The director's box office totals11900 million. Why is Chen Sicheng, an actor-turned-director, so abusive?

As we all know, Chen Sicheng was first known to the public after he appeared in Soldier Assault. Soldiers Assault, as an explosive drama, not only won the popularity of Wang, Zhang Yi, but also Chen Sicheng, one of the characters, was a great success.

After Soldier Assault, Chen Sicheng began to contact the director and his party. We are familiar with the film drama "Beijing Love Story" (hereinafter referred to as "Northern Ireland") is written by him. As the first self-directed Northern Ireland, it caused a viewing frenzy as soon as it was released. The film version of Northern Ireland alone won 407 million box office, which shows that Chen Sicheng is not only good at acting, but also talented as a director.

After the successful test of Northern Ireland, Chen Sicheng did not disappear in front of everyone like a meteor, but continued to direct such box office blockbusters as Pancake Man, My People and My Home, and Tang Tan, among which Tang Tan series films were particularly successful, and Tang Tan became the first 10 billion box office director in China film history 1 month ago.

It can be said that as a cutting-edge director in recent years, Chen Sicheng has reached the peak of his career only by relying on the explosive IP of Tangtan series movies.

I don't know if you have noticed these days, director Chen Sicheng's personal box office has reached11900 million, which has opened the distance between himself and other directors and is 2 billion ahead of the second director.

At this time, it was less than 1 month before he broke through the box office of10 billion. Unexpectedly, 1 month, we are not waiting for the second director to break through10 billion, but the gap between the first two directors is further widened.

Why is Chen Sicheng so corrupt? Can ride the dust and lead the second place, totaling 2 billion? How long can he stay at the peak of his career? Is it accidental that his personal director's box office totals11900 million?

If not, what caused him to break through the 3-digit mark when the cumulative box office of the director behind him was still hovering at 1 billion, and 1 month later was 2 billion ahead of the second director?

First of all, I want to ask, why did Chen Cansicheng's personal director box office accumulate11900 million?

The successful creation of big IP!

Observing the films directed by Chen Sicheng over the years, we can see that the series of detective films of Tang Dynasty have made great contributions to the cumulative box office of11900 million, and the detective films of Tang Dynasty account for 73% of 823 million, 3.398 billion and 4.476 billion respectively.

It can be said that Chen Sicheng only relies on three Tang detective films to squeeze into the top three in the box office director list. After all, there are only two other directors who have grossed more than 8.697 billion yuan in the list, including Ning Hao 9.927 billion and Xuzh ē ng 8.886 billion. The only director who is close to 8.697 billion yuan, the box office is slightly lower than Chen Sicheng and Guan Hu, which is 8.645 billion yuan.

Therefore, Chen Sicheng's11900 million director box office cannot be separated from Tang Tan's big IP, and it can even be said that the success of Tang Tan series has made his11900 million director box office.

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Secondly, I would also like to ask, does Chen Sicheng play a big role in this box office hit detective Tang series?

The answer is irreplaceable.

Among the films released in the same period at that time, there was a 3D movie "Searching for Dragons" which won the box office title of IMAX Chinese films, and a Hollywood blockbuster "Star Wars". As a low-budget comedy, the key to the success of "Tang Tan 1" at the box office lies in the script, and the screenwriter of Tang Tan 1 has done it himself.

As mentioned above, the film version of Northern Ireland has made 407 million box office achievements. In fact, when the film was released, Chen Sicheng had already begun to conceive the script of "Tang Tan 1".

Friends who have seen Detective Tang 1 know that the film tells the story of a failed candidate who went to Thailand to play and then got involved in a bizarre case until the truth came out. When we laughed at the anecdotes of several leading characters in the film, did it ever occur to us that these seemingly flesh-and-blood characters were actually specially created by Chen Sicheng?

Perhaps there has long been the idea of letting Don explore the universe. When Chen Sicheng wrote the characters in the script, he wrote biographies for everyone. For example, the constellation of the Tang Dynasty is Gemini, full of curiosity and likes new things, and the constellation of Qin Feng is Virgo, demanding perfection and being too picky, and the personalities of these two people just run through the whole series of Tang Exploration movies.

Under such elaborate production, the release of the film is of course guaranteed, and it is not surprising that the movie box office sells well.

As one of the box office contributors, the greatest contribution must be attributed to Chen Sicheng, the screenwriter of "Tang Tan 1".

Now that we know 1 who is the greatest contributor to Detective Tang, the following two low-cost Detective Tang, who are also screenwriters Chen Sicheng, have already got the answer. Even if there is a big IP effect, the screenwriter still needs to connect the story line reasonably.

Some people may question that Tang Tan's success is attributed to Wang He and has little to do with Chen Sicheng, let alone irreplaceable.

This question seems to be correct, but it is actually a problem of cutting corners.

As we all know, the star determines the box office on the first day or week of a movie. Whether the movie will sell well in the future is beyond the control of the stars. More importantly, whether the movie plot is attractive or not depends on the audience's word of mouth.

Did you find that the box office of "People" released at the same time was bleak? Its star is Andy Lau, an evergreen tree in the entertainment circle, not to mention that the box office appeal is worse than Wang's, at least not lower than it. However, 1 month, the box office is still less than 700 million. Therefore, the success of Tang Tan is ultimately due to the quality of the script.

To sum up, Chen Sicheng, as a screenwriter, plays an irreplaceable role in the box office hit Tang Detective series.

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Thirdly, I would also like to ask, the box office sales of low-budget comedy Tangtan series films at most show that this series of films has disadvantages, or that Chen Sicheng's career as a director is very successful. What makes him say that he has shortcomings?

The key is the film concept!

First of all, it should be emphasized that the low cost of Detective Tang is relative, not absolute. In terms of movie props and scene special effects, it belongs to low cost. After all, it's a realistic theme and it doesn't cost much.

However, in terms of other expenses, Tangtan is not a low-budget film. Tang Tan 1 Go to Thailand to shoot, Tang Tan 2 go to new york to shoot, and Tang Tan 3 go to Tokyo to shoot.

This is exactly the same as Jackie Chan's action movie, which is close to the real scene, not relying on green screen or post-synthesis.

Perhaps every director can recognize this film idea, but it is very difficult to put it into practice. After all, money is a logistics cost, which is invisible to the audience and easy to squander on investment. However, Chen Sicheng did it. Every movie is like this. Why didn't he abuse it?