'Brotherhood of Blades 2' confident in quality
- By Zhang Rui
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"Brotherhood of Blades 2" cast and crew pose for photo at the premiere ceremony in Beijing, July 16, 2017. [Photo / China.org.cn] |
The previous installment "Brotherhood of Blades" cost about 30 million yuan to make in 2014 and grossed 93 million yuan eventually, which was a reasonable result. However, many movie fans and critics still believe it was downplayed at that time and the box office gross should have been bigger considering its high quality.
Director Lu Yang said he would not worry about money from investors this time since the big-name director and producer Ning Hao and his company Dirty Monkey Films are behind the project. The producers invested 80 million yuan in the film and hoped it would gross more than 400 million yuan in return. Observers predicted the box office gross for the second installment would be at least double the first film.
Now the statistics are out: it raked in 38 million yuan for the opening day on Wednesday, a quite good achievement on a normal working day in a gloomy Chinese film market, and wuxia genre films are currently at a low point of Chinese film history. Its producers announced their excitement in a news release on Thursday, saying the first day box office result was five times of what the first installment took in for the opening back in 2014.
Lu Yang attended the film's premiere in Beijing last Sunday with cast members including Chang Chen, Yang Mi and Lei Jiayin. Rather than referring the film as an actioner, actress Yang Mi called it a "pure love story."
"Brotherhood of Blades 2" will be competing with new comedy films "Father And Son" and "Our Shining Days" during the coming weekend.
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