＂octagonal cage＂ and ＂enthusiasm＂ sell domestic sports movies like this

Special feature of 1905 film network This summer, China athletes are sweating in various sports fields.As of 24: 00 on August 1st, at the 31st Summer Universiade in Chengdu, the China team ranked first in the medal list with 27 gold, 9 silver and 10 bronze medals. At the Women’s World Cup, although sonorous roses missed the knockout stage, their fighting spirit is still worth encouraging.

At the same time, movies with domestic sports elements, such as those on the big screen, are amazing. Among them, the cumulative box office of "octagonal cage" has exceeded 2 billion yuan, creating a new box office for the director’s works. The "Enthusiasm" of the double "BO" bombing field has accumulated a box office of over 500 million yuan in six days, and the final box office is expected to break through the 1 billion yuan mark.

In the summer of 2023, this kind of film ushered in a big explosion. Their successful experience may be the guidepost for the latecomers.

Adapted works from real events are more prone to explosions

In July 2017, a video about "Fighting Orphans" was widely spread on the Internet. In the picture, two 14-year-old boys with gloves and topless clothes are fighting each other in an octagonal cage. Public opinion is in an uproar, and it also pushes the Enbo Fighting Club behind it to the forefront.

Six years later, based on the real event, Wang Baoqiang’s "In the Octagonal Cage" was released. Large-scale screening in the early stage of the film set a new high in the box office of China film history. After the official release, the box office of the film opened lower and went higher, and the cumulative box office exceeded 2 billion yuan.

The cast’s casting about fighting orphans is also selected from mountain teenagers. Wang Baoqiang admits that the realism brought by this kind of true-color acting is hard for a trained actor to copy.

Suo Yabin, a professor at Communication University of China, said that according to the statistics of relevant big data, the box office performance would be better if the movie poster indicated that it was based on real events. In other words, this kind of film based on real events is more popular among the public.

Looking at the explosive sports element movies released in China, many of them are based on real events.The 2020 National Day file was releasedLeapBased on the past real experience of China National Women’s Volleyball Team. An imported film released in 2017, with a double harvest of word of mouth and box office."Wrestle! DadIt is also based on true stories.

The advantage of this kind of domestic sports element films lies in the early spread of prototype events, which has accumulated a number of original audiences for the films. When the film is released, the audience’s discussion on the prototype of the story and the response of the parties can also create topics and enthusiasm for the film letter.

During the release of The Octagonal Cage, Sumu Dalquie, the prototype of Sumu’s character, admitted that he might be helping others herd cattle if there was no fighting. Today, he has become a UFC signing player. The topic of the status quo of prototype children in octagonal cages is also on the hot search topic list of social platforms.

Although "Enthusiasm", starring, is not based on real events, many domestic street dancers can be seen in them. The plot of the movie doesn’t make people feel suspended.

In addition, both films tell stories from the perspective of little people, which makes the audience feel more substituted and more likely to have emotional resonance. The optimism of the protagonists has also inspired many viewers to regain their pursuit of their dreams.

The intersection of actors and characters adds points to the film texture.

There is an intersection between the actor’s real life and the role, which adds a lot to the film’s texture. This has also become one of the important reasons for the box office sales of such films.

When Wang Baoqiang was young, his family was very difficult. What he saw by chance inspired his martial arts dream. At the age of 8, he went to Shaolin Temple to study martial arts for six years. At the age of 20, he came to Beijing to pursue his movie dream.

In an interview with the media, Wang Baoqiang admitted that there are too many feelings in the film, and the story of each character is closely related to his own life experience. When he saw the fighting orphans in the movie, he also saw himself in the past.

In the film, there are also many reflections of Wang Baoqiang’s current life stage perception on Teng Hui. In and out of the play, he is a person who prefers not to say even if he is misunderstood. Wang Baoqiang’s past martial arts experience made him comfortable with the action design in the film.

In reality, the two main stars of Enthusiasm like dancing very much and have profound dancing skills. Bo Huang was honored as "Qingdao Dance King" by the audience, and once worked as a dance coach for 7 years. YiBo’s dancing skills are obvious to all, and he has served as a three-time reality show "This! It is the instructor of Street Dance, and the team members won the program championship twice.

Zhou Xing, a professor at the School of Art and Media, Beijing Normal University, said that in the aspect of image-building, stars and roles take care of each other. YiBo and Bo Huang, the two leading actors in the film, are professional dancers, and their dancing strength is beyond doubt. Chen Shuo, played by YiBo, breaks through the physical limit, uses solo and panoramic dance together, illustrates the infinite possibilities of young people through the speed and strength of hip-hop, floor movements and body expression with more visual impact.

As we all know, no matter what kind of sports, it needs long-term training to reach professional standards. For a sports movie, an inexperienced actor often pays a lot of events and sweat if he wants to reach the professional level. For example, the actors of the proton group, which is being shown in the heat, have been trained for half a year in order to reach the professional level of riding and shooting. Actors who have a certain sports skill can save time and cost and keep the shooting effect at a certain level for shooting films with the same sports theme.

In addition, the release schedule also determines the box office ceiling of domestic sports films. The box office bonuses of the top three prime slots are full of temptations for any type of film. The summer file is undoubtedly the best time for this kind of film to be released. First of all, the group of young students, one of the main audience in the market, is on holiday and has enough time to watch movies; Secondly, the schedule spans a long time, leaving a relatively long period for word-of-mouth fermentation.

According to the professional version of Cat’s Eye, 28.2% of the 451,000 people who want to see the portraits of the octagonal cage are under the age of 25; Of the 639,000 people who want to watch Enthusiasm, 39.2% are at the age of 25. It is worth mentioning that 15.1% of the people who want to see "Enthusiasm" are under the age of 20, far exceeding other live-action movies in the same period.

Among the domestic sports movies that have been released this year, the most regrettable one is the Spring Festival movie. On the premise of online content quality, the film finally only made 100 million box office, which was lower than the industry expectation.

The National Day in 2023 focused on basketball. The documentary film Endless, featuring Asia’s first UFC world champion, was also put on record through the script in January 2022. In the future, the audience will meet more excellent domestic sports movies on the big screen.