Love saint broke 200 million New Year's Day box office in 4 days. Why?

20 17' s new year's day box office continued to slump on 20 16. The just-concluded New Year's Day box office closed at 662 million yuan, about 200 million less than last year's 863 million yuan. Before Christmas, "The Great Wall" and "Flying Tiger on the Railway" were released, and the total box office on New Year's Day exceeded 654.38 billion yuan and 500 million yuan respectively. However, these two films failed to win the box office championship on the first day of the Lunar New Year. On the contrary, the low-cost love saint won the box office champion on New Year's Day this year with a score of 200 million. From the success of Love Saint, we can see that comedies are still promising in the mainland film market, and how to make the story grounded and how to make the performance move people's hearts is the key to achieving a good box office.

The story is grounded and the comedy package has quality.

Love Saint is directed by Song Xiaofei and Xu Dong, written by Yu Miao and Li Xiao, starring Sean and Yan Ni, starring Xiao Shenyang, Qiao Shan, Allen, Lele Dai, Chang Yuan and Clara. On February 30th last year, 65438 was released, earning 50 million box office on the first day and successfully breaking 100 million in 48 hours. On the last day of the New Year holiday, the box office even exceeded 200 million.

The Lover's Story is played by Sean, a middle-aged man. He had a stable life and a family, but he was eager to move because of an accidental pattern, so he began to pursue it. In this process, the derailed middle-aged man encountered all kinds of embarrassment and embarrassment caused by misunderstanding, and finally chose to return to his family because he could not pursue it. The favorite audience thinks that "the film is full of jokes, which is a good decompression work", "A wisp in Hong Kong" and "Goodbye to Mr. Loser" have been improved, the actors' acting skills are online collectively, and Yan Ni has lost weight and looks good.

This movie has a lot of baggage and a lot of jokes. Because of the choice of 1976 French film The Deception of Elephants and 1984 American film The Girl in Red, the script is solid. In the plot, a lot of plots and paragraphs are localized, which makes the film look very grounded.

Fragments are integrated into the play to create a sense of joy with the plot.

Saint of Love is the directorial debut of Song Xiaofei and Xu Dong. Although these two names are unfamiliar to the general audience, they have long been famous gold-lettered signboards in the industry. As well-known photographers and sound recorders, the comedies produced by them alone include Lost in Hong Kong, Flowers on the Road, Lost in Thailand, Detective Chinatown, Pancake Man and many other masterpieces. This kind of cooperation as a director naturally comes naturally. Since its release, The Saint of Love has received rave reviews. Many viewers compare it with Lost in Hong Kong and Goodbye Mr. Loser, but Xu Dong thinks that "The Saint of Love is not the same as Charlotte, and Charlotte has a stronger sense of fairy tales, so our movies are more realistic." Song Xiaofei said that he and Lao Dong didn't expect "Lover" to become the explosion on New Year's Day this year. "It is a compliment for us, and I am very happy."

It is worth mentioning that "Love Saint" changed the "paragraph style" commonly used in domestic comedies. For the recognition of the audience, screenwriter Yu Miao said, "Writing a paragraph is very different from writing a play. It takes a lot of time to integrate paragraphs into a drama. " This time, they didn't want to write a farce, nor did they deliberately scratch the audience's feet. Instead, they try to "put the character in a situation where he shouldn't be, which is a little more advanced than the burden of language." Song Xiaofei revealed that in order to make the comedy elements of the film acceptable to both the north and south audiences, most of them create a sense of joy in the plot and bridge, such as dislocation and misunderstanding. Comedy stars gather and actors' acting skills are recognized.

The gathering of comedy stars may not necessarily produce high-quality comedy movies. Many times, you will think that these comedy stars often play. No wonder the story is so boring that even they can't impress themselves. How can they act it well? Sean, Yan Ni, Xiao Shenyang, Lele Dai, Qiao Shan, Allen and Chang Yuan's performances in Love Saint were recognized by the audience.

Yan Ni, who often plays comedies, admits that it is very difficult to perform comedies, and he can't be adept at it every time. "Comedy shows need constant search and creation, and opponents also need to give you a lot of things. Every actor has a different feeling. How to put different feelings in a play harmoniously requires us to constantly explore and study. " Sean himself likes this movie very much, and he gave it more than 8 points. "I am very touched. One is the friendship part, which is very real. The other is caring, which makes the audience feel warm. This movie not only makes people laugh, but also touches and comforts people. "

In addition, amid applause, some viewers criticized the movie "three views are not correct" and made excuses for cheating. Yu Miao admits that Lover is indeed a comedy from a male perspective. "This movie digs holes for male compatriots and exposes the weaknesses and shortcomings in men's hearts to female friends. But we don't want to preach through a movie, we just ask this question.