Millennium director

"From the release on December 12, 2012 to the 19th, one week after the release of "Journey to Thailand", the cumulative box office of the movie exceeded 450 million, and the number of moviegoers exceeded 14 million!"

"The second mainland movie with a box office of over 1 billion may be born!"

"Analysis of the reasons for the success of "Thailand"..."

"Breaking down the laughs of "Lost in Thailand" and why this movie has become a favorite of all ages..."

Late at night, Wu Yuan was lying on the bed, holding his mobile phone and reading various reports about "Thailand" on the Internet.

"囧囧" is really popular, and it can even be said to have become a phenomenal work.

This film is Xu Zheng's directorial debut. He served as producer, screenwriter, director, and starring in this film. In addition, he also produced the narration and dubbing of the film trailer.

Different from ordinary comedies, the laugh points in "囧囧" all appear in the form of series, such as the cactus series, the shemale series, and the scallion pancake series. These laugh points are not just pure comedy elements, they also promote the development of the plot. power.

At the same time, road chases, jungle fights, and duels with Muay Thai masters, these action elements serve as adjustments and supplements to the relatively static two-person dialogue scenes, adding a lot of visual pleasure.

To be honest, "囧" is not that outstanding of a movie.

If we use Hollywood movies as a comparison object, "囧" is just a comedy film that does everything well.

But for the domestic film industry that has just begun to flourish, such a well-executed comedy film can already be regarded as an excellent work.

Except for Hong Kong's Star, no company or individual in China can produce such a mature comedy.

In fact, the story of "囧囧" itself also has some flavor of Sing Ye's nonsensical comedy. This also makes up for the fact that after Sing Ye's transformation in "Yangtze River No. 7", the majority of Chinese movie fans can no longer see Sing Ye's early style comedies. piece of emptiness.

It can be said that the emergence of "囧 in Thailand" really has the right time, place, people and people. It is not incomprehensible that it can achieve high box office.

Even the success of "Lost in Thailand" is far more replicable than the success of "Wolf Warrior 2".

As long as you can make such a good comedy movie, the box office won't be much different.

But the success of "Wolf Warrior 2" cannot be replicated by just another patriotic action movie.

This is something that has been proven.

The success of "囧囧" has made the Chinese market dominated by comedy films in the next ten years. From Xu Zheng's Iron Triangle to Shen Teng's Iron Triangle and then to Jia Ling, their comedy movies have all gone from one success to another.

After "Wolf Warrior", except for "Operation Red Sea", there is no other movie with the same theme that can follow suit and replicate the results.

Therefore, for the Chinese film market, the emergence of "囧囧" is indeed of epoch-making significance.

Starting from this year, the Chinese film era can be divided into the pre-"囧囧" era and the post-"囧囧" era.

It's just that neither industry insiders nor ordinary movie fans, including Xu Zheng and others, have yet to feel this.

It will be until February next year when "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is another success that everyone will realize what kind of comedy era "囧" has created.

Yes, although "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is a special effects blockbuster, there is no doubt that this movie is positioned as a comedy.

"Unfortunately, given my status, the next time I shoot a comedy, the price will indeed drop a bit."

Wu Yuan sighed regretfully and closed the review articles on the Internet that praised "Thailand". He couldn't tell whether it was pride or helplessness.

His status and talent in the Chinese film industry have reached its peak.

For him, even if he makes a comedy movie and gets a box office of more than ten or two billion, it will not be liked by the fans. Instead, they will even scold him to death, scold him for being degenerate, and scold him for not pursuing his goals. Oh, it's a waste of money.

Just like Zhang Yimou's filming of "Man Jiang Hong", even though the box office of this movie broke Zhang Yimou's own box office record, this movie did not bring him any positive comments.

Because for Zhang Yimou to shoot this kind of suspense comedy that is limited to a small scene, it is an extremely low-priced thing. No matter how high the box office is, it will be embarrassing and humiliating.

Wu Yuan could imagine that if he were to make a movie like "Charlotte" or "The Richest Man in Xihong City" now, even if the box office broke another domestic record, he would definitely be scolded by movie fans.

It's a pity, he actually quite likes comedy movies.

However, Light and Shadow Times is now also a shareholder of Happy Mahua. It seems that for the company, Wu Yuan not making these movies is not a loss.

Thinking of Happy Twist, Wu Yuan thought of Shen Teng and his gang.

The failure of "One Thought in Heaven" was a big blow to the Happy Twist team.

This Happy Twist film was an ambitious attack on the film market, but it was released with only a few million at the box office.

Although the film itself didn’t cost much to shoot.

"If Happy Twist saw the box office results of "Thailand", I don't know how complicated my mood would be." Thinking of this, Wu Yuan became happy.

The next day, the crew of "Dear" continued filming.

Because of Huang Bo's absence, the crew of "Dear" spent the past week filming some subplots, that is, the story of Zhang Yi and other parents looking for relatives.

Now "囧" is so popular.

The box office of more than 400 million a week is not at all the end of this movie's potential, it is even just the beginning.

Huang Bo had no idea that Xu Zheng's debut film would be such a box office hit. Now he is following Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang around the country almost every day, doing road shows.

Even Fan Binbin, who only played an Easter egg in the movie's finale, couldn't help but ride on the popularity and went to several road shows as a surprise guest, not to mention the starring role of Huang Bo.

He was even a little worried that half a month's vacation might not be enough, so he could only call Wu Yuan to apologize in various ways.

"It's okay. I'll do it for half a month first. If you're really too busy by then, I can allow you to coordinate your work schedule and take time out from filming to continue participating in "囧囧" activities."

Wu Yuan was in a relatively calm mood when he received the call.

On the one hand, Huang Bo did not tremble because of the success of "囧囧". He was still the honest and good-natured actor who humbled himself in front of him.

On the other hand, Wu Yuan had already thought of this result when he decided to use Huang Bo. The filming of "Dear" originally conflicted with the release of "囧".

Since he still wants to use Huang Bo, he is naturally mentally prepared for this.

It can only be said that when such a good actor encounters a good opportunity, he is really busy. Even a great director like Wu Yuan has to be a little accommodating.

"Thank you, Director Wu, for your understanding!"

"I will try my best to return to the team as soon as possible, and I will never delay the filming progress of the crew any more!"

On the phone, Huang Bo expressed his gratitude again and again.