Chapter 854: A Box Office Disaster! Is Feng Ye a Bad Guy? Is Feng Ye Awesome?
When the time came to December 24, Chen Fei was somewhat surprised to find that "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts" and "Old Paoer" were actually released on the same day!
However, due to the time difference, it took 12 hours for the first-day box office results to be released.
In Hollywood, as "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts" was officially released in North America, the ratings and reputation that Annapurna Pictures had been blocking completely exploded the next morning on major media and social networking sites.
"Movie Daily" column: "The story rhythm of "King Arthur" is very good. The most important thing is the cooperation, interaction and ridicule of each character... It is simply natural, especially the period when Arthur grows up, the dynamic soundtrack and the fast-forwarding of the story The perfect combination, dizzying but still humorous.”
"Chicago Film News": "Astrid's performance as the witch is very exciting. The war elephants flood into the frame while the drums sound. The scene is so exciting!"
"Hollywood Daily" film review column: "About this movie, I think the interaction between a group of men is the most valuable. They are sarcastic and sarcastic but trustworthy! I didn't seem to care about the beginning and end of the story at all, and only enjoyed the artistic charm of the entire movie. Already..."
If you only look at the film review columns and reviews from film critics online, then this movie seems to be a high-quality masterpiece in the December schedule.
However, in an era when film reviews have long been commercialized, these positive reviews can be bought with money and have almost no reference.
What really needs attention is the evaluation of the audience and fans.
And this "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts" is on the Internet where young people are focused today. The IMDb opening score was only 5.3, and it dropped to 4.9 by noon.
As a result, a very "wonderful" picture appeared.
In traditional media, many film critics and film review columns continued to praise this movie, and even strongly recommended that movie fans watch it.
But on the Internet, there are a lot of fans making all kinds of complaints, scolding, and ridiculing.
Although the public relations department of Annapurna Pictures responded immediately and bought a large number of trolls in the hope of driving a wave of "good reviews", it was unable to reverse the situation at all.
The movie is so bad, and the audience spent money but got shit, how could it just let it go?
As a last resort, Megan Eli had no choice but to stand up.
However, as an outsider, she had no idea how to fix this mess, and instead made a very stupid statement.
"I know that a movie cannot be liked by everyone. "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts" did receive some negative reviews, but there are also a large number of media publishing positive comments, so this does not mean that the film is of poor quality, but that the reputation is polarized. It’s just a big difference.”
Perhaps because she was dissatisfied with the negative reviews of the movie by some viewers, she even argued at the end:
"I can understand that everyone has different preferences for movie themes, stories, and plots, but I don't think it is necessary to criticize those who are too fierce... Film reviews should be constructive, not unwarranted slander and abuse!"
Not surprisingly, these remarks immediately caused an uproar among movie fans.
You know, this is "Free America"!
As consumers who have spent money, all viewers believe that they have the right to make any evaluation of the movie, whether it is a good review or a negative review!
"Publishing movie reviews is our free right!"
Under this banner, many viewers have left messages on the official social media account of "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts" to express their true opinions on the movie.
"I bought a copy of King Arthur and watched a performance of Hamlet, and you're not allowed to leave a negative review? I'm really drunk."
"God should come and watch this crappy movie. The story is too crude, and it's a very common set of routines. It's boring to death. The whole thing looks like the history of Mexican criminal struggles."
"The male protagonist is schizophrenic, and so are the producers. The princess who returns the oracle? In my opinion, he is mentally ill and should be sent to a mental hospital for treatment."
There are constant scoldings on the Internet, and there are a large number of negative reviews on movie review websites such as IMDb, which undoubtedly has a huge impact on the reputation of "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts".
The average on-site score of theater audiences announced by CinemaScore is only "C-", which is 4 levels lower than the previous "A-", which further confirms the film's status in the hearts of the audience.
You know, in the years since the CinemaScore website was established, all movies with C- ratings from audiences, without exception, have suffered box office disasters.
The North American box office performance of "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts" on its first day was no exception. It only received US$5.273 million in 3,702 theaters.
At the same time, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", co-produced by Walton Pictures and Lucasfilm, had a daily new box office of US$38.02 million, with a total North American box office of US$368 million, and a global box office of US$368 million. It has successfully exceeded US$700 million.
The gap between the two is as vast as clouds and mud, it is unbearable to look at!
As soon as Natasha saw the box office results of "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts", she hurried to the post-editing department and found Chen Fei.
"Have you seen the news on the Internet? That movie will probably cause terrible losses!"
Chen Fei smiled and nodded: "Let's continue to wait and see. An investment of 300 million US dollars and a first-day box office of 5.27 million US dollars. Hahaha, this is simply jumping into a bottomless pit."
Natasha covered her mouth and giggled: "I was still worried that "The Force Awakens" would be affected, but now it seems that it is not even worthy of being our opponent."
"I have already said that with that genius editing method, this movie will only be worse!"
While talking, Chen Fei suddenly thought of something, ""Kung Fu Panda 4" is scheduled to be released on February 8th, which is China's Spring Festival, right?"
"That's right." Natasha nodded lightly: "The North American side has announced the schedule, but the Chinese market has not yet announced it. Promotion will probably start in January."
"Okay, I will help after I return to China at the end of the month."
As he spoke, Chen Fei suddenly changed the topic: "There is still a task for you. Take some time to talk to Sony Colombia to see if you can buy back the copyright of 'Venom'."
"Venom? Marvel!" Natasha's eyes lit up: "You want to develop the copyright of Venom?"
"Yeah." Chen Fei didn't hide it from her: "I have already written the outline of the script. If possible, I will buy back the copyright. If the other party is not willing to let go, we can also jointly produce it.
My bottom line is that Sony Columbia only enjoys production and distribution qualifications, and cannot participate in film production or dictate. "
"Okay, I understand."
Natasha nodded and left happily.
Listening to the sound of high heels that echoed in his ears gradually fade away, Chen Fei stretched out, took out his cell phone, and opened Weibo.
Rather than watching Megan Elie's misfortune, he is also quite interested in the domestic Lunar New Year festival.
The release date of Enlight's "Bad Angel" and Huayi's "Lao Pao Er" actually collided with each other on the same day. I don't know which one of these two movies is stronger?
You know, Feng Xiaogang had previously ridiculed Deng Chao and Wang Changtian, saying that they were overestimating their capabilities.
The latter two are holding their breath now.
However, when Chen Fei opened Weibo, he discovered that what was currently on the hot search list was information about two TV series, followed closely by the first-day box office results of "Old Paoer" and "Villain Angel" data.
"The top IP martial arts TV series "Qin Shi Mingyue" produced by Tangren Pictures and starring Lu Yi, Chen Yanxi, Jiang Jinfu, Sun Yizhou, Hu Bingqing and others has been online for 25 days. The ratings have been less than 0.5%, and there are countless negative reviews! "
"Actor Jiang Jinfu was embroiled in a contract termination lawsuit with Tang Dynasty, which resulted in her promotional ranking from 'male number one' being forcibly edited to 'male number seven'."
"The large-scale costume TV series "The Legend of Miyue" directed by Zheng Xiaolong and starring Sun Li, Huang Xuan, Fang Zhongxin, Liu Tao and others has been online for 24 days. The ratings have continued to fall, and there are countless negative reviews and complaints."
"Due to the influence of the Taoism, lines, confusing historical background, and wrong origin settings of historical figures, a large number of history experts and scholars have jointly requested the producer of "The Legend of Mi Yue" to apologize and remove the TV series."
"The movie "Old Paoer" produced by Huayi and directed by Guan Yu, starring Feng Xiaogang, Zhang Hanyu, Xu Qing, Li Yifeng, Wu Yifan and others, grossed 85 million at the box office on its first day of release."
"The comedy movie "Villain Angel" produced by Guangguang, directed and starring Deng Chao, and starring Sun Li, Dai Lele, Liang Chao and others, grossed 152 million at the box office on the first day of its release!"
"The romantic drama "Pulling Stars", co-produced by Jiaxing, Huanrui, and Horgos Youth Pictures, starring Yang Mi and Li Yifeng, has been officially offline today due to exhaustion of box office potential. The total box office results 159 million reported.”
"The comedy science fiction film "From Heaven", co-produced by Starlight, China Film, Green Film Studio and LeTV Pictures, with Zhang Ziyi as the producer and Guo Jingming as the producer, starring Chen Xuedong, Zhang Yixing, Jiang Wen and Li Xiaolu, will be released on 20 God, the negative reviews continue, and the theater has been forced to cancel the movie. The total box office revenue is 56.494 million. "
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Looking around, this Weibo is really busy, and the melons seem to be endless, popping out one after another.
Tang Ren and Jiang Jinfu are still in a lawsuit. Netizens are laughing at Tang Ren, and Cai Yinong is even more angry.
As for "The Legend of Mi Yue", compared with the previous "The Legend of Zhen Huan" starring Sun Li, the former is just a piece of cake.
And the movie "Falling from Heaven" is simply terrible!
Producer Zhang Ziyi is currently undergoing confinement in the United States. Not only is she blessed with a daughter, she also has Wang Feng by her side, making her look like she has a happy family.
And Guo Jingming is still tossing about his "Legend of the Lord", so how can he care about other movies?
And even if he wanted to take care of it, could he?
No, a movie with an investment of nearly 100 million only received more than 50 million at the box office, and then was forced to be taken off the shelves by the theater chain.
This behavior of several investors is almost the same as throwing away money, and it is the kind of throwing away money without any consideration of returns.
China Film and LeTV are okay, at least on the surface these two companies still seem to be quite wealthy, but Starlight and Qingying Film Studio are unlucky. This time they completely lost their money!
Turning around and looking at the first-day box office results of "Old Paoer" and "Bad Angel", Chen Fei couldn't help but scratch his head.
"One is 85 million? The other is 152 million? The gap is really big!"
He murmured to himself and subconsciously read the news and information about these two movies.
It's okay if you don't look at it, but once you look at it, it's really out of control.
Deng Chao's funny nature can't be suppressed, and he has been very unusual in several consecutive publicity conferences, which made many netizens stunned and called him "blind".
He then took Sun Li to dance in the square, including yangko, jazz dance, belly dance, break dance, pole dance...
Whatever he knew and learned, he put everything into play, attracting a large number of audiences, movie fans, and netizens to watch.
Although this operation is a bit unusual, it has to be said that the results are quite remarkable, which can be seen from the box office results.
In comparison, the momentum of "Lao Pao'er" is a bit weak.
Although Li Yifeng and Wu Yifan are very popular, and Guan Feng also introduced his 90-year-old father in a wheelchair for a wave of publicity and marketing, but in comparison, "Lao Pao Er" The subject matter does not occupy much of an advantage.
Although many people do remember that era, after all, young people are the main force at the box office.
In front of this group of main actors, "Villain Angel" is undoubtedly the first choice, followed closely by "Old Paoer".
However, in Chen Fei's view, the advantage of "Villain Angel" may not last long. After all, the style of "Deng's Comedy" is too rough and cannot leave a deep memory for the audience.
Just like "The Breakup Master" before it, "Bad Angel" may only maintain a high box office for a week and then collapse.
On the other hand, "Old Paoer", although it may be overwhelmed by "Villain Angel" in the early stage, there will definitely be a wave of rise in the later stage.
It's just that the support and publicity methods of those "insiders" are really disgusting, and it makes Chen Fei feel sick to his stomach.
Especially Guo Degang, he is like a licking dog: "After watching the movie "Old Paoer", I felt very emotional. Feng Xiaogang is telling us through the back of the paper that the rules do not need to be followed, but they must exist. Mr. Feng is enough." Damn it! That’s awesome!”
And underneath this comment, the flatterers, compliments, and flatterers formed an army, chattering endlessly!
There are also those female fans of Wu Yifan and Li Yifeng who are simply crazy. They even initiated a "booking order" on the Internet, and they must support "Old Paoer" and help it earn 1 billion in box office!
I have to say that "Lao Pao'er" chose to invite Li Yifeng and Wu Yifan to join, which is indeed a relatively "correct" choice.
Without the "traffic" of these two people joining in, let alone hitting 1 billion box office, I'm afraid even 500 million would be high!
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At the same time, while Chen Fei was happily eating domestic melons, Annapurna Pictures was already in a mess.
As the box office of "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts" was released on the first day, Megan Elie's previous investment in publicity resources and huge sums of money to maintain the reputation of the film fell apart on this day.
An authoritative film review from the Hollywood Film Academy even sentenced this movie to death!
"In the world of director Guy Ritchie, editing and story are always inseparable, because only when the two complement each other can he truly unleash his narrative magic. Therefore, his works have always been the parallel and intersection of multiple clues, which in itself It is doomed to require complicated editing.
But looking back at this "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts", it seems that it just cut out all the wonderful shots and then pieced together a very mediocre work!
Guy Ritchie is obviously a very mature film director. He was nominated for the Best Film in the Tokyo International Film Festival and the Best Director Award in the Main Competition. However, this film fell short of the standard and made many mistakes. What a stupid mistake! It's incredible!
Is he, who is just 47 years old this year, already old? Can we no longer create great films? "
As soon as this film review came out, Guy Ritchie, the director of "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts", was immediately thrust into the spotlight.
It was obviously not his fault, so why should he take the blame?
So, after careful consideration, he immediately contacted the media and held a media meeting to tell the behind-the-scenes stories of the film production.
"Those who have followed the promotion of "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts" should know that I have not participated in any promotional announcements for the film from beginning to end, because this film is not my work at all!
First of all, I can admit that the shooting of this film was indeed directed by me on-site, but the post-editing and production had nothing to do with me. It was entirely created by Annapurna Pictures.
As far as I know, Meghan Elie, a ‘genius’ film company owner, actually used a ‘devil’ production method in post-production.
She summoned a number of producers and asked each of them to edit a finished film. Then she organized a viewing group to select the best parts of all the edited films, forcibly blending them together, and finally edited the film. A film that feels like a 'schizophrenia'. "
After telling the inside story, Guy Ritchie began to shirk responsibility for himself:
"So, the later stage of this movie has nothing to do with me. In fact, this movie is not my movie at all. I am just a victim who was deceived.
The reason why the box office is so bad and why the movie has received so many bad reviews should all be attributed to Annapurna Pictures and its president Megan Ely..."
As the relevant content of this media meeting was exposed, it immediately triggered heated discussions and discussions in Hollywood and even the United States.
How bad does a movie have to be? To make the director furiously hold a media meeting and tearfully accuse the producer of shameless behavior?
And with Guy Ritchie's voice, the already criticized "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword" was hit even harder!
The next morning, after the first day of the opening box office only earned 5.273 million US dollars, "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword" only earned 4.161 million US dollars at the box office the next day amid a lot of bad reviews and abuse.
So far, an extremely tragic box office tragedy has emerged.
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