Rebirth of the Great Entertainment Empire

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From February 1st to 10th, 1985.

"Tang Bohu Spots the Autumn Fragrance", "The True Colors of a Hero 2", "Happy Three Cannons", "Gong Xi Fa Cai", "Kapok Cassock", "Three Treasures of Wisdom and Bravery" have stepped on the stage of the New Year's Eve one after another.

The first-day box office of the six films are:

"Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" 2.07 million Hong Kong dollars.

"Three Treasures of Wisdom and Bravery" 1.53 million Hong Kong dollars.

"The True Colors of Heroes 2" is 1.49 million Hong Kong dollars.

"Gong Xi Fa Cai" 1.25 million Hong Kong dollars.

"Happy Three Cannons" 880,000 Hong Kong dollars.

"Kapok Cassock" 760,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Under normal circumstances, the box office competition on the first day is mainly the box office appeal of the film director or actor and the promotion before the release.

Judging from the first-day box office results of the six films released in the Lunar New Year file this year:

In Xiangjiang, Xu Cun's box office appeal is still unmatched, so the first-day box office of "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance", which he is named as the director, was able to dominate the box office on the first day, leaving the other five films far behind.

Xu Guanwen is worthy of being the king of comedy nowadays. "Three Treasures of Wisdom and Bravery" in which he participated took the front of the sequel "True Colors of Heroes 2" which already had an excellent reputation.

The main reason why the sequel "The True Colors of Heroes 2", which is hailed as the best movie in Xiangjiang, failed to beat the "Three Treasures of Wisdom and Bravery" starring Xu Guanwen in the preemptive run, is "The True Colors of Heroes 2" The director is box office poison Wu Yusen is not the world's number one director Xu Cun. However, with the aura of "True Tomorrow" after all, "True Tomorrow 2" still managed to grab a good first-day box office in the early run.

The box office appeal of Shi Jialin, Alan Tam, Chen Huimin, and Lin Zixiang is actually not weak, but the publicity of "Gong Xi Fa Cai" is not enough, so the first day box office of "Gong Xi Fa Cai" can only be regarded as unsatisfactory.

The current Zeng Zhiwei, Chen Baixiang, and Chen You all have some box office appeal, but they are not great. In addition, Deng Guangrong has no money to advertise, so the first-day box office results of "Happy Three Cannons" are very ugly.

The actor in "Kapok Cassock" is Qing Yishui's newcomer from the mainland, and Yindu is very stinky and has not been promoted much. If it hadn't caught up with the Lunar New Year, and there were some audiences who like kung fu movies, "Kapok Cassock" would definitely be successful. will be even more bleak.

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The first-day box office is important, but to put it bluntly, it is mainly a test of the director or actor’s box office appeal and pre-release publicity. Whether the movie itself is good or bad can’t be seen through the first-day box office results.

You can really tell whether a new movie is good or bad depends on the evaluation of the movie by film critics and audiences.

"Brother Zhu, you lose a few hundred taels every few days, and then come to call for help when you lose it all. It's not the way to do it all the time, right?" I lost everything I could lose in this life—a total of 300,000 taels! I also hope Brother Tang will draw 30 paintings for me so that I can pay off my debts!"

"My lady, I live on the edge of the city of Suzhou. I have a house and a field at home, and my life is full of joy. Who knows that Tang Bohu, he is arrogant and merciless, colluding with the government and taking over my big house and taking my field. My grandfather and him I came to turn my face, and was beaten by him with a stick. My grandma scolded him for deceiving good people, but he was arrested by him in the Tang Mansion, raped a hundred times, a hundred times, and finally she hanged herself to hate the world. He also sent me Father and son were expelled from their homes and drifted to the riverside. I begged alone in front of the temple in order to take care of my father. Who would have thought that Tang Bohu, he was so insidious. In front of the market, the little man was healthy and his life was spared. The poor old father died! This hatred is even more difficult to fill. In order to bury his father, he had to sell himself into slavery and make himself a lowly man. Obviously, the will to kill the enemy is strong! From now on, with Tang Yin's poetry collection companion, I will always remember that this hatred is irreconcilable!!!"

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After the premiere, the classic lines in "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" can be heard everywhere. Viewers who have watched "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" seldom laugh until their stomach hurts. After watching "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" over and over again, a young man in Kowloon watched "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" fifteen times in a row in order to remember Tang Bohu's rap!

Both film critics and audiences gave "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" a very high evaluation, thinking that Xu Cun has created a brand new comedy model, and he is worthy of being the world's number one director!

Of course, the comments on "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" are not all positive, and many people scolded Xu Cun for disrespecting history and making a generation of literati tycoons sing and dance and even fight with the people.

"The True Colors of a Hero 2", which was filmed with Wu Yusen's whole heart and soul, is decent and good! It can be said that even if it is not as good as "The True Colors of Heroes", it is not far behind. However, the audience has already accepted the impact of violent aesthetics once, so "The True Colors of Heroes 2" is far from being comparable to the novel and extremely funny "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance"!

Xu Guanwen's performance in "Three Treasures of Wisdom and Bravery" is really disappointing. Many viewers who have watched "Three Treasures of Wisdom and Bravery" think that Xu Guanwen, the king of comedy of a generation, is old and should abdicate.

"Gong Xi Fa Cai" is very mediocre - neither good nor bad. If there is no good movie, you can watch "Gong Xi Fa Cai". If there is a good movie, there is no need to waste more than 16 yuan on "Gong Xi Fa Cai".

The reputation of "Happy Three Cannons" is very poor. To paraphrase the evaluation given by film critic Yi Shu, it is a 90-minute farce.

On the contrary, "Kapok Cassock" has a very good reputation-Yishui's real kung fu has brought a brand new experience to Hong Kong audience who are loyal to kung fu movies.

The second-day box office of the six films were:

"Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" was 2.19 million Hong Kong dollars, an increase of 120,000 Hong Kong dollars from the box office of the first day.

"The True Colors of Heroes 2" was 1.73 million Hong Kong dollars, an increase of 240,000 Hong Kong dollars from the box office of the first day.

"Three Treasures of Wisdom and Bravery" was 1.31 million Hong Kong dollars, a drop of 220,000 Hong Kong dollars from the box office of the first day.

"Gong Xi Fa Cai" was 1.23 million Hong Kong dollars, a drop of 20,000 Hong Kong dollars from the box office of the first day.

"Kapok Cassock" was 970,000 Hong Kong dollars, an increase of 210,000 Hong Kong dollars from the box office of the first day.

"Happy Three Cannons" was 790,000 Hong Kong dollars, a drop of 70,000 Hong Kong dollars from the box office of the first day.

Experienced filmmakers roughly inferred from the word-of-mouth and box office changes of the six films in the Lunar New Year file this year that this year will still be dominated by DreamWorks, and other film companies will have to submit to DreamWorks.

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