Huayu’s ex-husband

Chapter 332 331. The King of Kung Fu? The King of Bad Movies!

Wei Wu's life was quite fulfilling this time when he came back. He was busy planning the post-production of "Embroidered Spring Blade" during the day, and he had fun with Liu Tianxian every night.

Since the charm value was raised to 100, Wei Wu's physique and physical strength have made a qualitative leap. He seemed to have endless energy in bed, and his sex life was naturally very harmonious.

The two of them were originally in love, and now it was even more sweet.

Time flew to April 29th. After lunch that day, Liu Tianxian gave Wei Wu a cup of tea and asked:

"Are we going to the premiere now?"

It turned out that this afternoon was the premiere of "My Deskmate", which was held at the CBD store of Wanda Cinema in Yanjing.

If Wei Wu was filming in another place now, he would definitely not rush back to participate, but since he happened to be free today, let's go!

Liu Tianxian happened to have nothing to do today, so she decided to go with him.

If Yang Mi was the lead actress of this movie, Liu Tianxian would definitely not go, but since Tang Yan was the lead actress of this movie, Liu Tianxian was happy to show her support.

Wei Wu picked up the teacup, blew on it and said:

"Well, let's go after the makeup is done!"

So the two of them drank tea and chatted while waiting for the makeup artist to come to their door.

At this time, Liu Tianxian suddenly mentioned another movie that was released recently:

"Have you heard? "The Forbidden Kingdom" is released, but it seems that the reviews are not very good!"

Wei Wu took a sip and put down the teacup, curling his lips in disdain:

"You are too tactful! It's not just not very good? It's simply a flood of bad reviews! Fans are clamoring for a refund!"

On the 24th of this month, which was the fourth day after the completion of "The Sword of the Assassin", the two Kung Fu Emperors starred in the highly anticipated "The Forbidden Kingdom", and finally came out after much anticipation and officially met with the national audience.

Thanks to the box office appeal of Cheng and Li, the film easily earned 16 million yuan on the first day of its release, and the cumulative box office in the first four days of the weekend exceeded 80 million.

This opening result exceeded "Assembly", "The Warlords" and "CJ7" a few months ago.

Even among the Chinese-language films released in the past two years, this is the best opening result after "Lost in Thailand" and "Painted Skin".

At that time, Huayi also worked hard to promote it:

"The Forbidden Kingdom has a box office blowout, setting many records and easily topping the list"

"The Forbidden Kingdom has 80 million in the first week in the mainland, and Huayi is confident that it will exceed 200 million"

"The Forbidden Kingdom has exceeded 100 million in the first weekend across the Taiwan Strait, and the Asian box office is expected to exceed North America"

"The Forbidden Kingdom has achieved great box office results, and Jet Li intends to make a sequel"

"Kung Fu fever has swept the world, and the national box office of The Forbidden Kingdom has exceeded 100 million"

"The Forbidden Kingdom is not ambiguous about spending money, and the cost of tens of millions of scenes has been Delete, Jet Li and Li Bingbing have a hidden story"

"Jet Li filmed "The Forbidden Kingdom" for his daughter, and he felt pressure to play the Monkey King"

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After all, he almost starred in this movie, so Liu Tianxian was still quite concerned about "The Forbidden Kingdom":

"Do you think the mainland box office of this movie can break 200 million?"

Wei Wu said firmly: "It definitely can't break!"

Although the heroine was replaced by Zhang Ziyi, who has a slightly stronger box office appeal, the overall poor performance of this movie is not something that Zhang Ziyi, a vase heroine, can save!

The final box office of the film in the previous life was only 170 million, but you have to know that "Assembly", "The Warlords" and "CJ7" all had box office revenues of more than 200 million.

Then why did "The Forbidden Kingdom", which had a better opening performance, have a lower final box office?

The reason is very simple, the word of mouth is poor!

At that time in 2018, the score of this movie on Douban was 5.3, and then it slowly rose to 5.8.

That is, in 2008, when the movie was first released, Douban was not popular at that time, otherwise the initial score would definitely be below 5 points.

Generally speaking, the final box office of a movie should be 2.5 to 3 times the first week box office.

In other words, the normal range of the mainland box office of "The Forbidden Kingdom" should be 200 million to 240 million.

But the final box office of the film was only 170 million, which shows that it was greatly affected by word of mouth.

It is no exaggeration to say that before the release of "The Forbidden Kingdom", everyone originally regarded it as the second "Hero" and watched this movie with the expectation of breaking the box office record in the history of Chinese films.

Unexpectedly, the final box office was far from breaking 300 million, let alone 200 million!

Jackie Chan + Jet Li + Zhang Ziyi + Li Bingbing, from the perspective of the cast lineup, even looking at all Chinese films, are extremely rare and high-quality.

After all, it was the only collaboration between the two most prestigious and valuable kung fu superstars in the Chinese film industry at that time.

Not only domestic fans, but even many foreign fans are also looking forward to it.

I thought they were going to make a big splash at the peak of their careers, but they ended up with a big disappointment.

In one sentence, the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment.

Before Jet Li made "Asura" and Jackie Chan had not yet completely destroyed his reputation -

This movie can be regarded as a milestone failure in the history of Chinese-language films, and was once regarded as the most disappointing movie of the two.

Basically, if you count the top ten or five worst movies of Jackie Chan or Jet Li, this movie will definitely be on the list.

Liu Tianxian casually opened her laptop and skillfully browsed the film and television section of Tianya Forum. She took a look at the online comments of "The Forbidden Kingdom":

"The YY journey of an American teenager!"

"The martial arts design is OK, but the story content is average."

"Pfft, the American Kung Fu world is so superficial!"

"RNM, give me your money back! The movie is really bad! Jackie Chan and Jet Li only filmed this thing together?"

"The martial arts scenes of Jet Li and Jackie Chan are both very good, one is a master and the other is a ruffian. The ending song sung by Jane Zhang is also good, but it's a pity that the movie is not good!"

"The export of Chinese culture is accompanied by the alienation of commercialization and half-baked piracy, but Hu Ji Wine Shop has always been Chang'an's Highlights, my country is a land of thousands of chariots, and we will not choose small streams. "

"Alas, the two most favorite Kung Fu superstars have stepped down from the altar of my childhood!"

"This is not the king of Kung Fu, it is the king of bad movies!"

"Internationalization equals degradation, how can it be described in one word!"

"Not to mention the expectations of the Chinese people for this film, even for the North American market, such a story arrangement is too old-fashioned: familiar scenery, fancy Kung Fu."

"To be honest: it's not that bad, but the fans have too high expectations for the first cooperation between the two. On the contrary, I think the action and costume design are quite good, but the plot is too pitfall. Without a good script, everything else is useless."

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Tsk tsk, everyone scolded so harshly!

If this movie can really be refunded, it is estimated that at least 9 out of 10 people will refund!

Liu Tianxian couldn't help but smile a little bit, glanced up at Wei Wu, and flicked the right sideburns.

No wonder Wei Wu rejected her without even thinking about it. He must have seen that this movie was a pitfall a long time ago. He has a really sharp eye!

Besides, the heroine of this movie, Jin Yanzi, is just a vase. You can tell from the comments that basically no one mentioned her.

At least a few people mentioned Li Bingbing, praising her white hair style, but no one mentioned Zhang Ziyi from beginning to end.

I heard that Zhang Ziyi was planning to make a comeback with this movie and regain the crown of the top female actress in the domestic entertainment industry from Fan Bingbing.

Now it seems that she was just overthinking!