Chapter 625 Lost in Thailand Hurricane

“From the release on December 12, 2012 to the 19th, the box office of Lost in Thailand exceeded 450 million yuan and the number of moviegoers exceeded 14 million in one week!”

“The second mainland movie with a box office of over 1 billion yuan may be born!”

“Analyze the reasons for the success of Lost in Thailand…”

“Count the funny points of Lost in Thailand and why this movie has become a favorite of all ages…”

Late at night, Wu Yuan was lying on the bed, holding his mobile phone and reading various reports about Lost in Thailand on the Internet.

Lost in Thailand is really popular, and it can even be said to have become a phenomenal work.

This film is Xu Zheng’s debut as a film director. He served as the producer, screenwriter, director, and starring actor in this film, and also included the voice-over dubbing of the film trailer.

Unlike ordinary comedies, the funny points in Lost in Thailand appear in the form of series, such as the cactus series, the transvestite series, and the scallion pancake series. These funny points are not just simple comedy elements, they are also the driving force behind the development of the plot.

At the same time, the action elements of road chases, jungle fights, and duels with Muay Thai masters serve as a supplement to the relatively static two-person dialogue scenes, adding a lot of visual pleasure.

To be honest, "Lost in Thailand" is not a very outstanding movie.

If compared with Hollywood movies, "Lost in Thailand" is just a comedy genre film that has done everything well.

But for the domestic film industry, which has just begun to flourish, such a very well-formulated comedy film can be regarded as an excellent work.

Except for Hong Kong Island's Stephen Chow, no company or individual in China can make such a mature comedy.

In fact, the story of "Lost in Thailand" itself also has some of the flavor of Stephen Chow's nonsensical comedy, which also fills the void of Stephen Chow's early style comedy films that Chinese movie fans can no longer see after Stephen Chow's transformation in "CJ7".

It can be said that the emergence of "Lost in Thailand" really occupies the right time, right place, and right people. It is not incomprehensible that it can get a high box office.

Even the success of "Lost in Thailand" is far more replicable than the success of "Wolf Warrior 2".

As long as you can make such a good comedy movie, the box office will definitely not be too bad.

But the success of "Wolf Warrior 2" cannot be replicated by just another patriotic action movie.

This has been proven.

The success of "Lost in Thailand" has made the Chinese market dominated by comedy movies for the next ten years. From the iron triangle of Xu Zheng to the iron triangle of Shen Teng to Jia Ling, their comedy movies have all gone from one success to another.

After "Wolf Warrior", except for "Operation Red Sea", there is no other movie with the same theme that can follow suit and replicate the results.

So for the Chinese film market, the emergence of "Lost in Thailand" is indeed epoch-making.

Starting this year, the era of Chinese movies can be divided into the pre-"Lost in Thailand" era and the post-"Lost in Thailand" era.

It's just that at present, whether it's industry insiders or ordinary movie fans, even including Xu Zheng and others, they haven't felt this yet.

It won't be until February next year when "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" succeeds again that everyone will react to what kind of comedy era "Lost in Thailand" has created.

Yes, although "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is a special effects blockbuster, there is no doubt that the positioning of this movie is comedy.

"Unfortunately, with my status, it is indeed a bit cheap to end up shooting a comedy."

Wu Yuan sighed regretfully and closed the online comments praising "Lost in Thailand". It is hard to say whether he is proud or helpless.

His status and style in the Chinese film industry have reached the top.

For him, even if he shoots a comedy and gets a box office of more than 10 or 20 billion, it will not be liked by fans. Instead, he will be scolded to death by fans, scolding him for being decadent, scolding him for having no pursuit, and squeezing money.

Just like Zhang Yimou shooting "Man Jiang Hong", even if the box office of this movie broke Zhang Yimou's own box office record, this movie did not bring him a trace of positive comments.

Because Zhang Yimou shooting this kind of suspense comedy confined to a small scene is an extremely cheap thing. No matter how high the box office is, it is a big shame.

Wu Yuan could imagine that if he were to shoot a movie like "Charlotte's Troubles" or "The Richest Man in Xihong City" now, even if the box office broke a domestic record, he would definitely be scolded to death by fans.

It's a pity, he actually likes comedy movies.

However, Guangying Times is now a shareholder of Happy Twist, and it seems that for the company, it is not a loss for Wu Yuan not to shoot these movies.

Thinking of Happy Twist, Wu Yuan thought of Shen Teng and his gang.

The failure of "One Thought in Heaven" was a big blow to the Happy Twist team.

This work, which Happy Twist launched an ambitious offensive against the film market, only got a few million box office in the end and was taken off the screen.

Although the film itself didn't cost much money to shoot.

"If Happy Twist saw the box office results of "Lost in Thailand", I don't know how complicated it would feel." Thinking of this, Wu Yuan was happy.

The next day, the crew of "Dear" continued to shoot.

Because Huang Bo was not there, the crew of "Dear" spent the past week filming some side plots, which are the stories of Zhang Yi and other parents looking for their biological parents.

"Lost in Thailand" is really popular now.

The box office of more than 400 million a week is not the end of the potential of this movie, and it is just the beginning.

Huang Bo never expected that the box office of Xu Zheng's debut film would be so explosive. Now he is almost working non-stop every day to fly around the country with Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang to do road shows.

Even Fan Binbin, who only played an easter egg in the movie's finale, couldn't help but take advantage of the popularity and went to several road shows as a surprise guest, let alone Huang Bo, the leading actor.

He was even a little worried that half a month's vacation might not be enough, so he could only call to apologize to Wu Yuan.

"It's okay, run for half a month first. If you are too busy at that time, I can allow you to coordinate your work arrangements and take time out from filming to continue to run the activities of "Lost in Thailand."

Wu Yuan was still in a relatively calm mood after receiving the call.

On the one hand, Huang Bo did not shake up because of the success of "Lost in Thailand". He was still the honest and obedient actor, and he was humble in front of him.

On the other hand, when Wu Yuan decided to use Huang Bo, he had expected this result. The filming of "Dear" originally conflicted with the release of "Lost in Thailand".

Since he still wanted to use Huang Bo, he was naturally prepared for this.

It can only be said that when such a good actor encounters a good opportunity, he is really too busy. Even a big director like Wu Yuan has to make some concessions.

"Thank you Director Wu for your understanding!"

"I will try to return to the team as soon as possible and will definitely not delay the crew's filming progress any longer!"

On the phone, Huang Bo expressed his gratitude again and again.