On July 13, "Catching Dolls" starring Shen Teng and Ma Li was released for only one day, and the box office has reached 150 million yuan.
"Catching the Doll" promotional poster
"Silent Killing" starring Wang Chuanjun has also reached 80 million yuan at the box office.
"Silent Killing" promotional poster
At a time when many films are taking off, there is a movie played by a 76-year-old kung fu superstar, and the box office is only 637 yuan in 2 days after its release.
Some people say that if he leaves Stephen Chow, he is nothing, so what is the real situation?
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Traffic stars and "domineering"
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According to the box office of Maoyan Movie on July 13, "Catching the Doll" starring Shen Teng and Ma Li ranked first at the box office, while "Silent Killing" starring Wang Chuanjun ranked second.
Among them, "Legend" starring Jackie Chan, Zhang Yixing, Guli Nazha and Li Zhiting lost to the foreign animated film "Despicable Me 4" and ranked fourth.
"Legend" promotional poster
From this ranking, it is not difficult to see that new traffic actors such as Shen Teng, Ma Li and Wang Chuanjun have a very "domineering" advantage in terms of box office appeal.
An international superstar like Jackie Chan is still a guarantee at the box office, although "Legend" is just a "bad movie" bombarded with special effects and stars in the eyes of many moviegoers.
Stills from "Silent Killing", "Xiaotong's Laughter"
According to the current trend, the box office ranking in July will not change much, among which "Catching the Doll" will rely on the traffic of Shen Teng and Ma Li, and the first place position may be surpassed by "Silent Killing", but the box office is already guaranteed.
With its suspenseful and thrilling theme and wonderful plot, "Silent Kill" is expected to break through the 1 billion mark at the box office and become the top 5 at the annual box office.
"Falling Dust" promotional poster
In addition to the above movies with traffic stars, the performance of the domestic animated film "Falling Dust" is also eye-catching, and this movie is full of classical Chinese elements.
Director Zhong Ding has paid enough effort for it, although the budget of the film is not high, the picture is exquisite, the plot is compact, and it has also ushered in a counterattack of word-of-mouth.
Stills from "Cha Boxing", Liang Xiaolong
It's just that among the more than 80 movies, there is one movie that has a box office reputation and can be said to be a real "bad movie".
And the 76-year-old kung fu superstar who starred in this movie can be described as "miserable".
Liang Xiaolong's "miserable"
"Chaquan Fengyun" promotional poster
On July 12th, the movie "Cha Boxing" starring Liang Xiaolong officially met with everyone, the movie is only 90 minutes long, and the plot is a series of love and hatred that occurred in order to compete for the boxing spectrum.
The movie itself has no bright spots, it seems mediocre, although Liang Xiaolong showed two hands in the movie, but there are no more eye-catching performances.
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"Chaquan Fengyun" did not make effective publicity in the early stage of the release, and the only report that could be found was an interview report from the Anhui media, which made many people not know that there was a kung fu movie about to be released.
On the first day of the release of "Cha Boxing", only 3 screenings were arranged in theaters across the country, attracting 20 fans to watch the movie, and the box office was 619 yuan, and the box office was 20 yuan on the second day, so the movie was released for 2 days and only had a box office of 637 yuan.
The scene of the "Kung Fu" movie promotion campaign
I have to say that the downturn at the box office of "Cha Boxing" is tragic, and Liang Xiaolong, as a special guest actor of the film, not only did not bring enough traffic and topics to the movie, but was commented by many netizens: Without Stephen Chow, you will not be able to.
In fact, as far as the movie is concerned, Bruce Leung only plays a supporting role in the movie, which cannot drive the rhythm of the whole movie, and the promotion of the movie does not feel like using him as a gimmick, so Liang Xiaolong was sprayed a little too "miserable".
Stills from "Chen Zhen", Liang Xiaolong
It's just that, no matter what, Liang Xiaolong used to be very brilliant, and his kung fu movies such as "Chen Zhen" and "Huo Yuanjia" were unanimously praised, and they provoked a generation of kung fu movies.
It's just that with the passage of time, the kung fu superstar of the year has declined, and Stephen Chow helped Liang Xiaolong in the most difficult time, so that Liang Xiaolong gained traffic and fame that should not belong to him.
Without Stephen Chow, can Liang Xiaolong do it?
"Kung Fu" global box office data
In 2004, Stephen Chow, who had not produced a new movie for many years, finally appeared in front of the public again with his new work "Kung Fu" this year.
The final box office of the film "Kung Fu" was 173 million yuan in the mainland, more than 60 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, and 100 million US dollars worldwide, and it was rated as "one of the top ten best films of the year" by Time Magazine.
Stills from "Kung Fu".
The "Fire Cloud Evil God" played by Liang Xiaolong occupies a huge space in the movie, especially the final battle between him and Stephen Chow is even more exciting, and Liang Xiaolong also returned to the entertainment industry because of the movie "Kung Fu".
I believe that all the officials who have watched or not watched "Kung Fu" will have heard the title of "Intermediate Murder King Huoyun Evil God", and Liang Xiaolong and "Chartered Father" Yuan Hua, as well as "Chartered Wife" Yuan Qiu, have relied on classic images, and there have been countless films since then.
Stills from "Koshihikari Treasure Box".
Liang Xiaolong, Yuan Hua and Yuan Qiu took advantage of the dividends brought by starring in Stephen Chow's movie "Kung Fu", first played on the same stage with Xu Jiao in "Moonlight Treasure Box" in 2010, and then released a separate "Shura Mask of the Fire Cloud Evil God" in 2018.
Due to the good response of "The Shura Mask of the Fire Cloud Evil God", they released a sequel "Fire Cloud Evil God: Eighteen Palms of the Dragon Descent" in 2020, the box office of these two movies is not bad, but the audience seems to have lost the mentality of watching the excitement before.
Promotional poster for "The Shura Mask of the Fire Cloud Evil God".
It can be said that Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu" can make Liang Xiaolong, Yuan Hua and Yuan Qiu eat dividends for many years, which is already an incredible thing.
On the other hand, Liang Xiaolong and others have been eating their old books all these years, and they don't seem to have the intention of continuing to innovate, and they are only thinking about "fried cold rice" and "making money".
Stills from "Fire Cloud Evil God: Eighteen Palms of the Descent of the Dragon".
Now, Liang Xiaolong "re-emerged" and served as a special guest in "Chaquan Fengyun", instead of playing the role of "guaranteeing the box office", he was scolded by netizens for "inaction", which can no longer be described by the word "miserable".
Having said that, Liang Xiaolong is now 76 years old, and he can still come out to make movies at this age, which is already considered healthy, what else can we say?
Write at the end
Liang Xiaolong's current situation
If Liang Xiaolong had self-knowledge, he would have retired a long time ago, because the current entertainment industry is dominated by traffic, except for old actors of Jackie Chan and Stallone, it is difficult for the older generation of artists to ensure the stability of the box office.
In addition, the reason why Liang Xiaolong starred in "Cha Boxing" may also be because he hopes to experience the few pleasures of making movies in his lifetime, after all, old actors like Liang Xiaolong, compared to the temptation of money, they want to leave no regrets in the rest of their lives.
Resources:
1: Maoyan Professional Edition, "Chaquan Fengyun" ranked 89th, with a box office of 619 yuan on the first day.
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