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Chapter 419 "Kung Fu Panda" transforms into a gold-eating beast

To be fair, the quality of "Operation Red Sea" is quite high, but people are always used to benchmarking a movie.

Exceeding movie-watching expectations is a surprise, but meeting movie-watching expectations and being surprised is not enough.

For many movie fans, the benchmark for their expectations for "Operation Red Sea" is not "Monster Hunt II", but "Spike II" released last summer.

Because of Chen Jingxing's full support for Wu Jing and his suggestions for revising the script, the scenes and plot of "Spike II" have been greatly improved.

"Lang Fang II" with the Lang Fang Special Forces as the protagonist is not inferior to "Operation Red Sea" in the fullness of the plot. Even because it was released first, the surprise that "Lang Fang II" gives the audience is difficult to replicate.

This makes "Operation Red Sea" not surprising enough in the hearts of movie fans, and even ordinary viewers who have watched "Spike II".

The same is true for "Kung Fu Panda". In terms of technology alone, it naturally surpasses "The Return of the Monkey King", but there is a gap between it and "The Return of the Monkey King" in terms of drama and strong emotional impact.

In particular, the ambition and behavioral logic of the villain Chaos Demon King in DreamWorks' version of "The Monkey King" give this animation a very profound conception.

The Chaos Demon King not only wants to defeat the Great Sage physically, but that is not enough. His opponent is the Monkey King, whose reputation has been passed down among the demons for hundreds of years and has been passed down by billions of people from generation to generation.

Monkey King is a kind of spirit, and the story of Sun Wukong is the carrier. This spirit and pride are deeply rooted in the hearts of monsters and humans through the passing of stories from generation to generation.

Half of this evaluation is indeed reasonable, and the other half is also exaggerated and ironic.

There is no doubt that DreamWorks has once again become the big winner in the Spring Festival.

It is impossible for the people of Dongsheng Shenzhou to fall into chaos forever and become the food of his demon kingdom.

Even many netizens who pay close attention to the box office even ridiculed "Panda" for "it's hard to make money with "Demon"".

And the competition's ability to bring out DreamWorks movies never disappoints.

The movie title of "The Return of the Great Sage" is highly consistent with its content and concept, and has a strong emotional appeal.

However, the competition for time slots still depends on whether peers are willing to provide support.

"Monster Hunt II", which has an astonishing cash flow, followed closely with 1.82 billion.

An animated film that can achieve such results usually only happens in Japan, and it is not common for such blockbuster animations in Hollywood.

This is also the reason why the Chinese audience can be deeply moved by it. The image and legend created by the Monkey King in the minds of the Chinese people can also make it easy for the Chinese audience to understand the story and the meaning of the symbol behind it, even though it may be said that

Not sure, but I can definitely relate and feel it.

There is also the "treat" from colleagues. "Monster Hunt II" also wants to please the needs of family viewing, so the second part begins to focus on the cute little monster Huba, and the plot is also younger. Although it is a live-action movie, it is full of emotions.

It's not too different from animation.

"The box office of "Kung Fu Panda" is expected to exceed 2 billion! How can animated movies make money!"

It can be said that "Monster Hunt II" is too ambitious and wants to cover all audience groups. Therefore, although the amount of CG is not inferior to that of animated films, it still needs to maintain its reputation as a live-action film. If it wants to have both live-action and animation, it must have

Comedy elements, but also family fun.

This is also the reason why "The Return of the Monkey King" produced by DreamWorks has a score of 9.0 on Douban, but only 8.1 on IMDB.

For a time, "Kung Fu Panda" became a competitor of "Monster Hunt II" to some extent, and an animated film actually poached a corner of a live-action film.

Does kung fu have such great appeal? Impossible. There are many kung fu movies in China, and the market for such subjects has become worse and worse in recent years.

Although all aspects of "Kung Fu Panda" are very well done, even the music and sound are excellent. Traditional Chinese drums rumble during the fierce battles, stones break away, and the battles follow each musical cue.

Ups and Downs is definitely a high-quality family movie that appeals to both refined and popular tastes and is suitable for all ages.

The expected box office of "Operation Red Sea" is about 3.2 billion to 3.4 billion, and the expected box office of "Kung Fu Panda" is more than 2 billion. It will definitely once again break the box office record of "The Monkey King" of 1.58 billion.

"The most popular animation in history was born. Animation series and movies are taking turns to perform well. Chinese comics have risen?"

The monkey's darkest moment symbolizes that this spirit seems to be trampled under the feet of the Chaos Demon King, which is why Jiang Liuer's charge as a human is so precious.

But in the minds of Chinese audiences, "The Return of the Great Sage" is naturally better.

"Experts analyzed six special reasons for the popularity of "Panda". DreamWorks' choice of themes was very clever. A journey to the west and a national treasure plus kung fu. These two films cannot prove the domestic film market's acceptance of animated films."

As a result, he overturned due to lack of ability and failed to please anyone.

DreamWorks' third animated feature film "Kung Fu Panda" ranked third with 1.45 billion.

Everyone knows how popular the Journey to the West IP is in China. Sun Dasheng appears every year, and the audience is not bored. The results of "The Return of the Great Sage" are not inexplicable.

Although we don’t know who invented this meme first, ironic memes such as “Monster Hunt II is more childish than Kung Fu Panda” and “Kung Fu Panda is a better cartoon than Monster Hunt II” continue to circulate on the Internet.

Upstream.

Is that a panda? Is the national treasure so powerful?

Of course, some media and netizens can also analyze the reasons behind the box office performance of "Kung Fu Panda", trying to prove that "Panda" is expected to achieve a box office of 2 billion. It is not a common phenomenon, but has special reasons. It cannot be said that animated movies

This subject already has such a large audience.

Of course, "Monster Hunt II" didn't suffer any loss either. The production cost and the sky-high publicity and distribution expenses were all recovered, and it was more than enough. Although the box office potential was not great due to its bad reputation, it still failed to earn a box office of 2.1 billion to 2.2 billion in the end.

Question, it is definitely a big profit.

This rather "sinister" plot not only brings "Monster Hunt II" to the level of an animated movie, but also elevates "Kung Fu Panda" to the level of a family movie that transcends the limitations of animation themes.

An animated film with a box office that may exceed 2 billion will have a far greater impact on the Chinese film market than "Red Sea".

For most live-action movies, 2 billion is still an elusive goal.

"The box office of "Kung Fu Panda" hit RMB 2 billion, putting most live-action movies at a disadvantage. The Hong Kong stock market opened on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and the big winner's market value surged by RMB 5.5 billion in three days!"

Although "Kung Fu Panda" has two elements: kung fu and panda, everyone knows that these two elements combined are not as powerful as Sun Wukong's three hairs.

The monkey breaks free from the Tathagata's seal to stage the return of the Great Sage, which is also a spiritual resistance, symbolizing the unwillingness, pride and resistance of all living beings who were suppressed by heaven five hundred years ago to return again.

Now there is actually an animated film that can achieve such a box office. Although the Chinese film market has been full of surprises in recent years, this fact also makes the media and many people in the industry feel that they cannot keep up with the changes of the times.

As long as the "Great Sage Qitian" does not fall, it is impossible for all the demons in the world to surrender to him and not allow him to establish a demon kingdom in Dongsheng Shenzhou.

This is a spiritual confrontation.

"The national treasure panda transforms into a gold-eating beast, and even the Monkey King can't catch up with it. Will pandas and kung fu be the new IP outlet?"

But "Kung Fu Panda" is really a genuine original animation. It is neither related to myths and legends nor a big IP. 2 billion is really an exaggeration.

For example, China has indeed been lacking in such high-quality animated movies suitable for all ages. The demand for watching movies by families with children was completely stimulated by last year's "The Monkey King" and this year's "Kung Fu Panda"

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Therefore, the proportion of films scheduled for "Red Sea" and "Panda" is still higher day by day. After the Spring Festival holiday, "Operation Red Sea" has grossed 2.34 billion in seven days, winning the 2018 Spring Festival box office championship.

You must know that although the box office record of Chinese movies has exceeded 4 billion, there are still only a handful of movies with more than 2 billion. This is the size of a "box office bomb".

"Without Journey to the West, a box office miracle can still be achieved! Is DreamWorks going to make 'China Disney'?"

This is also the reason why some film critics and even ordinary viewers are somewhat disappointed with the two DreamWorks movies.

And because there is "Kung Fu Panda" next to it, critics and audiences complained that the whole movie is a farce for young people. It is better to watch "Kung Fu Panda" because other animations have higher intentions and are more mature than you.

But no matter how many special reasons behind it contributed to the box office miracle of "Kung Fu Panda", they could not stop public opinion from marveling at the results of "Panda".

Although the 1.58 billion for "The Return of the Great Sage" is surprising, many people do not attribute this film to the animation theme, but regard it as a high-quality Westward Journey IP film. In the eyes of some people, if it were not

DreamWorks was stupid and made it into an animation. If it were made into a live-action movie, the box office would be more than that.

"Jangho Culture's producer posted a post on Weibo, insinuating that DreamWorks launched dark marketing on the Internet, and that "Kung Fu Panda" relied on "Monster Hunt II" to create miracles?"

"The reporter found that an animated film called "Panda Man" appeared in the animation registration list of the radio and television electronic government platform. It is suspected to be an investment by Penguin Video. The theme of pandas and kung fu may become a new trend in animation."

"A panda doll similar to "Kung Fu Panda" has appeared on a shopping platform. Yiwu's rapid response has caused netizens to sigh. The head of DreamWorks' legal department recently accepted a reporter's phone interview and solemnly stated that DreamWorks will have zero tolerance for infringement."

While the whole country is paying attention to the bloody Spring Festival war, Chen Jingxing has brought the director of "Kung Fu Panda" to the United States, and has joined the dubbing staff of "Panda" to work on the premiere of "Kung Fu Panda" in the United States.

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