Actor Wang Jingchun angrily criticized the Chinese people for chasing after "Avengers 4": If you are kneeling down, what shame do you have?

As of 8pm last night, the domestic box office of Avengers 4 has exceeded 2.2 billion yuan. However, the high screening rate of Avengers 4 has also aroused dissatisfaction among the older generation of domestic actors.

Yesterday, actor Wang Jingchun said on Weibo: "It must be 100% scheduled for screening! How can we have the face to kneel down?" Attached below are screenshots of the domestic box office a few days before and after the release of "Avengers 4".

Wang Jingchun's post attracted many backlashes from netizens because of the use of the word "kneel". Netizens said that the reason why the screening rate of "Avengers 4" is so high is because there are people watching it, not because there are many screenings.

Netizen: Mr. Wang, I am not a Marvel fan. I haven't watched any of 1234, but my friends like them very much. It's understandable that the box office is high and there are many screenings. It shouldn't be considered a "kneeling" .

Netizen: Mr. Wang, I respect your right to speak as a public figure and an actor, but your movies have people who like them, and so do Marvel. It is precisely because it brings greater value that it has more screenings. It is a movie with fans, audiences, and emotions. Why do you use such an insulting word as "kneel"? If you say that, then there are people in the comment section who insult the Avengers for your movie. Is this also a kind of kneeling?

Netizen: No one watches your own movie, so why are you complaining? Are you envious? Don’t people eat in the cinema? Besides, it’s released on a weekday, what else do you want to say? You don’t have the guts to criticize others for licking it. Did we not watch Wolf Warrior 2 or The Wandering Earth?

Netizen: Why is the box office so cold in April? Are theaters not allowed to make money?

Netizen: I want to scold you too, something really bad. I like watching this series of movies and have been watching them for ten years. Why do you have to describe it with the word "kneel"? I have watched many good domestic movies in recent years, so how can it be described as "kneeling" in your words? Can public figures think before they speak?

Netizen: Your movie has such a low filming rate, but the attendance rate is not as high as others. Why should the cinema give you more films? Is the cinema doing charity? Don’t they have to eat?

Netizen: There are so many movies scheduled because of the high demand. How many people choose to watch it twice or even three times after watching it? Instead of looking for their own reasons, they blame others. Why did those domestic blockbusters that were scheduled for several months in a row become silent? Besides, cinemas also need to make money and cater to everyone's preferences. To put it bluntly, can the recent domestic movies like Avengers 4 have such an effect? ​​It's OK as long as the cinema is not breaking the law. Don't use commercial behavior to blackmail morality.

Netizen: No matter what your original intention is, your words are very uncomfortable and not very appropriate. You are a senior and can perform very well in art films, but it is not a sin to like watching commercial films. The cinema also arranges the films like this because there are many people willing to watch them. Their behavior is understandable, and Avengers 4 did nothing wrong. Everyone has different aesthetic preferences. I hope you can also respect our preferences instead of using such a tone. After all, you are a public figure.

Some netizens also hit back bluntly, saying: "I suggest that Mr. Wang return the Berlin Film Award trophy. Why should a Chinese get a foreign award? Have you been kneeling for too long?"

Wang Jingchun won the Best Actor Award at the Berlin Film Festival for his performance in So Long, My Son. This is also Wang Jingchun's second international film festival actor award after he won the Best Actor Award at the 26th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2013 for his performance in Police Diary.

It is reported that after the release of "Avengers 4" in mainland China, the screening ratio has been above 80%, and the box office share has remained above 97%. Such a screening ratio will naturally severely squeeze the living space of other movies, which is also the reason why Wang Jingchun is dissatisfied.

Perhaps unable to withstand the pressure of public opinion, Wang Jingchun posted another new Weibo at 9:47 last night to clarify and explain his previous statement.

He said: "I am indeed a little jealous today, but I am not jealous of Marvel movies and audiences, but the environment itself. I hope that different types of movies can have their own space. I also like Marvel movies. There are 14 colleagues from our company participating in Avengers 4. I am very proud. Sincerely. I have seen your comments. The road ahead is long and arduous. Thank you for your support."

In fact, the problem of too high a rate of blockbuster films is an old problem in the Chinese film market. During the release period of "Avengers 4", the United States and Japan may show 15 different movies at the same time, while China often only shows 5 movies. In fact, this situation of over 80% of the screenings also occurred when "Transformers 2" and "Transformers 3" were released.

According to the analysis of Time.com, there are multiple reasons behind this phenomenon:

First, the number of films we release each year is limited, and there is a lack of high-quality films targeting different groups of people.

Second, movies are commodities with cultural attributes, but the business thinking of Chinese cinemas is still relatively simple, and everything is based on a commercial perspective.

"It should be said that it is no one's fault that "Avengers 4" monopolizes the screening schedule. It just highlights a certain problem in the current film market at a special time. The various reasons behind it are what we should pay attention to."