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Chapter 372 DreamWorks is the winner again

"ah--"

"Monkey King!!"

"Mom, Monkey King!"

"Sun Wukong! Sun Wukong!"

Just now, Cheng Ruijun's heart beat faster because of the image of Sun Wukong breaking free from the seal, wearing a chain-mail phoenix-winged crown, and transforming into the Monkey King, and the exciting and high-pitched electronic music. When his blood was boiling, he was interrupted by the screams of children in the theater.

Excited emotions.

Of course, the biggest source of screams came from around me. My son, who had just entered the first grade of elementary school, had already jumped off his seat, jumping up and down, shouting loudly, and screaming with excitement.

Cheng Ruijun glanced at his wife, who was sitting across the seat, and both showed a wry smile. Today's movie-watching experience was quite new.

The Spring Festival is a holiday for family reunions, and the Spring Festival is also a time for the whole family to watch movies. Cheng Ruijun and his wife were movie lovers before they had children, and they often went to the cinema to watch movies.

Since I had a child, I have rarely been able to spare time to go to the theater to enjoy the world of two people. In the past few years, during the Spring Festival, I have been able to spare time to watch movies, and they are basically child-oriented animated movies.

The ticket-buying software's box office forecast for "The Great Sage" has increased from the original 800 million to 1.3 billion.

The superior reputation and attendance of "The Return of the Great Sage" and "Tang Detective II" were quickly reflected in the film schedule and box office.

Whether it is the narrative rhythm, lines, painting style or fighting, it can be said to be extremely smooth, without any flaws.

"The Return of the Great Sage" did not disappoint him and was worthy of the critical acclaim.

And it was a bit too much.

Second only to the three first-tier blockbusters "Journey to the West", "Tang Detective II" and "Kung Fu Yoga", it ranks first among second-tier movies, higher than many live-action movies.

This was the first time Liu Hang encountered such a situation with so many children while watching a movie. Several climax points of the movie were fragmented by the children's noise, crying, loud talking and screaming.

Among the works that are also based on the Journey to the West IP, "The Demon Conqueror" was evaluated by many viewers as not being as good as the animated film "The Monkey King", which was a huge blow to it.

However, although the entire movie-watching experience was constantly interrupted and became intermittent, it was still a good movie-watching experience.

However, after the first day of release, the reputations of "Tang Detective II" and "The Return of the Monkey King" became outstanding and separated from other movies. Of course, the most praise was given to "The Return of the Monkey King".

Although the Spring Festival season is far from over, both the media and netizens who care about movie box office can already conclude that the winners of this Spring Festival season are basically "Tang Detective II" and "The Monkey King".

He came to the theater to watch "The Return of the Great Sage" alone. Like him, there were many viewers who came without children.

It's just that the movie-watching experience is a bit poor. DreamWorks' previous movies are basically not suitable for children. Even "Your Name" is not a movie for children.

Even the children who were frightened and cried in the middle became more emotional later on. Children themselves have emotions that come and go quickly.

Even if its identity as an animation subject is discarded, it is definitely at a very outstanding level in the movie.

Among the live-action movies released during the Spring Festival, it is definitely the most outstanding one, especially with movies like "Kung Fu Yoga" as the backdrop.

The little man nodded wildly, and it seemed that he was quite satisfied with the movie-watching experience: "It's great! Dad, Mom, let's watch it again!"

Liu Hang passed through the chattering crowd, walked out of the cinema, looked at the bustling corridor, and sighed.

Children don't know about moderation and when enough is enough.

Luo Chen, who played the role of Tang Monk in "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", called Chen Jingxing and complained a lot. This may become the most tragic Waterloo incident for Luo Chen in many years.

People began to marvel that DreamWorks' second animated feature would once again break the domestic animation box office record and single-handedly elevate the animated film genre to a level close to mainstream genre films.

But when it came to the darkest moment when the Chaos Demon King appeared, the adults were even more engaged than the children, and were even moved by the plot.

The film schedules of the three giants such as "Journey to the West" and "Conquer the Monsters" are very different. It can be seen that the competition for this year's Spring Festival is fierce. On the surface, it seems to be worthy of being called "the strongest Spring Festival in history".

It even reminded Cheng Ruijun of magical and weird stories like Liaozhai.

Moreover, many movies are not suitable for children. For example, last year's "Operation Mekong" was not suitable for children, so it took him a while to go to the theater alone to watch this highly acclaimed military action movie.

"Tang Detective II" still continues the path of crime-solving comedy, and has a larger scene and a larger layout than the first film, and also expands the Tang Detective universe.

"The theater should open a theater without children's screenings..." Liu Hang thought about these ideas that he knew were unreliable, and he made up his mind: "Wait until after the Spring Festival and the number of moviegoers decreases before watching.

Let’s do it again, um, first search the Internet to find out what the music of the Great Sage’s transformation is, I don’t know if DreamWorks has released it..."

Even Chen Jingxing somewhat underestimated the demand for these family-friendly movies, and the theater chains were also caught off guard.

However, compared to when they watched other animated movies with their children, only the children were excited and the adults felt bored. This "The Return of the Great Sage" firmly grabbed Cheng Ruijun's attention from the beginning.

Of course, this plot not only shocked the adults, but the children in the theater were also frightened, and there were many crying sounds, which in disguise reduced the dark atmosphere created by the movie.

The repressed emotions of the adults seemed to be transmitted to the children in the theater. Regardless of whether they could understand it or not, the children's noisy cries and even questions and conversations became much less frequent, and the theater reached an unprecedented level of silence.

After all, it is not easy to leave the child behind and stay at home.

And there are a lot of people.

It wasn't until the climax came, with the roar of the electric guitar making a high-pitched whistle, that Sun Wukong completed his transformation and the Great Sage returned, and the atmosphere of the entire cinema was once again ignited.

At least the children enjoyed watching it. Although they may not fully understand it like adults, they are generally quite satisfied.

The subsequent plot of the trio encountering and exploring the "weird town" is even more eerie, and the thrilling and eerie atmosphere is rendered quite realistically.

This kind of viewing experience that is fun for both adults and children also makes up for the regret of frequent interruptions during the viewing process to a certain extent.

As the second feature-length animated film from DreamWorks, "The Return of the Monkey King" carries the reputation of the Journey to the West IP and word-of-mouth reviews, ranking fourth in the first slate of films.

Basically, after the first wave of parents who brought their children to the cinema to watch "Your Name" expressed feedback on the Internet that they were "cheated", few people took their children to watch the movie because of its animated theme.

Already.

After seeing online reviews of DreamWorks' second animated film "The Return of the Monkey King" that it was an all-ages animation, the two bought tickets early and planned to watch it with their son during the Chinese New Year.

Therefore, many viewers immediately expressed their disappointment, not only with the first movie, but also with DreamWorks.

But the suspense and crime-solving parts have indeed been weakened a lot compared to the solid script of the first film, and a lot of liveliness and comedy elements have been added.

Fighting against heavenly soldiers and generals, fighting against mountain gods, fighting against pig monsters sent by the monster king to pursue monkeys whose memory has been clouded, and the mountain monsters led by them. Each of the three action scenes is more thrilling than the last.

"The Return of the Great Sage" is an animated film for all ages that claims to be "can be watched by adults and will also like to watch it", and it is indeed a must-see for many viewers with children.

After a long drought, rain comes.

He looked at the crowd of parents with their children in the lobby and gave up the idea of ​​buying another ticket.

"Your Name", which broke the box office record last summer, is also an animated film, but after reading online reviews, Cheng Ruijun found that it was about youth love and was not suitable for his six-year-old son.

In today's Chinese film market, even in a market with strong demand such as the Spring Festival, word-of-mouth has an immediate impact on film schedules and box office trends.

Cheng Ruijun tapped his son's little nose: "It's already late, so I can't stare at the screen for a long time. How about we watch another one tomorrow?"

"The Return of the Great Sage" grossed 68 million on the first day of the year, 84 million on the second day, and jumped to 118 million on the third day. It achieved three consecutive rises, with a cumulative box office of 270 million. It actually surpassed "Kung Fu Yoga" which was at its peak at the beginning, and rose to

It ranked third in the cumulative box office during the Spring Festival, behind "Tang Detective II" and "Journey to the West: Demons".

"Yangyang, does it look good?" When the lights came on, Cheng Ruijun and his wife asked while dressing their son in cotton-padded clothes.

However, there are a family of three like Cheng Ruijun who are quite satisfied with the movie-watching experience. Naturally, there are also viewers who are not satisfied with the movie-watching experience.

"The strongest Spring Festival stall in history" has once again succeeded.

After all, this kind of situation is inevitable in any show where there are many children, and Cheng Ruijun has long been accustomed to this unique way of watching movies.

And because of this understanding, I also have higher expectations for "Tang Detective II". The higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment.

If his son hadn't asked some little questions from time to time, he would have been completely immersed in the plot of the movie.

Because DreamWorks is the largest investor and producer in "Tang Detective II", even though DreamWorks did not interfere in the actual filming, it is still considered by many viewers to be a DreamWorks work.

Fortunately, the case creativity of "Detective Tang Ⅱ" was "borrowed" from a certain classic horror movie, so the level of the case itself is still online, and the comedy, liveliness and big scenes are not too embarrassing. Overall, it is short.

The taller one inside.

Especially the final transformation of the great sage, the release of darkness to the extreme, paired with stunning electronic music, Liu Hang was interrupted by screams as soon as he started.

Because it is also a Westward Journey IP, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" with a famous director and superstar support has lost its reputation as quickly as "Kung Fu Yoga", and it has quickly opened up a gap with "Tang Detective II".

I was also shocked by DreamWorks’ box office performance once again.

After all, "Tang Detective II", which topped the box office list during the Spring Festival, can also be regarded as a DreamWorks movie.

Last year, "Mekong" at least had its rival "Mermaid" fighting all the way. This year, an animated film paired with a suspenseful comedy has taken the Spring Festival season by storm.

No matter how you look at it, you feel that DreamWorks' brilliant results last year show no signs of slowing down this year.

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