Chapter 1082 Two Years (44)

The car stopped at the entrance of Tianmei Building. Shen Xudong pushed the door out from the back seat and entered the company...

Oh, the time now is December 23, 2016...

Shen Xudong has just completed the first round of promotion work for "Total War: The Great Wall".

Prepare to go back to the company to discuss the next promotion...

After all, starting this week, "The Ferryman" and "Railway Tiger" will be released in turn.

This year's box office is actually not much higher than last year. Although the Spring Festival "Mermaid" and "Welcome to Dragon's Restaurant" each took in 2.1 billion and 2.8 billion in box office, the summer season is not very impressive, even "Tianmei's" The box office of the three movies "Shushan: Origin", "The Great Ancestor Liu Bang" and "Rescuing Mr. Wu" only exceeded one billion...

Among them, "Shushan: Origin" and "Tomb Raiders" were released at the same time. The former took in a box office of 1.29 billion, while the latter reported a box office of 680 million...

As for the National Day release, although "Operation Mekong" was a hit, its box office stopped at 1.46 billion.

There is no movie with a box office of over 2 billion!

Until "The Great Wall" was released on December 15, it took in a box office of 1.08 billion in the first four days. As of December 23, the box office of "The Great Wall" has already reached 1.98 billion, which is definitely over 2 billion. If nothing else, the final box office should be More than 2.8 billion.

This accident is "The Ferryman", "Railway Tiger"...

Shen Xudong himself actually has no pressure. He knows that "The Ferryman" and "Railway Tigers" are both bad movies!

But the publicity team is facing a formidable enemy...

Relatively speaking, everyone is more worried about "Railway Tigers". As for "The Ferryman", in fact, looking at the promotional materials, we know that it will definitely not be a hit - Zhang Jiajia's Weibo starts with this set of data - "Three years of preparation , 118 revisions, a 700,000-word script, ten months of filming, and more than 20 stars collectively doing things."

Any fool knows that this movie is absolutely crap!

You know, the previous promotion of Li Min's "Nie Yinniang" was only the "Bayi script" - even Hou Hsiao-hsien was embarrassed to say 118 drafts!

Not to mention the 118 draft revisions, it took 10 months to shoot a romance film?

A normal film shooting cycle will never take this long. Films of the same size are often compressed into just two months because star time is so valuable!

The crew has to feed so many people, so it is normal to work more than ten hours a day during filming.

So is it because it took so long because of the craftsmanship and slow work producing fine work?

I overthink it, purely because the director Zhang Jiajia is weak and stupid - he said it himself, 'You have been drinking with Wong Kar-wai for two years, and after one or two years, if you still can't be a director, then you are a fool! ’

Judging from "The Ferryman", Zhang Jiajia is most likely a fool...

Why are everyone so worried about "Railway Tiger"?

Because Jackie Chan has been crazy about killing in the past two years, last year's summer season "Chinatown" took in 2.3 billion in box office, which directly suppressed the 1.8 billion in "Monster Hunt" and even exceeded the 2.16 billion in "Detective Chinatown 2", temporarily ranking No. 1 in film history. one;

During this year's Spring Festival, "Welcome to Dragon's Restaurant" won a box office of 2.8 billion, pushing the ceiling a little higher...

The first and second runner-up in film history are both Jackie Chan.

Naturally, everyone is under a lot of pressure!

Moreover, "Railway Flying Tiger" continues the path of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" - an adaptation of the red classic...

Sparkle Lai and the Huayi Brothers bet on a guaranteed issuance of 1.8 billion!

That's right, the minimum guarantee is 1.8 billion.

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The company doesn't have any good solutions, so it's just a matter of time and again.

Everyone has their own votes, and they all have their own public opinion forums, and underhanded tactics are commonplace.

Shen Xudong woke up and had almost left. Only Chen Xi was still in the company. She asked Shen Xudong: "Aren't you worried at all?"

"What is there to worry about? Audience tastes are improving, and the most important thing in marketing now is word-of-mouth marketing... By the way, the sequel to "Total War" can be launched... Warner responded very well at the box office..."

"It's really good. After it was released in North America, it actually grossed 24 million US dollars in the first week. Warner predicts that the total box office may exceed 100 million!"

"A place in North America?"

"Yes...it's similar overseas. Anyway, it can exceed 600 million US dollars globally!"

Shen Xudong did the math...

Not bad, it’s profitable~

The total cost of "The Great Wall" is as high as $120 million!

"Can you make it into the top ten of the year?"

Chen Xi shook his head: "It's a bit difficult. I looked at the information. The tenth place "Suicide Squad" has a global box office of US$745 million... But you can rank thirteenth. The original 13th place was "Apocalypse" with US$543 million..."

"13th place? What about 12th place?"

""Restaurant Dragon" grossed US$620 million worldwide..."

"Jackie Chan is still awesome. He made 220 million US dollars at the overseas box office?"

"Almost...this movie is very popular overseas." After a pause, Chen Xi changed the topic: "I'm more worried about next year's "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons"..."

Shen Xudong wondered: "What is there to worry about?"

"Zhou Xingchi + Wu Yifan... can our "The Wandering Earth" hold up?"

"...Don't worry, "The Wandering Earth" won't say 3 billion in box office!"

Shen Xudong was very sure, and then yawned: "Is there anything else? It's okay. I'll go back and rest first. I've been running road shows for a week and I'm almost exhausted..."

"One more thing," Chen Xi hurriedly said: "They asked me to ask you, are you sure that "Tang Detective 3" and "The Great Wall 2" will not include young meat?"

"Add a little fresh meat? Who asked? Fire him immediately!"

"Director Gao asked!"

Shen Xudong was speechless: "...Is she out of her mind? Didn't you see that the reputation of Xiaoxianrou has changed now? So many colleagues are scolding Xiaoxianrou, but she hasn't heard it, haven't you? Anyone with any brains can It’s impossible not to notice that the industry is extremely dissatisfied with fresh meat and traffic!”

"It's one thing to be aware of it, but... the combination of big IP + small fresh meat + veteran actors has been proven to be feasible..."

"Who made the argument? There were five or six movies like the one you mentioned this summer. Is it feasible? How can it be feasible?"

In the summer season, there are several movies that focus on young people: "Summer Arbors and Looking to Heaven", "To Youth 2: So You're Still Here", "That Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "So... Married a Black Fan" ","Summer's Desire"…

One has a lower reputation than the other, and one has a lower box office than the other!

The lowest one is less than 10 million, and the highest one is only 280 million...

Chen Xi defended: "...but "Tomb Raiders" sold nearly 700 million!"

"...Do you believe that with better actors, "Tomb Raiders" could have exceeded one billion?"

"I don't believe...it's that bad..."

"Yes, it can sell for 680 million yuan, which means its quality can only sell for 680 million yuan..." He looked at his watch: "Okay, I won't bother you anymore, I have to go back!"

Chen Xi stood up and walked him downstairs, and asked casually: "Are there any guests at home?"

Shen Xudong replied: "...not counting the guests, Chen Hao came to me to discuss the broadcast of "In the Name of the People"..."

"Chen Hao is looking for you again..." Chen Xi couldn't help but ask, "Why aren't you two together? Chen Hao has also withdrawn..."

"Just leave my business alone...Are you getting engaged next month?"

"Um…"

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