The release date for 'Stupid' was June 27th. As for 'Devil Shooter', its release date was scheduled for June 28th. There was only one day difference between the two movies.
Unfortunately, the film market wasn't very fair. The film distributors' first impression of a film was based entirely on popularity. Regardless of whether the film was good or bad, as long as it got people talking, they would take extra notice of it.
Of course, the combination of top actor Lin Sheng, French Director Coque and Tangning wasn't as popular as a cast of good looking young actors, after all, young people dominated the film market. So, for those within the industry, they didn't have high hopes for 'Stupid'.
But, in the end, to truly determine if a film was popular or not, they still had to wait and see the attendance numbers.
This was practically 'Stupid's' only lifeline.
