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The box office of "Soul Ferry: Huangquan" on the first day was 48 million, and the announced figure was 50 million, which shocked many in the industry.

It’s not that the first-day box office figure of 50 million is shocking.

Nowadays, there are many movies by big domestic directors and big stars that can achieve such results, and it is not uncommon for some movies to have a box office of over 100 million in their premiere + pre-sales.

But this is limited to movies by big stars and directors.

Although "Soul Ferry: Huangquan" is a film produced by the Light and Shadow Era, the actors are all internet drama stars plus newcomers, and the director is a small director who can only be considered a second- or third-tier director.

Liu Meichuan was a new director making horror films at the time. After joining the Light and Shadow Era, he made three TV series "Soul Ferry" in a row. In the middle, he also made an original horror film of his own, which became a hit.

With such a director coupled with the mediocre cast, I can't say how excellent and worth looking forward to.

Even though the web drama "Soul Ferry" did very well on the Internet and was highly discussed, the idea that there is a wall between TV dramas and movies is still recognized by the mainstream in the industry.

The popularity of TV series that can be watched for free does not mean that big movies that require money to watch can attract audiences to the cinema.

After all, if one doesn’t need money and the other wants money, the threshold will be raised immediately.

At a time when major variety shows and movies have yet to appear, and have yet to lower the industry’s bottom line, no one really thinks that the explosion of free TV series and variety shows can affect the film industry and allow them to make derivative movies to cut the industry. Chinese chives.

After all, everyone still thinks that movies are a relatively advanced and high-end art, and television dramas, variety shows, etc. should not be involved.

Under this "universal value", the big movie derived from "Soul Ferry" opened with a box office of over 50 million, which really shocked a lot of people's jaws.

No one can accept such results.

How can a big movie derived from a relatively popular and influential TV series sell so well at the box office? !

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Some TV drama production companies that hold the IP of TV series are getting ready to make some moves.

Can our company's "Love Apartment" be turned into a big movie and let the audience pay to watch it in the cinema?

Our "Wulin Gaiden", which is known as a national-level drama, can also be a big movie?

Producers of such TV dramas, which have widespread influence in China, were even more excited after seeing that "Soul Ferry" grossed 50 million at the box office on the first day, and exceeded 100 million on the second, third and first weekend days.

The story content of "Soul Ferry: Huangquan" is quite interesting.

The timeline of the story is placed 1,200 years before the start of the "Soul Ferry" TV series, probably during the Tang Dynasty.

In an inn opened by Po Meng at the entrance of Huangquan, a wonderful magical story happened.

Zhao Li who just became a ghost officer, Chen Changsheng from Shushan Sword Sect, Meng Po's daughter Sanqi, the princess who has been dead for almost a thousand years and is suspected of being Sun Shangxiang...

Under the conspiracy and coincidence of these people, a tragic story happened that began with love, but ended in love, and finally led to the death of Po Meng, the end of Shushan in the world, and the death of Sanqi and Changsheng forever.

But to say how miserable it is, it’s not that tragic.

The first half of the movie focuses on humor, whether it is the kid who was caught working as a hard worker in the inn, or the funny interaction between Sanqi and Changsheng eating and being eaten, as well as the warm and interesting life in the Shushan Mountains in the human world, it all makes people watch it endlessly. A knowing smile.

In the second half of the movie, the plot immediately takes a turn for the worse. The Immortal steals the Book of Life and Death, the battle between Po Meng and the elders of Shushan across Yin and Yang, the invasion of Huangquan by Thousand Swords of Shushan, etc. It is tense and exciting for the audience, and there are even constant big scenes, dazzling lights and flying. The sword coming back and forth makes people's adrenaline soar.

The script of "Soul Ferry: Huangquan", after being revised by Wu Yuan, is completely in the direction of Marvel movies, and is no longer as petty as the original version.

A lot of the plot in the first half has been retained, but the second half has been heavily modified and turned into a Marvel-style "superhero battle"!

Thousand swords from Shu Mountain invaded Huangquan. Po Meng led the ghosts in Huangquan and fought a Yin-Yang battle with them.

When Po Meng transforms into a celestial snake and fights with the elders of Shushan, the special effects are even more intense. It is comparable to the Hulk fighting the God of Thunder. It is exciting!

Coupled with the fact that the "little soldiers" are constantly enlarging their moves, it feels a bit like the Battle of New York in "Avengers".

Of course, if there is a real comparison, it won't be that grand. After all, the production cost of "Soul Ferry: Huangquan" cannot be compared with that of "Avengers".

But this is a domestic special effects blockbuster. Domestic audiences have never seen such a large-scale special effects battle before!

In the field of domestic films, "Soul Ferry: Huangquan" can be regarded as the ultimate.

So much so that even at the end, Meng Po and Shushan Elder died together. Changsheng sacrificed his soul to merge with Sanqi, helping Sanqi become the new Meng Po and stabilize the underworld. Both sides suffered heavy casualties in the war, but the tragic atmosphere was Not much, the audience only has a sense of satisfaction after enjoying a visual feast.

At the end of the movie, Wu Yuan sent Pluto Tutu to tie up the wave.

In the end, Pluto Tutu couldn't bear the battle at the entrance of Huangquan. He led the army of the underworld to kill everyone in Huangquan and Shushan, and also killed the sword repairers who invaded Shushan. Quan rushed back to the human world and sealed the Huangquan Road.

It is also for this reason that the Easter egg at the end also leads to the story of the next "The Legend of Shushan Xiaxia".

Yes, the Xianxia Cinematic Universe series of movies in the light and shadow era also have Easter eggs.

After the credits at the end of "Soul Ferry: Huangquan", there are two Easter eggs.

The first section is after Huangquan regains its calm, Sanqi becomes the new Meng Po. She is alone and simmering the Meng Po soup with her own tears. Zhao Li, wearing modern clothes and driving a big jeep, comes to visit San Qi. Seven, everything seems to have returned to calm, and Sanqi has become the same person as her mother.

The other Easter egg is Shushan.

Shushan, who was driven back to the human world, lost troops and generals, and the story that the elders of Shushan launched a war of invasion of Huangquan because of their own selfish interests and attempted immortality also spread throughout the human world of immortality.

Shushan, who was originally admired by Wan Xiu, suddenly became a street rat, and the inheritance of the orthodox tradition was in jeopardy.

At this moment, a handsome boy wearing commoner clothes carrying a long sword set foot on Shu Mountain amid the crowd's persuasion and puzzled eyes!

This boy has an unruly and handsome face.

The Easter egg ends here.

Because many domestic audiences have no experience with Easter eggs, most people leave the theater directly after watching the movie and the credits appear.

Only a very small number of viewers saw these two easter eggs.

However, after this very small number of people watched the easter egg, it caused an uproar on the Internet! (End of chapter)