2238【Hong Kong Film Crisis】
"Jurassic Park" is popular.
He won $420 million in North America alone, becoming the biggest winner in the summer season.
One month after it was released in North America, it has been released all over the world. Wherever it goes, it is really invincible, causing wave after wave of dinosaur craze.
By July 29, the wind blew into Hong Kong, and the world theaters released "Jurassic Park".
Because this movie has been released in the United States, Britain, South Korea, Fusang and other countries, and its box office and reputation are very high, Hong Kong people are also looking forward to this movie and want to take a look.
So when it started to be released in Hong Kong, a large number of fans flocked to the eye.
And when they really saw this famous "Jurassic Park", everyone shouted that "this trip is worth it."
"Jurassic Park" is impeccable in terms of the story, scene, and acting skills. Especially the application of computer special effects technology has really amazed Hong Kong audiences and gained unprecedented visual enjoyment.
Therefore, "Jurassic Park" was a big box office in Hong Kong, and the box office exceeded 12 million Hong Kong dollars in the first week. It seems that it is not difficult to get 40 million Hong Kong dollars at all.
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Compared with the big sale of "Jurassic Park", the box office of Hong Kong's self-produced movies is a bit inferior.
During the summer season, Tianxia Film launched Zhou Xingchi's comedy movie "Jigong". This movie is based on the ancient Chinese mythological story "The Biography of Jigong". It tells the story of Jigong Living Buddha relaying beggars of nine generations, ninth prostitutes and ninth evil people. It is quite artistic and philosophical.
But perhaps because the story is too profound and not as funny as the nonsensical comedy in the past, the box office of "Jigong" was not high. In the first week of its release, the box office was less than 10 million, far lower than "Jurassic Park".
Jiahe launches "Serious Crime Squad" starring Cheng Long. The story of this movie is adapted from the kidnapping case of Hong Kong tycoon Wang Dehui. It is also Cheng Long's first collaboration with the beastly director Huang Zhiqiang.
But the cooperation between the two did not create too eye-catching sparks. Because Huang Zhiqiang is known as the director of the wild beast, his film style is quite popular, crazy, full of passion and violence.
Although Cheng Long is an action star, he does not like to exaggerate violence, and he does not like to exaggerate love in the film. Because he knows that there are many children among his fans, and the whole family watches his movies, so in order to avoid teaching the children badly and to adapt to everyone's appetite, the violence in his films can be saved as much as possible.
Therefore, we can see that although fighting scenes are always indispensable in Cheng Long's movies, there are few bloody scenes. Not to mention the scenes like Director Shaw Brothers, where hands and feet are broken, blood flows into a river, and a pan-heart fight is rare.
Moreover, although the heroines in Cheng Long's movies are very beautiful, such as Guan Zhilin, Zhang Manyu, Laura Fangna, Wang Xian, Yuan Yongyi, etc., there are few intimate scenes, let alone let the heroine show off her flesh.
So the two of them have different ideas, which makes their cooperation full of friction.
Originally, Cheng Long was the pillar of Jiahe, and in Jiahe he was just a matter of everything. Even the boss Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang pampered and loved him, so he could do whatever he wanted to film the movie.
But Huang Zhiqiang is not easy to bully. The director of the Beast Sect only knows how difficult he is to mess with him. Others dare not provoke Cheng Long, so they take a step back when they encounter disputes, but Huang Zhiqiang doesn't accept his tricks and insists on him.
So the filming of "Serious Crime Team" is a bit inappropriate. It is said to be a crime drama, but there are so many fighting scenes in the play, which squeezes out the space of the literary drama, making the plot of the film weak and not fascinating enough; it is said to be an action film, but there are more literary dramas, which leads to the action scenes not being outstanding enough.
Moreover, the style is depressing and dark, which is very different from Cheng Long's previous action comedy, which also leads to the unsatisfactory box office of "The Crime Team". The box office of "The Crime Team" was released for a week, and the box office was less than 10 million, and the reputation was not very good.
As for the New Art City, Xu Guanjie, Xu Guanying, Shen Dianxia and others co-starred in the nonsensical costume comedy "The Laughing of Water Margin".
This drama uses the past to satirize the present and is full of jokes, and is considered a classic spoof comedy. In particular, this movie was released under the banner of Xu Guanjie's last movie, so it really attracted many fans to support it.
But then again, it was the 1993, not the 1970s when the Xu brothers were in power, nor was it the peak era when Xu Guanjie filmed "Best Partner" and won the box office championship for three consecutive years.
Although Xu Guanjie dares not say it is outdone, his box office appeal has dropped significantly compared to before. In addition, the nonsensical comedy has been brought to an extremely high position by Zhou Xingchi, Wang Jing, Liu Zhenwei, Gu Dezhao and others.
Therefore, although "Water Margin Laughing" is also very good, it is difficult to please too many viewers. Therefore, the box office of the company has not exceeded 10 million for one week, only 6 million Hong Kong dollars.
Therefore, it can be said that during the summer season, Hong Kong movies were wiped out in the face of Hollywood blockbusters. This was the first time in more than ten years, which surprised Hong Kong filmmakers for a while.
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Since the late 1970s, Hong Kong movies have gradually surpassed Hollywood blockbusters in Hong Kong and have become the first choice for Hong Kong audiences.
At that time, many theaters specializing in western films transformed and started to play Mandarin films. For example, Mr. Lei Juekun, the gold medalist behind the scenes of New Art City, was originally the Western Film Cinema.
Since the late 1970s, Hong Kong films have been playing Hollywood blockbusters. Even classic movies such as "Star Wars" series, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series, and "Jaws" have not defeated Hong Kong films. The box office champions of previous years have been won by Hong Kong films, and Western films have almost been defeated.
This also made Hong Kong filmmakers very proud at one time, and even had the mentality of challenging Hollywood in the United States.
But now, the release of "Jurassic Park" has completely shattered their dreams.
Hollywood used this movie to teach Hong Kong filmmakers a lesson, "Your uncle is always your uncle."
And now, these filmmakers finally understand what Xia Tian called the "Hong Kong film crisis".
If all American blockbusters in the future are available, even surpassing the special effects of "Jurassic Park", then Hong Kong films are in danger.
After all, the heroes will fly around again, and their palms are like lightning, and they will not be as shocking as this mighty and domineering Tyrannosaurus Rex.
"Oh no, I've really been told by Mr. Xia. Our Hong Kong movies have really met our opponents."
"There are so fine-tuned that there is almost no fake. But we still make steel by making in the country. How can we fight with them?"
"It seems that we really need to ask Mr. Xia for advice and see how we can survive."
Chapter completed!