"Mr. Red Carpet" announced its withdrawal 8 days after its release, and the box office was only 827010,000, in obvious contrast to the 2 billion box office of "Hot and Hot" and "Flying Life 2".
In fact, after "Let's Shake the Sun Together" announced the withdrawal the day before, many people have already guessed that "Mr. Red Carpet" will also be withdrawn. After all, the box office of the movie is not as good as "Shake the Sun". But there are still some netizens who look at Ning Hao and Andy Lau with a filter, thinking that they will definitely "be willing to gamble and lose, and would rather stick to the end", but there is no doubt that these netizens will be disappointed.
Andy Lau and Ning Hao finally lost to reality. Although Andy Lau is an idol for generations, there is no box office without a box office. Although it is a bit of a loss of face to withdraw due to poor box office, there is nothing wrong with this approach. Even if Andy Lau and Ning Hao are more conscious and willing to sacrifice for their dreams, they still need to make money. If you don't have money, how can you keep your dreams going? For Andy Lau, movies are both dreams and businesses. Therefore, there is no problem with withdrawing for the sake of money.
Even if it's not for yourself, think about the whole team and investors. Let them lose money this time, who will dare to invest next time? The adult world is never willful. If someone shares the risk for you, it's only because someone carries you along the way.
I still feel a little sorry for the withdrawal of "Mr. Red Carpet". Actually, I wanted to go and see it, but unfortunately it wasn't scheduled. In the two movie theaters near my house, from the beginning of the Lunar New Year to the third day of the Lunar New Year, there was only one film schedule per day, and one day another movie theater did not arrange a film schedule at all. The ** time for scheduling is either in the morning or in the evening for dinner. Who can get up so early for the Chinese New Year? Who can go to the cinema hungry for the Chinese New Year? Why wait until the third day of the Lunar New Year? Because after the third day of the Lunar New Year, these two theaters have never scheduled "Mr. Red Carpet" again.
If you want to see this movie, you can only go to a movie theater dozens of kilometers away and choose with only a few shows. Except for die-hard fans, who wants to sacrifice themselves for a movie during the Chinese New Year? Most of Andy Lau's fans are already in their forties and fifties, and it is impossible to disrupt various arrangements in order to watch a movie at a reunion moment like the Chinese New Year.
I looked it up on the Internet, and it's not just the case here that happens to us, but also in cinemas elsewhere. A lot of people want to see this movie, but either it doesn't have a schedule, or the time is too awkward.
Therefore, the box office of "Mr. Red Carpet" is so low and there should be something to do with the film schedule. This reminds me of "The Crowd" three years ago: the Spring Festival movie, which is also starring Andy Lau, also has film scheduling problems. At that time, many netizens complained that "The Crowd" had very few films, or it was screened in the early morning, and the ticket prices were ridiculously expensive.
The film schedule of "Mr. Red Carpet" is better than that of "The Crowd", at least there is no ridiculously expensive ghost field. However, the small number of performances and the time difference will still affect the audience admission rate, and the admission rate is low, and the follow-up film schedule is naturally not optimistic. If "Mr. Red Carpet" can get the same number of films as "Flying Life 2" or "Hot and Hot", the box office performance will definitely be better. Of course, in addition to external reasons, the problem of the film itself is the most critical.
Just look at the audience's reviews to know what the problem with this movie is. The first is the question of director Ning Hao. The audience said that he had to do and do, both wanting to stand and not willing to give sincerely. The movie becomes a typical pop culture collection, and the laughter that the audience can capture requires a very familiar understanding of all kinds of gossip in the entertainment industry. This is tantamount to the producer creating the first threshold himself. The number of performances is already small, and some viewers finally bought tickets to come in, but they couldn't understand the whole process, how can such a word of mouth be spread twice?
Jokes aside, the content of the movie is not likable, and it is even easy to anger the audience. The movie attracts the audience under the banner of revealing the inside story of the entertainment industry, and there is even a hot spot of "beating the capital", the audience is looking forward to the real inside story of the entertainment industry, but the movie does not dare to say it. On the contrary, the movie ridiculed ordinary netizens and labeled them as vexatious cybers***. Who can tolerate that?
Finally, there is Andy Lau's question. Over the years, Andy Lau has been known as a "model worker in the entertainment industry", his diligence is ashamed, and his good character is admirable. But hard work and good morality do not guarantee that his movies will be good, let alone that the box office will be good. On the contrary, it is precisely because of his diligence that many people have formed the impression that "Andy Lau has made a lot of bad movies".
Everyone knows that Andy Lau has been supporting young directors and has made a lot of substantial contributions to promoting the development of the film industry, but this does not mean that everyone will definitely appreciate it. In order to promote "Mr. Red Carpet", Andy Lau worked really hard, actively interacted with the audience, held a roadshow seriously, and even made a hot search for his hidden marriage for the promotion of the movie. However, hard work is hard work, and whether the audience will support it depends on the specific movie. Putting aside the problem of the movie itself, is Andy Lau responsible?
A viewer's comment might be able to answer this question. He said that Andy Lau's biggest problem over the years is that he has been playing handsome, and his idol burden is too heavy. Andy Lau's image is always handsome, even when he plays the role of a bad guy, he is the kind of bad guy who will be sympathized. He even said to himself that he wanted to play a pure bad guy, but no one gave him a chance. He has never played ugly, and he never seems to have played a very ugly role. He's always been handsome, and that's probably the problem.
Although Andy Lau has made a lot of movies, when it comes to Andy Lau, the first thing that comes to mind is that he is handsome and hardworking, rather than his impressive role in a certain movie. Therefore, Andy Lau should take a break. Instead of diligently shooting a bunch of bad movies, it is better to calm down and choose a good script that will satisfy both yourself and the audience. If it continues like this, no matter how hard you work and have a good reputation, you can't withstand the impact of many bad movies.
The times will not save face for anyone, even if that person is Andy Lau.