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Chapter 386 Movie Watching Frenzy

"Wolf Fang II" was officially released on July 14 and is regarded as the first domestic blockbuster in China's summer season of 2017.

The main theme blockbusters of the Chinese film industry "The Founding of the Army" and "Eagle Attack", as well as the first part of the "The Legend of Wukong" trilogy, which Tianrun Pictures has high hopes for, will also be released one after another.

In addition, two superhero blockbusters, "Mutants II Inferno" and "Heart of Steel", have joined the battlefield.

Coupled with the release of Universal Pictures' second work in the dark universe at the end of June - "The Wolf Man", although "The Mummy" was a hit on the street, Universal is still advancing the dark universe plan according to the original schedule.

Together with "Spike II", it's equivalent to seven blockbusters competing in the summer season.

However, considering that last year’s summer season, that is, July and August, a total box office of 9.6 billion was generated. If September is also included, the box office would be 12 billion. Although the seven blockbusters are a bit crowded, it is not impossible to accommodate.

The media has already crowned this year’s summer season as the strongest summer season in history.

Although the number of blockbusters has not increased significantly, the quality does seem to be much higher.

There are no longer the kind of low-cost "blockbusters" that rely on a bunch of stars to produce, and there are no comedy blockbusters that account for a high proportion of the Chinese film market.

At first glance, it looks like they are basically industrial movies, at least judging from the production information and trailers. They appear to be quite hard-core, and all of them are elite soldiers.

But all this must be based on the good box office results of the first film. There are many domestic films that claim to make a trilogy and establish a series of film IPs. The "Fantasy City" the year before last said that it would make three films. Part?

As an ally, DreamWorks has done its best to keep the time gap between "Fang II" and "Werewolf" by more than half a month, and Universal really has nothing to complain about.

On the first day, 31% of the films were scheduled, and 40% of the films were scheduled for the prime time.

It exceeded one billion in four days.

It exceeded 2 billion in 11 days.

This means that "Spike II" has the ability to challenge the domestic box office record of 3.4 billion set by "Gravity".

[I had watched "Spike" back then, but I thought it was quite exciting and enjoyable. But I picked it up and watched it again a few days ago. Well, I really found it a bit petty. Maybe it was "Source Code" and "Mekong". These movies have raised my appreciation threshold.

And "Wolf Fang II" did not disappoint the audience's expectations.

But what does it mean to surpass "Operation Mekong" in every aspect?

Are there any movies like this?

And soon the box office results told them what it means to surpass "Mekong" in all aspects.

However, a year later, the baton has been passed to DreamWorks again.

"The Legend of Monkey King", which carries the IP of Journey to the West, and "Heart of Steel", the first solo movie of the second-generation female Iron Man, are just two bigger pebbles, and they were soon submerged in the torrent set off by "Spike II" .

"The Legend of Monkey King" even achieved the status of a bad movie one day after its premiere, causing many long-awaited viewers to complain crazily on the Internet.

Not only the audience, fans and many film critics gave this film high praise, but even the official media immediately issued an article praising "Spike II" for "promoting patriotism and demonstrating masculinity" and "Hua Guojun". "The ironclad character of man has long surpassed Western individual heroism".

After the scandal of box office fraud broke out, there was no news about "Fantasy City".

On Sunday, it closed at 361 million.

Although this film is indeed the pinnacle of domestic animated films in terms of quality, and is also a first-class work internationally, even Chen Jingxing himself cannot deny that Westward Journey IP definitely deserves the greatest credit for being able to obtain a box office of nearly 1.6 billion.

On Saturday the next day, "Langya II" reported 293 million.

Especially compared with "The Return of the Monkey King" at the beginning of the year, "The Legend of Monkey King", as a live-action movie that is said to be comparable to "Westward Journey", made the audience unable to suppress their disappointment.

Tianrun Pictures has high hopes for this Journey to the West movie, which is said to be a trilogy. In recent years, the IP of Journey to the West has become more and more popular. This year, there are two Journey to the West movies during the Spring Festival.

As DreamWorks' second military action blockbuster after "Mekong", coupled with Wu Jing and other creators' tireless nationwide roadshows, although his own reputation and expectations are not enough, he has the golden signature of DreamWorks to make up for it. The film schedule is worthy of the weight of the movie itself.

"The Return of the Great Sage" is an unprecedented animated film with a box office of 1.58 billion, becoming the biggest dark horse during the Spring Festival.

But its explosive reputation has started to really heat up the film market this summer.

"Mekong" is already a top-notch military action film in the eyes of Tianrun's executives. Although Tianrun's executives hope that "Wolf Fang II" will be a thunderstorm, they are also mentally prepared for this to be another "Mekong".

Tianrun was not moved by the premiere box office of "Spike II", but the sudden burst of word-of-mouth that exceeded expectations made Tianrun feel a little bad.

"Spike II" has created a movie-watching craze.

With these precedents, "The Legend of Wukong" has been greatly favored by the market, and Tianrun Pictures has even called out the slogan of making a trilogy to create a classic masterpiece that can rival "Westward Journey".

Although most people think that the box office record of "Gravity" will be broken sooner or later, before this year's Spring Festival, many media speculated who can set it again with "Journey to the West", "Tang Detective II" or "Kung Fu Yoga" record, everyone’s expectations were not realized.

But the premise of all this is that there is no summer movie that can stop "Spike II".

In the summer season when blockbuster movies are in chaos, "The Legend of Wukong", the only non-military-themed domestic film, not only has the advantage of IP sentiment, but also the advantage of misaligned competition. It is not without the power to fight.

[The battle scene is so cool. It is indeed better than "Mekong River" and the scene is bigger. I played with my mobile phone for a while at first. When the Wolf Fang Special Forces airborne, I was shocked. The parachute looked like a goddess scattering flowers. It was really good. Shocked, I stopped peeing at all after that, but the two are not comparable. After all, "Mekong" is about the armed police, and this movie is about the special forces]

What does this box office mean?

Because of the explosive reputation on the first day, many viewers were attracted to see what this military blockbuster with the theme of special forces and evacuation of overseas Chinese is like, which is even better than "Mekong".

In addition, Hollywood blockbusters have entered the summer season for the first time in many years, which has made the already hot movie market even more frantic. Movie fans have lamented that they can feast their eyes this summer.

Unfortunately, the Hollywood movie "The Wolfman", which was released just as the summer movie was released, did not detonate the movie market. The media and audiences were disappointed and focused on the second contestant.

"Heart of Steel" is a bit of a non-war crime. As the first solo film of the second generation of Iron Man, although there are already TV series to pave the way, the image of the female hero does limit the box office. This is why the national film industry dares to put it in The reason for the summer schedule.

[If a movie has one or two wonderful scenes and the rest works normally, it can be called a masterpiece; then "Spike II", which has wonderful scenes from beginning to end, is a masterpiece among masterpieces.]

But to the great disappointment of the audience and the media, these expectations turned into a dream.

The box office on the first day was 120 million, accounting for 47% of the box office. It also hammered the final nail in the already half-dead "Werewolf". Although this movie produced by Universal Pictures has a much better reputation than "The Mummy", it seems that the domestic audience I have no feelings or interest in the "Dark Universe" IP, and it became a box office dud.

[Military fans are satisfied. 054 is so handsome when photographed. I have never seen such a handsome warship before. It refreshed my impression. The CCTV photographer is definitely a war veteran. There is also the individual combat equipment. It’s a proper American imperial style, but it’s a bit heavy at the back, but it’s really cool when you’re killing it in reverse]

Although "Spike II" has an investment of 400 million and is said to be shot entirely in Africa, because of the inherent impression of "Spike", I really did not expect the movie to reach this level. The first part was still a small hit. action movie, this one turned directly into a military war blockbuster. Oh my God]

Unexpectedly, I encountered "Langya II" again, and it was "Langya II" that was almost unbeatable after crushing "The Legend of Wukong".

The box office of "Wolf Fang II" can only be said to be quite satisfactory. After all, "Werewolf", which has been released for half a month, is no longer a threat. 120 million is considered worthy of the film schedule.

Not only was the industry stunned, but the media and netizens were also excited.

[Don’t be fooled by "Wolf Fang", I and II are really two completely different movies]

The impact of the two blockbusters is as if they were just two waves rushing towards each other with great force but hitting the rocks head-on.

The pressure came to "The Legend of Wukong".

It broke the domestic single-day box office record of 352 million set by "Gravity".

["Wolf Fang II" tells us how lucky it is to live in a peaceful country]

And can "The Legend of Wukong" and "Heart of Steel" stop the pace of "Wolf Fang II"?

Obviously the audience wants to watch a battle of gods and a good movie competing for hegemony.

"Mekong" just caught up with the good Spring Festival schedule and was well supported by its peers. Otherwise, how could it have achieved a box office of 2.5 billion.

Especially "The Legend of Wukong".

Mainstream feedback unanimously commented that "Wolf II" surpassed "Operation Mekong" in all aspects and was a very enjoyable military action film. Such positive reputation not only caused pre-sales to skyrocket, but also forced major theaters to continue to give "Wolf" "Tooth II" has increased the film schedule, which also makes the producers of the films to be released in the future very nervous.

["Wolf Fang II" is completely an upgraded version of "Operation Mekong"! I'm not lying to you, if you find "Mekong River" enjoyable, believe me, "Wolf Fang II" will definitely make you excited!]

This mediocre superhero movie can only end sadly.

At the same time, the topic of "whether China's enthusiasm for comic book movies has subsided" has once again aroused heated discussions.

After all, in the past few years, the box office records in film history have been set again and again by domestic films, and they are mainly films produced with the participation of DreamWorks.

But all this was submerged in the rapid progress of "Spike II".

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