and shows the life story of the lower class people from the perspective of the male protagonist.
"Successor Plan" was originally titled "Capital Successor", but later it was changed to "Catch a Baby".
finally returned to the title "Successor Plan", and this movie was made to make up for the regret that Ma Li was not the heroine in "The Richest Man in Xihong City". It is equivalent to Xu Zheng and Shen Teng remaking "I Am Not" in 2024 The box office battle between "The God of Medicine" and "The Richest Man in Xihong City".
This time both of them have come up with their own trump cards. The battle for the mainland comedy king is about to be decided.
Nicholas Tse will succeed Jackie Chan to carry the Hong Kong film flag?
In addition to the showdown between Xu Zheng and Shen Teng, another highlight for fans of Hong Kong movies this summer is undoubtedly Jackie Chan versus Nicholas Tse.
"Legend" is scheduled to be released on July 12th, while "Customs Front" is scheduled to be released on July 5th.
The release dates of the two movies are only one week apart, which can be said to be a close match. Judging from the trailer, although Jackie Chan is in charge of "Legend", the action scenes are old-fashioned and lifeless. Jackie Chan, who is in his 70s, is really not suitable for making action movies, let alone Zhang Yixing and other popular stars. "Legend" may disappoint movie fans.
It's "Customs Front". Nicholas Tse is the actor, producer and action director, quite like Jackie Chan at his peak.
Judging from the trailer, the movie has grand action scenes and a large-scale format that is rare in Hong Kong movies. It will tell the story of international arms trade, and there will be big scenes of aircraft, tanks and even naval battles.
Nicholas Tse was once regarded as Jackie Chan's successor by Hong Kong films. This summer box office showdown may be the best handover moment between the two.
It's Nicholas Tse's turn to take up the banner of Hong Kong films.
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