{"id":13625,"date":"2016-03-03T15:42:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T15:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=13625"},"modified":"2016-03-03T15:42:32","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T15:42:32","slug":"the-mermaid-splashes-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/the-mermaid-splashes-box-office","title":{"rendered":"The Mermaid makes a splash at box office"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">China\u2019s global\u00a0comedy hit, The Mermaid, gathers huge crowds at\u00a0Cardiff cinemas.<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13642\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13642\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/food-culture\/the-mermaid-splashes-box-office\/attachment\/1455192532122sf_2ce7ec4cb388f340c2c7f7c7774db8a9\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13642\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-13642 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/1455192532122SF_2CE7EC4CB388F340C2C7F7C7774DB8A9.jpg\" alt=\"1455192532122SF_2CE7EC4CB388F340C2C7F7C7774DB8A9\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/1455192532122SF_2CE7EC4CB388F340C2C7F7C7774DB8A9.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/1455192532122SF_2CE7EC4CB388F340C2C7F7C7774DB8A9-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/1455192532122SF_2CE7EC4CB388F340C2C7F7C7774DB8A9-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13642 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/1455192532122SF_2CE7EC4CB388F340C2C7F7C7774DB8A9.jpg\" alt=\"1455192532122SF_2CE7EC4CB388F340C2C7F7C7774DB8A9\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/1455192532122SF_2CE7EC4CB388F340C2C7F7C7774DB8A9.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/1455192532122SF_2CE7EC4CB388F340C2C7F7C7774DB8A9-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/1455192532122SF_2CE7EC4CB388F340C2C7F7C7774DB8A9-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> One of the funniest scenes you can find in The Mermaid (2016)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lines of young people queued up outside Cardiff\u2019s city centre cinemas on the 19th of February for the UK release of China\u2019s, The Mermaid.<\/p>\n<p>The foreign comedy about a mermaid who falls in love with a real estate tycoon she was meant to kill was clearly popular with the British and Chinese crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI should\u2019ve bought the tickets earlier,\u201d complains Joy Law, a Chinese student at Cardiff University. \u201cIt seems like all Chinese movie fans want to see this film. I have to wait for the third session tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Law, the lone wait is worth it as she is a huge fan of the film\u2019s director, Stephen Chow.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Pengyi dragged her friend to the cinema to watch the movie with her. It was a hit!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been watching Stephen\u2019s movies since I was a teen, so I was happy my British friend, who came along with me also understood the humour through the actor\u2019s actions,\u201d says Pengyi, who thinks language was not a barrier for loving The Mermaid.<\/p>\n<h3>Scroll over to meet the characters:<\/h3>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alwaysThinglink\" style=\"max-width: 100%\" src=\"\/\/cdn.thinglink.me\/api\/image\/761943793543938049\/1024\/10\/scaletowidth#tl-761943793543938049;1043138249'\" alt=\"\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alwaysThinglink\" style=\"max-width: 100%\" src=\"\/\/cdn.thinglink.me\/api\/image\/761943793543938049\/1024\/10\/scaletowidth#tl-761943793543938049;1043138249'\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript><\/h3>\n<p>Many UK film reviewers are calling it \u201ca wonderful mixture of comedy, love, science fiction and environment\u201d and The Mermaid is now the highest grossing Chinese film of all time.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s behind the film\u2019s huge success in Cardiff and abroad?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>China box office: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheMermaid?src=hash\">#TheMermaid<\/a> holds firm <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uQB6WNIZPh\">https:\/\/t.co\/uQB6WNIZPh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9tY5zKPbt5\">pic.twitter.com\/9tY5zKPbt5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Screen International (@Screendaily) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Screendaily\/status\/704698771406462976\">March 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the UK, The Mermaid is second only to Marvel\u2019s Deadpool. Although the film is targeting a Chinese audience, it also showed there\u2019s a huge market for UK people who are fans of Asian Cinema.<\/p>\n<p>Magnum Films (I Love Asian Cinema UK) is a team of Cantonese and Mandarin speaking people in UK that are passionate about promoting good Asian films in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The team thinks that The Mermaid\u2019s success in Cardiff is great news.<\/p>\n<p>According to spokesperson Jason Lau, \u201cCardiff has a very small population of Chinese compared to other big UK cities, so it\u2019s hard for us to promote more films there. Cinemas will be reluctant to play any Chinese films as there is no business for these films, but The Mermaid is changing the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/food-culture\/the-mermaid-splashes-box-office\/attachment\/new-infographic\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13634\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13634\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/new-infographic.jpeg\" alt=\"new-infographic\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/new-infographic.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/new-infographic-300x180.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/new-infographic-768x461.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/new-infographic-500x300.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13634\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/new-infographic.jpeg\" alt=\"new-infographic\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/new-infographic.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/new-infographic-300x180.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/new-infographic-768x461.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/new-infographic-500x300.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For Lau the film works so well abroad because of its comedy nature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForeign audiences enjoy watching Chinese action or comedy films more,\u201d says Lau, who thinks it is still hard for non-chinese speaking audiences to truly understand Chinese cinema.<\/p>\n<p>Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero and House of Flying Daggers are all still in the ten most profitable foreign-language films at the UK box office post-millennium yet.<\/p>\n<p>The Magnum Films representative says it\u2019s hard to enjoy the genius that goes into the plot and the witty lines of other Chinese and Asian love drama, suspense or horror stories if people lack the cultural background.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Mermaid is funny which makes it widely accepted by the audiences. It\u2019s typical Stephen Chow humour, with a positive message on environmental issues,\u201d says Lau.<\/p>\n<p>For Lau, \u201cIt also helps if the films are by famous Chinese directors, like Ang Lee, Jackie Chan, and others\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Directors such as Wong Kar Wai, Zhang Yimou and Jia Zhangke are the three biggest chinese directors who have maintained a regular audience in UK (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cffuk.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.cffuk.org\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>According to Jonathan Papish, an analyst with researcher BoxOffice, \u201cChinese movie goers now have big-budget, action-packed domestic films that can compete with Hollywood in terms of both special effects and far more interesting stories for the local populace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood, English speaking film goers and China are growing more comfortable with each other.<\/p>\n<p>Who knows if in the future Chinese directors will make big-budget films in English for a global audience?<\/p>\n<p>For now, be sure to catch the film in Cardiff before it is taken off from cinemas to experience a box office hit that is not in English and discover Chinese humour.<\/p>\n<h3>Watch the trailer:<\/h3>\n<h3>Learn more about other popular Chinese directors in the UK:<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/food-culture\/the-mermaid-splashes-box-office\/attachment\/untitled-infographic-7\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13635\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13635\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/untitled-infographic.png\" alt=\"untitled-infographic\" width=\"800\" height=\"3336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/untitled-infographic.png 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/untitled-infographic-72x300.png 72w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/untitled-infographic-768x3203.png 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/untitled-infographic-368x1536.png 368w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/untitled-infographic-491x2048.png 491w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/untitled-infographic-500x2085.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13635\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/untitled-infographic.png\" alt=\"untitled-infographic\" width=\"800\" height=\"3336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/untitled-infographic.png 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/untitled-infographic-72x300.png 72w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/untitled-infographic-768x3203.png 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/untitled-infographic-368x1536.png 368w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/untitled-infographic-491x2048.png 491w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/untitled-infographic-500x2085.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s new comedy film is a hit at Cardiff cinemas. 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