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"SPL 2" was the first film of the 2015 Lunar New Year season to achieve great box office success and critical acclaim. The second film was "Detective Chinatown ," which was not well received before its release.

这片子原本历史中是15年12月31日公映的，但因为美版《异星歧途》要在圣诞节这天公映的原故，出品方万哒影业最终把档期定在12月18日，算是在《杀破狼2》与美版《异星歧途》间求生存。

However, to the surprise of most people, the film was made surprisingly well by new director Chen Sicheng, with a box office of 1.13 million yuan on the first day of its release and a Douban score of 7.5 points. In addition, it was a suspense and comedy film, so it was well received for a while.

Even those girls mentioned it to Jiang Heng when they were chatting, saying that they could go and have a look when they have time.

However, these people have been quite busy recently.

At this time, Zhang Ruolan, whose main occupation is going to school, had some free time, so she went to the Wukesong branch of China Film Red Cinema with Jiang Heng to watch "Detective Chinatown".

The cinema was crowded with people. Jiang Heng and Zhang Ruolan both wore masks and followed the crowd obediently.

Jiang Heng also brought two cups of Coke, while Zhang Ruolan held a large bucket of popcorn, looking no different from other couples.

In the corner of the back row of the theater, the two took off their masks when the lights dimmed.

Zhang Ruolan obviously felt a little stuffy, so she took off her coat and fanned herself gently with her slender white hands.

"So many people!"

"Yeah, it's almost full!"

"Detective Chinatown" had a good attendance rate. It was already past ten o'clock, but more than half of the seats in the theater were still occupied.

After waiting for about a few minutes and watching a few opening advertisements, the main film began.

Wang Baoqi's performance is quite good. He looks a little silly and dull, but not annoying.

What is even more surprising is Xiao Yang's performance. His interaction with Bao Qie adds a lot of humor to the film.

Tong Liya's role as A Xiang also impressed the audience.

The group of stupid thieves led by Xiao Shenyang and the inspector played by Chen He both performed well in the film.

One more thing to mention is that since Chen He and Zheng Kai joined iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Pictures after recording "Running Man", they have been developing in the company with peace of mind.

Chen He's main job is recording variety shows, and he is doing quite well. Zheng Kai has appeared in many small and medium-budget movies. Although he has not played the leading role very often, he is still well-known.

"Detective Chinatown" has a compact plot and many funny scenes. Bursts of laughter can be heard from the theater from time to time.

Zhang Ruolan's sense of humor is not very high, and she can't help leaning on Jiang Hengle.

After leaving the cinema, I still felt a little unsatisfied.

"This movie is so funny. I feel like every one of them is quite interesting!"

"That's right, the quality is really good, it should be made into a series of movies!"

To be honest, there are not many Chinese-language films that can be made into series. The "Detective Chinatown" series has made several films, which is considered a great success.

The two went back to rest and didn't mention it, but said that with the successive successes of "SPL 2" and "Detective Chinatown ", the audience found that the quality of this year's Lunar New Year films seemed to be very high, and it's almost the same that they all sold well at the box office!

On Christmas Eve, December 12, "Mr. Six" directed by Guan Hu and starring Feng Xiaogang was released, one day earlier than the American version of "Alien Path".

The reason for choosing this day is that there are only a few suitable dates during the Lunar New Year period, and it is likely that the film will be released at the same time as other movies.

But the best day is still the weekend starting from the 24th. On Christmas Eve, there are too many boys and girls watching movies together and staying out overnight. The box office is much higher than usual, even if two big movies are released at the same time, it is enough to share.

Furthermore, the Wang brothers felt that the American version of "Alien" was a remake. Not only might the quality of the film not be as good as the one directed by Jiang Heng, but the two films were also made too close in time, so the audience might not buy into it.

Just like a classic movie like "Titanic", after the 3D technology came out, it was converted into a 3D version and re-screened. The box office revenue was certainly considerable, but it was not particularly impressive.

Furthermore, "Old Boys" and the American version of "Alien" are of different genres and have different audiences, so the impact should not be that great.

Therefore, when promoting the premiere ceremony, Wang Zhonglei generously invited Jiang Heng to attend.

Considering that Wang Zhonglei and Feng Xiaogang had been here many times to attend premiere events, Jiang Heng still found time to go and have some "business promotion" on the spot.

To be honest, the movie "Mr. Six" looks pretty good at first glance, but if you look closely, it's not quite what you expected.

The "Sixth Master" played by Feng Xiaogang is pretentious, poor and domineering. Apart from the filter of the film, he is really unlikable.

But when the film was first released, it was well received amid all the praise from the media, with a Douban score of 7.8.

The only thing is that the box office performance was a bit worse, only 5700 million, which is less than "Bad Angels" which was released on the same day as "Detective Chinatown ".

This movie didn't have a good reputation, but it had very good box office results, with 1.5 million on the first day of its release, only a few million less than "SPL 2". It was a typical example of low reputation and high box office, and it made many movie company bosses and directors very angry.

Especially the Mr. Wang and Mr. Wang from Huayi, they were really angry.

Originally, I wanted to compete with the American version of "Alien" in the same period, but I didn't expect that I couldn't even beat "Bad Angels". How could that be possible? I had to start the promotion...

The box office battle during the Lunar New Year period at the end of 2015 was unexpectedly exciting.

However, when the American version of "Alien" was released, it instantly showed a trend of "sweeping everything".

Well, after all, "colonization" is an ancestral craft for Americans.

In the version shot by Jiang Heng, the space exploration task force sent by Longguo was too "restrained" in their actions, and was far less direct and naked than the American version.

When the special effects are not bad and the story is exciting and reasonable, whoever has a bigger scale and a lower bottom line will be more popular!
On the 25th, the American version of "Alien" earned 2.78 million yuan at the box office on its first day of release.

On the 26th, the single-day box office exceeded 3 million, reaching 3.14 million.

There was a slight decline on the 27th, but it was still 2.93 million.

In the first three days of the weekend, it earned 8.85 million, which shocked the entire Chinese entertainment industry.

When the news reached North America, Hollywood was also shocked.

Because the American version of "Alien" had a box office of 1.17 million US dollars in North America in its first three days of the weekend, which is only more than 7 million yuan in RMB.

In other words, for a special effects blockbuster with a distinct Hollywood style, its performance in the Chinese-language film market is actually higher than that in North America. The box office potential of the mainland market is too huge.

Immediately, some media published articles analyzing the reasons why the film was popular in both China and the United States, and concluded that the key factor was "Jiang Heng".

If Jiang Heng hadn't made a version first, Hollywood movies would probably not be so popular if they were directly introduced into the country.

After all, over the years, the box office of Hollywood special effects blockbusters or Sino-US co-productions in the mainland film market has been far less than that of Jiang Heng's films.

But this time, the American version of "Alien Path" may have the potential to make a comeback! (End of this chapter)