Millennium director

In this way, after staying in North America for a while, until the domestic release of "The Martian" was all over, and even "Dear" was about to be released, Wu Yuan had to stop "stealing from others" and clean up Pack your luggage and prepare to return home.

Although "Dear" is not a commercial blockbuster, it is impossible for the director to be absent when it is released.

Wu Yuan, who had been absent from the pre-release publicity work, had to rush back to China at the end of September.

Fortunately, Wu Yuan was very relieved even if he was the hands-off manager for the preliminary promotion of the movie "Dear" in the Mainland.

Because the male protagonist of this movie is named Huang Bo.

And this year is called Huang Bonian.

What is Huang Bonian?

From "囧囧" two years ago to "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" and "101 Proposals" during the Chinese New Year to "The Cook, the Actor and the Scoundrel" after the new year, the cumulative box office of the four works exceeded 3 billion. I'm asking you to exaggerate. Not an exaggeration?

If you include the National Day release of "Dear" and December's "No Man's Land", Huang Bo will have five movies released this year. Counting last December's "Thailand", that's 6 movies.

In the entire entertainment industry in 2013, Huang Bo was undoubtedly the brightest one.

Of course, this is also the breakout period that he probably only has once in his life. Three of the six movies are in stock, not all of them were shot in 2012. Otherwise, he really wouldn't be able to release five or six movies a year.

I can only say that time is also destiny.

Under the constant bombardment of "囧" and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", Huang Bo is now the most popular Chinese actor. With him in front of the stage to promote "Dear", Wu Yuan has nothing to worry about. .

His name alone, at least in 2013, was worth 100 million at the box office, plus Wu Yuan's own name, it was worth another 100 million at the box office.

"Dear" has not yet started to be released, but it has already guaranteed a box office of 200 million, a guaranteed profit!

Therefore, the release of this movie was the easiest for Wu Yuan, and he was not even very concerned about it.

After returning to China, he did not participate in the promotional work of the "Dear" crew. Whether it was the recording of variety shows such as "Saturday" and "Every Day Upward", or offline meetings, he did not attend.

It wasn't until October 1st, the day "Dear" was officially released, that Wu Yuan, as director, booked several screenings in Beijing and invited relatives and friends to watch the film.

Yes, "Honey" didn't have a premiere.

Because Wu Yuan didn't want such a movie with the themes of "anti-trafficking" and "finding relatives" to be too hyped, he only needed to go on a show to introduce the movie. If it were a premiere, some of it would not be suitable. It seems like this serious topic is used as a promotional selling point.

Therefore, the release of "Dear" was very low-key. It only released a few trailers on the Internet, and the leading actors recorded a few TV shows to remind the audience that the movie would be released on October 1st, and then the movie was released.

And, the box office was anything but low-key.

With the aftermath of "The Martian" still lingering, domestic movie fans are looking forward to the two actors and directors Huang Bo and Wu Yuan joining forces.

One is the actor with the highest box office and the best acting skills in the country, and the other is a director who has completely jumped out of the domestic circle and is famous internationally and is recognized as a great international director.

The collaboration between these two great gods, even without any publicity, was an immediate hit at the box office on the day of its premiere.

52 million!

This is the box office statistics of "Dear" on its domestic premiere day!

If it were a commercial blockbuster, considering the combination of Huang Bo + Wu Yuan, the first-day box office of 50 million is not unusual at all, it can only be regarded as normal, and anything lower than this would be inappropriate.

After all, Huang Bo + Xingye's "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" grossed 76.85 million at the box office!

Considering that this movie was released on the first day of the Lunar New Year and is blessed by the Spring Festival, it is acceptable.

But "Dear" is not a commercial blockbuster, at least certainly not a blockbuster. At most, it can only be said to have a little bit of a commercial edge.

Under such circumstances, Huang Bo + Wu Yuan directly achieved a first-day box office of 52 million, which is really an exaggeration.

This is also an achievement that cannot be replicated.

If it had not been released this year, if it had not been released when the popularity of "The Martian" had just subsided, even if it was the same Huang Bo + Wu Yuan, it would not have been possible to create such box office results!

This is another miracle that was achieved through the combination of the right time, place and people!

This is a miracle created by the concerted efforts of fans and moviegoers of the two of them!

Facts have proved that most of the fans who watched the movie on the first day were indeed brainless fans of the two.

Because the day after "Dear" was released, the daily box office immediately dropped to 28 million, failing to continue to rise like Wu Yuan's other movies.

The reason why it was able to generate a box office of 50 million on the first day was mainly due to the overdraft of the popularity of the two people.

After the craziness of that day passed, the box office trend of "Dear" immediately returned to calm, and it spent the entire National Day week with stable results of more than 20 million every day.

In the end, "Dear" grossed a total of 198 million yuan at the box office in the first seven days of its release, narrowly missing the $200 million mark.

This box office result is not high for either Huang Bo or Wu Yuan, but both of them are very satisfied.

The original intention of making the movie "Dear" was never for the box office, but for the public to turn their attention to those poor abducted families and poor abducted children through this movie.

If you look at the comments given by fans on the Internet after watching this movie, you will know the significance of this movie.

"There is no exaggerated sensationalism. The story is told from two perspectives. The social topic of child trafficking and the entanglement between love and law always make people feel sad. The acting skills of Huang Bo and Tan Zhuo are amazing. It is a Chinese masterpiece this year."

"After watching the movie, I want to give it five stars, not because the movie is perfect, but because of the subject matter. If there are more subjects like this and movies can leverage reality, what if the script is not perfect enough and the plot is not touching enough?"

"Mainland theaters can show such films, and big-name actors can star in such films without any worries (payments and pressure to win awards). I guess only Wu Yuan and Huang Bo can do this. Only actors and actresses like them can do this." Only a director can make such a movie without any pressure.”

"Our country is very lacking in such realistic films. It is not as good as South Korea and Japan. Only directors Wu and Huang Bo dare to shoot and act in them."

"Perhaps this is the sense of responsibility of big-name directors and actors. If they don't make this kind of movie, no one else will make it or pay attention to it."

"The movie is far more restrained than the trailer, and does not deliberately induce tears. There are more storylines besides the trailer. The story of finding a child is just a general background, and the psychological transformation of each character in the story is the biggest highlight. Mother's love is not It is difficult to judge human relationships based on blood ties.”

"Using commercial film techniques to unfold a news event, my favorite subject, it is not easy to hit all the minefields under the perverted censorship system. The story is well told, the actors are well acted, the main line is clear, and the logic is reasonable. Full of emotions and clear themes, this is a rare domestic film! Its indictment of reality is applauding, and its torture of people's hearts is heartbreaking."

"Chinese-language films really need such meaningful works!"