Wang Yibo's "The King of the Sky" has a pre-sale box office of 80 millio...
Time flies, time flies, the May Day holiday is just around the corner and the annual May Day movie roadshows and pre-sales are in full swing. Although there are 16 films (including animated films) in this year's May Day slot, it is still not a fairy-tale May Day slot, but at best a pile-up of releases. The reason is that none of the films in this year's May Day slot can be described as big, big productions with big names.
Even though King of the Long Sky, starring Wang Yibo, Hu Jun and Zhou Dongyu, has already exceeded 80 million yuan in advance ticket sales, and although it leads the May Day advance ticket sales chart, and although it is several times ahead of the second place advance ticket sales, the film is not a film that attracts people by its story content, but by its popular actors and actresses.
In other words, if King of the Sky had not starred Wang Yibo, but any of the regular actors had, the film would have been a documentary about a fighter jet test flight. After all, the director of the film came from a background of making scientific propaganda films, and the film is the director's film debut. Although the director had made a propaganda film about the Liaoning aircraft carrier, making a propaganda commercial is not the same as making a film, and it is difficult for a director who has made a few minutes of propaganda to make a 2-hour film, and even more difficult to tell a complete film story.
As a result, it is predicted that half of the audiences who go into the cinema to see King of the Long Sky are there to see Wang Yibo and half are there to see the fighter jets, and there are hardly any audiences who are there to see the story of the film. However, the film has been a huge success at the box office, both for seeing Wang Yibo and for seeing the fighter jets, as both of these attractions inspire a hormonal and adrenaline rush. In other words, the film is targeted at only two major audience groups, one being the fan base and the other being the military fan base.
There is one thing to be said for the fact that there is only one film with box office appeal in the May Day slot this year, but any film starring Wu Jing, Shen Teng or Yi Yang Qianxi in the same slot, the film would be heart-stopping and would have no absolute advantage. This is not to say that King of the Long Sky is bad, but the film did not encounter strong rivals to divert and split the box office in the May Day slot.
Whether it's "So Many Years" starring Zhang Xinsheng and Sun Qian or "Countdown to Say I Love You" starring Chen Feiyu and Zhou Ye, both youth romance films lack popular flow to add to their cast, and both male leads had minor negatives rumoured on the internet some time ago; whether it's the comedy film "Life is not familiar" starring Qiao San and Ma Li, or the disaster film "Amazing Rescue" starring Du Jiang and Wang Qianyuan, although the subject matter genre and cast are Although the subject matter and cast were good, none of the actors could carry the banner at the box office.
Although the crime thriller "Prosecution", starring Huang Jingyu, Bai Baihe and Wang Liqun, has been described as a movie version of "Rampage", the film is directed by a Hong Kong director and inevitably follows the Hong Kong film formula and style. As a result, there really isn't a film in the May Day slot this year that can compete with The King of the Long Sky in a head-to-head battle.
At the end of this article, "The King of the Sky" is already a lock for the title of "King of the Box Office". No matter how hard other films market themselves and how good the word of mouth is after their release, they will not be able to stop 'The King of the Sky' from becoming the 'King of the Box Office' and will not be able to shake 'The King of the Sky' from its throne as the box office champion. Finally, do you think King of the Long Sky will break $3 billion at the box office?
#The King of the Long Sky has sold over $80 million in advance
Even though King of the Long Sky, starring Wang Yibo, Hu Jun and Zhou Dongyu, has already exceeded 80 million yuan in advance ticket sales, and although it leads the May Day advance ticket sales chart, and although it is several times ahead of the second place advance ticket sales, the film is not a film that attracts people by its story content, but by its popular actors and actresses.
In other words, if King of the Sky had not starred Wang Yibo, but any of the regular actors had, the film would have been a documentary about a fighter jet test flight. After all, the director of the film came from a background of making scientific propaganda films, and the film is the director's film debut. Although the director had made a propaganda film about the Liaoning aircraft carrier, making a propaganda commercial is not the same as making a film, and it is difficult for a director who has made a few minutes of propaganda to make a 2-hour film, and even more difficult to tell a complete film story.
As a result, it is predicted that half of the audiences who go into the cinema to see King of the Long Sky are there to see Wang Yibo and half are there to see the fighter jets, and there are hardly any audiences who are there to see the story of the film. However, the film has been a huge success at the box office, both for seeing Wang Yibo and for seeing the fighter jets, as both of these attractions inspire a hormonal and adrenaline rush. In other words, the film is targeted at only two major audience groups, one being the fan base and the other being the military fan base.
There is one thing to be said for the fact that there is only one film with box office appeal in the May Day slot this year, but any film starring Wu Jing, Shen Teng or Yi Yang Qianxi in the same slot, the film would be heart-stopping and would have no absolute advantage. This is not to say that King of the Long Sky is bad, but the film did not encounter strong rivals to divert and split the box office in the May Day slot.
Whether it's "So Many Years" starring Zhang Xinsheng and Sun Qian or "Countdown to Say I Love You" starring Chen Feiyu and Zhou Ye, both youth romance films lack popular flow to add to their cast, and both male leads had minor negatives rumoured on the internet some time ago; whether it's the comedy film "Life is not familiar" starring Qiao San and Ma Li, or the disaster film "Amazing Rescue" starring Du Jiang and Wang Qianyuan, although the subject matter genre and cast are Although the subject matter and cast were good, none of the actors could carry the banner at the box office.
Although the crime thriller "Prosecution", starring Huang Jingyu, Bai Baihe and Wang Liqun, has been described as a movie version of "Rampage", the film is directed by a Hong Kong director and inevitably follows the Hong Kong film formula and style. As a result, there really isn't a film in the May Day slot this year that can compete with The King of the Long Sky in a head-to-head battle.
At the end of this article, "The King of the Sky" is already a lock for the title of "King of the Box Office". No matter how hard other films market themselves and how good the word of mouth is after their release, they will not be able to stop 'The King of the Sky' from becoming the 'King of the Box Office' and will not be able to shake 'The King of the Sky' from its throne as the box office champion. Finally, do you think King of the Long Sky will break $3 billion at the box office?
#The King of the Long Sky has sold over $80 million in advance
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