Chapter 2057 Excellent Works Continue

October is definitely not a peak season for movies.

Because in September, schools will start one after another, and at the company level, many companies have also entered the sprint stage of the second half of the year, so they will be very busy.

The period from early September to late November is generally the second off-season for the North American film market, second only to the period from late January to early May.

But from another point of view, because there are few competitive movies during this period, some movies that are confident in themselves will be specially selected for release during this time period.

Last year and the year before that, Disney and United Artists, which have become stronger and stronger, did just that.

At the beginning of October this year, the movie "The Mechanic", starring Liang Chaowei, who starred in "Mission: Impossible" in March last year and became popular, was released in the North American market.

This sharp and concise action film has grossed 120 million U.S. dollars in the North American movie market for four weeks after its release. According to this result, it should be no problem to release it for the final 150 million U.S. dollars.

This result is not very good. Firstly, it is because the timing is not well selected. If it is placed in six, seven, eight or three months, the box office may increase by 20 to 30 million US dollars.

But for the schedule of June, July and August, Disney and United Artists Film Company have already filled the film schedule, and there are two blockbuster films released every month, so there is no spare time to arrange for Liang Chaowei.

For example, this year, the beginning of May is the opening of "Resident Evil" directed by Spielberg, dominating the schedule in May and June.

In mid-June is Schwarzenegger's new film, in early July is the fifth installment of Stallone's Rocky series, and in mid-July, Eddie Murphy's new comedy is released.

"Toy Story" came up in August, and "Back to the Future 2" was released in mid-August.

There's also a James Bond movie and a mid-budget Keanu Reeves action movie coming out in September.

Yes.

Even if "Mission: Impossible" grossed 230 million US dollars in North America, Liang Chaowei is not as good as a fledgling Keanu Reeves in the hearts of American filmmakers.

Even though everyone knew that Liang Chaowei was Yin Jun's good friend, they would still do things according to their habits.

Yin Jun wasn't angry either. Although he could force United Artists to adjust the schedule, it was all forced and would not change Americans' minds.

Only by allowing Liang Chaowei, Zhou Runfa, Jiang Wen and other superstars to constantly slap Americans in the face through a series of works, can the prejudice of Americans be changed.

The second reason is that Liang Chaowei went to the United States to shoot this movie after he returned from being a teacher in the mountainous area of ​​Qianzhou.

The shooting cycle is not long, starting in May and ending in August.

Its special effects are not many, and it can't keep up with "Mission: Impossible", so this is one of the reasons why the box office is not so popular.

The third reason is that "The Mechanic" is a new film, and the TV series "Mission: Impossible" has been broadcast for several rounds. It is very impressive to Americans, so it has many potential audience groups.

However, "The Mechanic" is really an excellent movie, otherwise it would be impossible to achieve a box office of over 100 million.

This year, there are less than 40 works with a box office of over 100 million in the North American film market, which shows the strength of "The Mechanic".

Wait until the second part comes out. With this foundation, "The Mechanic" should be able to achieve better results.

Compared with the North American film market, the Asian film market is very powerful.

"All Asia loves Liang Chaowei."

Such words were first spoken by the Japanese.

Everyone likes to support Liang Chaowei, his own son, and it has been like this since "Senior Brother Xin Zha".

When he arrived in Hollywood, "Mission: Impossible" set a box office record for an Asian, and it was the pride of the whole of Asia.

Therefore, the four-week box office of "The Mechanic" in Asia has exceeded 100 million US dollars, which is almost comparable to the North American film market.

The European market is a bit worse, with only 60 million US dollars in 4 weeks, and it is estimated that it will not exceed 100 million US dollars in the end.

If so, the total box office results should reach 350 million US dollars.

Liang Chaowei is a superstar who can get 2% of the North American box office. This treatment is the same as that of Tom Hanks, Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Eddie Murphy, Fei Xiang and others.

The box office share of about 3 million US dollars can be around 23 million Hong Kong dollars, plus the basic film salary of 1 million US dollars, then his income in "The Mechanic" is 30 million Hong Kong dollars.

At the beginning, after Lin Zhengying made two "Mr. Zombie", he only got a dividend of 30 million Hong Kong dollars in "Mr. Zombie 3", and he was still the director and the starring role.

Liang Chaowei is just an actor, and he can get so much salary, it's really amazing, it's better to be a star!

The examples of Zhou Runfa, Liang Chaowei, Fei Xiang and others have already become household names in Xiangjiang. In the past two years, Xiangjiang has applied for the artist training courses of the three major TV stations. More than 3,000 people are also thanks to this.

They are all young people who aspire to become the next superstar, and they do not hesitate to put in a lot of hard work.

But these people don't know that most of them can only leave the film and television industry after two or three years of hard work because they can't see hope.

It is impossible for all the remaining people to become protagonists. Character actors, main supporting roles, and even behind-the-scenes personnel are their usual destinations.

If three or five star embryos can be produced in a year, it is already a success.

There are many young actors in Xiangjiang, but the population base is still small after all, so after the stars of the 1960s, they can cultivate fewer and fewer stars, and finally reached the point where they could not continue.

Fortunately, in this life, Yin Jun has combined the mainland and Xiangjiang, so that the mainland can also rely on various production methods and techniques of Kirin culture to train more actors and directors.

Leave this matter aside.

In mid-October, United Artists actually has another film in theaters.

It's called "Edward Scissorhands" and it's the first collaboration between Tim Burton and Johnny Depp.

This pair of good friends in the previous life also started their relationship through "Edward Scissorhands" in this life.

Tim Burton has a very accurate grasp of the boundary between darkness and warmth, as well as the issue of fusion.

Johnny Depp was originally a handsome guy, but in this movie, he was dressed as a robot who was slightly dull, not even like a normal person, looking white and emotionless.

But this is only Edward's surface, his heart is full of enthusiasm and longing for a better life.

It's a pity that people in the world can only see his appearance, but not his heart.

So in the end Edward could only retreat back to the castle sadly, and seal himself and the castle together again.

As soon as the film was released, it immediately ushered in the praise of many film critics.

Oscar likes to spoil people.

That is to say, the uglier and less in line with reality, the more they like it.

The same goes for film critics.

Although they will charge money to score high marks for commercial films, they actually value the connotation of the film more.

To put it bluntly, most film critics like to see contradictions and conflicts, and like to see the kind of torn society and feelings.

They think it's art.

Movies made to please vulgar audiences are simply not worth mentioning.

The ending of "Edward Scissorhands" is not a happy ending, but a kind of eternal loneliness similar to sadness, which made film critics praise Tim Burton's creativity.

Of course, Yin Jun, the screenwriter, is also among their praises, but Yin Jun deserves too much praise, not as newsworthy as Tim Burton, a newcomer.

Not only film critics, but even ordinary audiences are full of praise for "Edward Scissorhands".

Because Edward is like ordinary people in these societies, they do not have a beautiful appearance, so they are usually misunderstood and not loved by people... Such a sense of substitution made the box office of "Edward Scissorhands" go all the way. go higher.

Originally, this literary-oriented movie was only opened on 800 screens in 600 theaters, but many movie theaters had a box office of 6,000 US dollars in a single day, so after the box office of 15.6 million in the first week, the second week This immediately increased to 1,400 screens.

As a result, the score in the second week quickly reached 28 million, and the total score in the two weeks was 43.6 million US dollars, which already exceeded the production cost of 30 million US dollars.

These costs are mainly for the production of special effects. In fact, the cost of actors and filming is less than 15 million U.S. dollars.

According to this development momentum, it should not be a problem for the North American box office to reach 60 million.

Then there are also a lot of income from video tapes and TV copyrights in the later period.

Especially in Europe and Asia, because of the good reputation, they are selling copyrights one after another. It is estimated that they can earn at least 10 million US dollars, which is a net profit.

That is, in the past few days, many people are touting that Johnny Depp, who is like Tom Hanks' younger brother, is walking along the path of Tom Hanks.

In all fairness, Johnny Depp's performance in "Edward Scissorhands" is really good.

But except for Yin Jun, no one knows that it is not this type who really discovers Johnny Depp's unique charm.

The eternal Captain Jack is Johnny Depp's destination.

It's just that Johnny Depp is too young now to perform the charm of Captain Jack.

While he is still young, it is also very correct to ask Tim Burton to tune, tune, and teach him more acting skills.

Many people in the previous life said that it was Johnny Depp discovered by Tim Burton, but in the end Johnny Depp did not rely on his role to shine, which shows that Tim Burton is not a real great director.

Yin Jun scoffed at this.

If you look carefully, you will understand that if it weren't for the various teachings Tim Burton taught Johnny Depp in the 1990s, where would he have developed such gloomy, dark, and crazy characteristics?

These qualities have always been standard in Tim Burton movies!