Recently, the mainland film market has been relatively sluggish, and compared with the same schedule last year, it is a world of difference.
Also on June 30, last year, Zhu Yilong's "Disappearing Her", on the ninth day of its release, the box office continued to explode 240 million, plus Wang Baoqiang's "In the Octagon Cage", the single-day box office dropped by 320 million.
On June 30 this year, the market barely exceeded 100 million, and the seed movies in this week's schedule, "Customs Front" starring Nicholas Tse and Jacky Cheung, unexpectedly hit the street at the box office, which really surprised many audiences.
Is this still the summer file in our impression? Which film can ignite the enthusiasm of movie fans?
After inquiry, Brother Brown learned that Ke Wenli's second feature film, "Silent Killing", announced that it had been upgraded, and this film has a dark horse hit physique, and the box office is predicted to be 800 million.
1. "Silent Killing" has been raised.
In previous years, after entering the summer file, there would usually be a heavyweight work set in the regular schedule, but this year, with Liu Heping's "No Film" disappearing for no reason, the layout of the summer movie theater has also been disrupted.
"Customs Front", which was originally scheduled to be released on July 5, replaced this week's schedule, and before the large-scale release, fans expressed great enthusiasm for the film, but after the opening of the film, the box office results are difficult to describe.
The total box office of the film in three days was only 73 million, and the box office is predicted to fall from 250 million to 180 million.
Seeing the shape of "Customs Front", the producer of "Silent Killing" announced to the public: the film will be released from July 4 to July 3, and if it is released one day earlier, it will earn one more day at the box office.
Screening or raising the file is a manifestation of the filmmaker's confidence, if it is a bad movie, it is impossible to meet the audience in advance. You see, "Kowloon Walled City" and "Negotiator", after screening, they can get a good result at the box office.
Those films that have skipped the gears many times are often not good. For example, Andy Lau's "Mr. Red Carpet", Deng Chao's "Chinese Ping Pong: The Jedi Strikes Back", and Huang Xuan's "Rifle Hotel" were released again, but the audience was still unmoved.
"Silent Killing" chose to raise the file, but did not screen it, indicating that they did not want to destroy the film market, and in addition, director Ke Wenli is the main reason for the potential of this film.
Second, the box office is 800 million.
"Silent Killing" is directed by director Ke Wenli, this is his second work, and the previous work "Manslaughter" was supervised by Chen Sicheng.
This film continues the production concept of "Manslaughter", the film was established for filming in 2018, and because it was sent for review for the first time, it was turned back, and Ke Wenli re-shot it on the original basis.
The plot synopsis of "Silent Killing" is as follows:
The students of Jinghua Girls' High School in Doma City, a small country in the Pacific Island, disappeared one after another, and the hammer fell heavily, opening the prelude to a revenge case. As the police investigate deeply, it seems that everyone involved has unspeakable secrets hidden in them.
Chen Yutong, a student at a girls' high school, was bullied on campus, but her mother Li Han was unable to save her daughter in "hell", and everyone around her "turned a blind eye", and a collective silence brewed even greater violence......
The cast lineup includes Wang Chuanjun, Zhang Junning, Wu Zhenyu, Wang Shengdi, Cai Ming, Jin Shijie, Huang Minghao, Xu Jiao, etc.
Why do you say that the box office of this film is 800 million?
First, Ke Wenli has this ability.
"Manslaughter" was released in the 2019 Chinese New Year, and finally achieved great success with a box office score of 1.33 billion, which also made the starring Xiao Yang a box office appeal actor, and Chen Sicheng's company made a lot of money.
It can be seen from the success of "Manslaughter" that director Ke Wenli has a very accurate grasp of the audience's desires, and his works give the audience a feeling of "enjoyment", especially the suspense and decryption part.
Therefore, fans have high expectations for this new work. After all, director Ke Wenli is known for his keen grasp of storytelling and unique shooting techniques.
I believe that "Silent Killing" will also be able to continue this spirit and create a world of its own in the summer file.
Second, the summer file needs a movie to ignite.
Entering the summer, the North American box office has also encountered such a situation, after a number of blockbuster box office hits, finally ushered in "Mind Squad 2", the audience watched the movie with revenge, and the box office directly exploded 450 million US dollars in two weeks.
The mainland theater chain is also like this, there is no movie in the Dragon Boat Festival file that stands out from the encirclement, and when it comes to the summer file, it needs a movie of acceptable quality to lead the market trend, and last year it was Wang Baoqiang's "In the Octagon Cage" and "She Who Disappeared" detonated.
This year, it has become a fact that "Customs Front" is not good, and next, let's watch "Silent Killing" that will meet the audience next week, once the film's word-of-mouth performance is good, the box office explosion will be a matter of course.
Third, the media predicts a box office of 660 million to 1.1 billion.
The box office of 800 million I predicted was still neutralized, and the highest prediction given by the ticketing platform reached 1.1 billion, and I had made accurate predictions for Wang Qianyuan's "Wandering Blade" and Gao Qunshu's "Trident".
These industry bodies have high hopes for director Ke Wenli and the film, and they are quite reliable, and there are few cases of failed predictions.
Based on the above three main points, it is still easy to achieve the box office of "Silent Killing" with a box office of 800 million.
3. Wang Chuanjun wants to punch Jackie Chan and kick Nicholas Tse.
Can Wang Chuanjun successfully transform with this movie and become the next Zhu Yilong?
Wang Chuanjun's famous work is the series of TV series "Love Apartment", I believe many viewers have seen him play the magic of Guan Gu, in which he speaks Mandarin with an accent, the character is a little "stupid", and he "seppuku" at every turn.
After becoming famous, Wang Chuanjun made a lot of attempts to get rid of this role, and the most successful one was "Predecessor 2".
In 2015, in Tian Yusheng's "Predecessor 2: Spare Tire Counterattack", he played the role of Tian Shengxin, and the box office of this film exploded 1.9 billion. In the final analysis, the first actor is still Zheng Kai, and the box office masterpiece is not on Wang Chuanjun's head.
After that, he interpreted the role of Huang Mao in Wen Muye's "I Am Not the God of Medicine", it can be said that in addition to Xu Zheng, Wang Chuanjun is the most brilliant, how many actors have been slapped in the face of one of his dry rice scenes, and the box office of the film has exploded by 3.1 billion again.
In 2023, "All or Nothing" will let us see a different Wang Chuanjun, and the little boss of electric fraud will be accurately interpreted by him again, and the box office of this film will explode to 3.848 billion, becoming the box office champion film last summer.
Whether it is "Predecessor 2", "I Am Not the God of Medicine", or "All or Nothing", as long as Wang Chuanjun participates, the probability of box office explosion is extremely high, but in these films, Wang Chuanjun is always the second leading actor.
If you want to carry the box office, you must have a starring role, and "Silent Killing" is Wang Chuanjun's first theatrical film masterpiece.
Once the film breaks through the threshold of 800 million, it will have a huge impact on the two films.
One is "Customs Front" starring Nicholas Tse.
If "Silent Killing" does well at the box office and forms a word-of-mouth effect, the theater manager will increase the film schedule, which will inevitably compress the share of "Customs Front", which is not kicking Nicholas Tse.
The other is Jackie Chan's new film "Legend", which will be released on July 12.
If the box office of "Silent Killing" continues to explode, it will form a strong competition for the next schedule, "Legend" will not be able to grab more films, and the box office is also close at hand, isn't this a punch to Jackie Chan.
It's a real box office contest!
IV. Conclusion.
Wang Chuanjun's acting skills are undoubted, and the most important thing now is the quality of the movie, as long as it exceeds "Disappearing Her", with Wang Chuanjun's performance and Ke Wenli's technology, the box office of 800 million has just begun.
Brother Brown has a strong interest in "Silent Killing", and at that time, I will also watch the movie as soon as possible and bring you the latest movie reviews. Let's continue to pay attention to "Silent Killing" and witness Wang Chuanjun's journey of "punching Jackie Chan and kicking Nicholas Tse"!
Will you be going to see this movie next week?