rofl, movie made 700+ million on a 30 million budget. please tell me how many movies make that kind of money on this budget. Wu Jing certainly understand the business more than you. while you post things pretending you know things but you live in the middle of nowhere.
Well, it's hard to find exact number because Hollywood usually count budget to box office ratio. And also, Hollywood does not generally have this level of budget, either they are small A few thousand to a few millions) or Big budgeted (100 millions plus), and when the small budget film make a hit, they don't do 30 millions or like medium figure, they will go directly to 100 mil plus.
Also money appreciate over year, it's hard to make movie over 700 millions in say year 2000. (Which would be by today standard, a billions dollar movie)
While exactly number wise, I can tell you some film that have less than 30 millions budget but earn near that box office, but to compare the number exactly is not possible. The fairer way to compare a movie is via
but it's not hard to find movie that exceed the Wolf Warrior 2 budget to box office ratio
Wolf Warrior 2 is on a 30 millions budget with a box office of 700 millions, which is around 23 times the budget. so you are looking at a ratio of
1 to 23
A search on Box office mojo, there are 100 + title that earn more than this ratio. (1 :23) Most significant is
Big Fat Greek Wedding - Budget 5 millions (2002) Box Office 368 millions (1 :70)
SAW - Budget 1.2 millions USD (2003) Box Office 103 millions (1: 85)
Rocky - Budget 1.5 millions in 1976 (7 millions in 2017) Box Office 227 millions in 1976 (998 millions in 2017) (1: 151)
Mad Max - Budget 600,000 AUD Box Office 100 millions USD (1 : 166)
Paranormal Activities - Budget 15,000 in 2007 (0.015 millions) Box Office 193 Millions in 2007
(1:12,866)
I did not check all the box office against their budget (As it is way WAY too many) but at least
Rocky did better than Wolf Warrior 2 in term of box office and have a smaller budget than it in 2017. So, if you have time to search, there are bound to be more.
But the actual question is, Can China make a movie with $15,000 USD (80,000 RMB) Budget and earn over 100 millions USD (600 millions RMB) like paranormal activity??
Bro, can you just calm down and don't be so anti Chinese? it's a nice movie and this is coming from me, a neutral film lover who watches Hindi movies too. The storyline is so real it even touches on corruption in China, it touches the soul of a soldier in China, the emotions, I shed a tear or two watching it. The moment a Chinese flag rises to protect all Chinese, this is the real mandate of the Republic.
Please read my review from my first post.
This movie is not good nor bad, I like a few moment when Wu Jing doing melee combat with the American, the general cinematic if okay to sometime good
On the other hand, I don't like the shooting scene and more importantly the idea Wu portray himself as a Special Force soldier, he hold the weapon wrong, his move is not tactical, he did not have any technical discussion with any technical advisor (I don't know if the movie hire military advisor to begin with) and a lot of his shooting move is, there are no way the move would make sense, even in made believe Hollywood level.
The movie is patriotic and nationalistic, that is neither good nor bad, it help making money domestically (which I have already stated that fact) but it would have a hard time to sell this overseas.
As for whether or not this movie make Chinese film industry forward? If you read my previous response, I said It will, because it will become popular in China and it's good for the Chinese.
As for the question whether or not this movie can lead to something that replace Hollywood like a few Chinese member said here? I don't think so, first, this movie succeed only in mainland China, it does not earn much anywhere. Second, overseas audience would generally not care about the patriotic tone. Third, this movie is not at all believable in action sequence if you compare to Classic action movie like Die Hard or The Expandable or even Fast and the Furious franchise (And my opinion is FF series have way too many movie out already, they should stop).
I actually recommended it to the Swedish/Pakistani member as saif this movie is good for killing time, but not expect to understand the movie if he is not Chinese.
Again, that's my opinion, I don't think that's anti-Chinese. So for a movie design for Chinese Audience and I don't like it and it is Anti-Chinese, then, if you don't like Black Hawk Down, or Pearl Harbour (Which I hate), then are you anti-American??? You like it or not is your business, but this is what I think after I saw this movie and I am sticking to it. If you think any point I raise was wrong, I am more than happy to talk about it with you.
Hope his comment could prevent reaching 5 billion yuan, now 4.6 billion yuan.
Chinese movie industry should seriously take the ideas of some 150cm viet refugees.
Usually when someone is accusing someone else's gay, he is the one that's hiding their homosexual tendency because of his own insecurity. So by specifically mentioning 150 cm viet refugees, I can be sure you are insecure about your own height, are you by chance shorter than 150 cm?? lol
@Slav Defence how many of these type of insult you are allowing this member to dish out, I am not against him dishing out his insult, that's show how his family raise him, but at least please, make the fact right. Not another Chicano and Black rules America moment....please
He has certainly overdone it as a casual movie critic.
Do you want me to tell you, step by step, how wu not convince me he is a former Special Operation soldier?
I can tell you in detail, you only need to say the word.
