"Burning the City" with the "Burning City" of the "First Chinese Radiation Movie" Banner was officially released on November 1 after a week.
The large-scale production of Hong Kongs local production is rare. In addition, the materials and the place of occurrence are also in Hong Kong. "Burning City" is enoughAttractive.However, the authenticity and the formal release for two days, the "unpredictable" is not enough to describe the box office performance, it is simply a defeat.
As of press time, coupled with the accumulation of the previous week, the box office of "Burning City" is close to 36 million in the box office in the Mainland, and the theater is relatively good.You can rush in the follow -up.However, the movie originally told the story of Hong Kong, but in Hong Kong only less than 500,000 US dollars in the box office in two days, which is equivalent to HK $ 3.5 million.The Chiefous Andy Lau!National idols on Hong Kong Island!Cant help but say that if Hong Kong citizens do not support their own movies, do Hong Kong films still have hope?
However, looking forward along "Burning City", you will find that Liu Dehua has no appeal in Hong Kong in Hong Kong."Crisis" Hong Kong box office is less than 5 million. "Mr. Red Carpet" is only less than 400,000. "Golden Finger" is slightly better. It gets 43 million box office.box office.
The decline of the Hong Kong film market is visible. In the years when the mainland blowouts, the number of theater in Hong Kong will not increase and fall, so that evenThe 115 million "Poison Tongue Lawyer" is the champion of Hong Kongs local film history, and mainland films have long been billions.
So Hong Kong filmmakers and directors have set off in the north to set off a tide of co -production. The goal is the wider market in the Mainland."Burning City" is no exception. It is expected to recover costs and profitability in the Mainland, but it wants to end.The box office prediction of the professional platform for "Burning City" is only 201 million. For the film, it is not "almost", but a lot of money.
Simply calculate, if the box office of "Burning City" stops at 200 million, then the film party will divide 73 million.How much is the film production cost?
"Burning City" was invested by Hong Kong Anle Movie. As early as the Shenzhen roadshow, Mr. Anle, the boss of Anle, said that he was "very stressful, very very well, very very very well, very much, very very well, very"Tension", because the cost of "Burning City" is "very high", it is high to push the film to the market, and it is even described as "like gambling" by Jiang Zhiqiang.
Mr. Jiang Zhiqiang has long made a movie with the Mainland, seeing the wind and waves, and the investment of over 100 million yuan, which is nothing to him at all, which shows that the investment in "Burning City" is definitely not small.number.
I know the movie that "Burning City" is a large number of computer special effects, the green screen completes the scene extension, the details of the big scene must be carefully carved, roughly estimate, this movieThe special effects lens will not be less than eight or nine hundred.And the movie not only has computer special effects, but also a lot of physical special effects, burning, explosion, smoke, and messy firefields, etc., all need a lot of manpower and material resources.Burning "several times the money.
"Burning City" will naturally not be as much as the money in the production of "Wandering Earth", "Wandering Earth" compressingThe actors film was paid, but after Wu Jing added investment, it took 350 million yuan to finish shooting.
"Burning City" is a little lower than the production cost, but dont forget to have a Andy Lau.Still the price of Ning Hao for more than 20 years.
In this way, the total cost of "Burning City" will definitely not be less than 250 million. If you recover 73 million, what is the salary of water?
Indeed, "Burning City" has advantages and insufficient advantages.The fare of this movie is worth the fare, a lot of special effects lens, the layout of the entire fire field, the details of the fire saving, and under the end of the difficulty, it is in place for the citys all -round presentation, which highlights the sincerity of the film side and the director.Moreover, from the end of the subtitles, it is domestic companies that have completed the special effects of "Burning City". Once again, the industrial standards of Chinese films are not as big as the gap between the year as Hollywood. At present, the gap is mainly reflected in aesthetics andThe establishment of the production process.
The disadvantages are not no.On the one hand, the director wants to reflect the reality and let the films shoulder be of the real significance. Therefore, the story is inspired by the "foreign electronic garbage" in Hong Kong in the early years.However, the entire plot framework and story advancement are not very realistic. For example, such a major disaster occurred in Hong Kong, the adjacent Shenzhen influence will also be very large, but the film has not been brought at all, and the pattern is still a bit smaller.
Due to the lack of a complete and tension character line, the directors strength is scattered and weak in the outline of group portraits.It is difficult to make people reunite. The actors who are working hard to perform make people feel ingenious. This is a regrettable point in "Burning City".
But then, the movie is a regrettable art. "Burning City" is indeed a bit flawed in narrative and character portraits, but the sincerity of investors and directors can be seen.
Although it has been in the past many days, I still feel very moved to think of Mr. Jiang Zhiqiangs words.I asked him why he was in his 70s and had to run a road show hard. Why not continue to cast a small cost movie such as "Poisonous Tongue Lawyer" and "Still I think youes the best".
He said that Hong Kong movies are gradually moving, and they are often spit out by the audience. This is what he doesnt want to see.After making movies for a lifetime, he always wanted to fight for Hong Kong films, proved that Hong Kong filmmakers could make good works with international blockbusters, so he had "Burning City".
"Doing a lifetime movie" is not false.The masterpieces introduced Hong Kong and sold Hong Kong movies overseas.His most brilliant "record" is to push "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to Hollywood, and complete works such as "Heroes" and "Golden Armor" with Zhang Yimou. Each important technical change, he is also a soldier.True gold and silver to try. For example, when "Su Qier", the 3D buds just started, so the movie made some 3D lens for the audience.Such a filmmaker really couldnt bear to watch him lose money. For this "Burning City", Jiang Zhiqiang should have put all the money he earned in recent years.
Of course, the audience will be willing to spend dozens of dollars to pay for feelings, but the filmmakers cannot spend a few hundred million yuan for feelings and responsibility, unless this person is crazy.
The advent of "Burning City" must have a comprehensive market consideration, which contains at least two important factors.
One is the market space of type films.
There is a case that can be referred to in "Burning City", which is Gu Tianles "Tomorrow War". The Mainland sold 679 million, and Hong Kong also got more than 80 million box office."Burning the City" even gets a flat box office score, two add up, recover nearly 300 million, enough to return to the book and still have a profit space.
The other is Andy Lau.
After watching "Burning City", you will understand that the entire movie from the script to the character creation, which is very obvious around Liu Dehua and Liu Dehua.Generally speaking, such a disaster blockbuster, starting from the perspective of the small figures at the bottom, or intervened from the perspective of the God of God, but Fan Wei played by Andy Lau does not stand up and down, and the characters are promoted throughout the plot.In the place, Jiang Zhiqiang hopes that Liu Dehua can help the movie to open the mainland market in exchange for more box office, otherwise why should this character find Andy Lau?Isnt it good to change a Hong Kong star with a high paid?
I want to know how Andy Lau looks at this project.From the previous publicity to the roadshow during the period, he was always invisible. Even the most important premiere did not appear. It seemed to be busy with his concert and ignored the movie.
According to his creative habits in these years, as long as the movies he participated in, hanging or producer has almost become the bottom line.Participating in the investment is "pro -son". For example, "Crisis" is an investment in Yingyi Entertainment. "Sneak" is even more of his stupid children. These movies will spare no effort to cooperate with the mainland roadshow.
But "Burning the City" Andy Lau hangs the producer, but does not invest, with 60 million paids. Now the movie is facing a huge loss, will you not feel soft hands?If the stars bring the goods without reaching the expected sales, they will be recovered. I want to ask Andy Lau, who is no longer short of money, and the box office of "Burning City" is so tragic. Will you be willing to return some pay?
