Chapter 1113. Rushing?
Unlike theater chains in China, a large portion of North American promotion costs are spent on cinemas.
Correspondingly, you need as much publicity and distribution expenses as you want to have movies showing in cinemas.
Therefore, with the box office prospects uncertain, most Chinese films are announced and released in the United States in a maximum of 100 theaters.
In recent years, Indian films have been the most willing to spend money on promotion and distribution in North America. Therefore, in recent years, almost without exception, the box office champions of imported films in North America have been Indian films!
There are more than a dozen Indian movies in North America that gross over a million dollars at the box office every year.
This is also related to the fact that Indian movies have captured Indians in North America and cultivated their habit of watching Indian movies...
There are still cultural barriers to "The Wandering Earth". The most fundamental one is: the Wandering Earth plan is quite nonsense in the eyes of Europe and the United States - the sun will flash helium and the earth will be destroyed. The solution is of course to find a new earth suitable for human survival...
Why wander the earth?
Just like the original time and space, Guo Fan finished the script and took the project to Industrial Light and Magic. The latter asked two questions: Why should you escape with the earth? What's not a superhero out to save the world?
The underlying logic is that many values in China and the West conflict because of different beliefs!
Westerners believe in God and believe that natural disasters are God’s will;
Thinking back to the European and American disaster movies we have watched, "man can conquer nature" seems to be something that is being avoided at all costs...
What European and American disaster films show is the insignificance of human beings in front of nature. Human beings are full of humility in their efforts to save themselves.
The Chinese people believe in themselves, believe that unity is strength, and believe that man can defeat nature.
So Westerners have Noah's Ark, while Chinese people have Jingwei filling up the sea and Yu Gong moving mountains.
Well, to say all that, I just want to explain that the iMDb score of "The Wandering Earth" is only 6.2 points...
And the North American mainstream media, led by the New York Times, publicly accused "The Wandering Earth"...
Well, with the release of "The Wandering Earth" overseas, a new round of public opinion is coming!
Not to mention Guo Fan, even Shen Xudong was surprised - as of February 18, "The Wandering Earth" had been released for 22 days, with a cumulative box office of more than 4.2 billion, and it still maintained more than 30 million in revenue in a single day...
Overseas, "The Wandering Earth" sold nearly 28 million U.S. dollars in six Southeast Asian countries—except for Marvel, the box office of Hollywood A-level productions in Southeast Asia is also at this level!
European box office, 11 million US dollars, with France having the highest box office, nearly 3.5 million US dollars, Germany 2.8 million US dollars, Spain, Italy, and the United Kingdom each contributing more than 1.2 million US dollars;
In addition, the Russian box office of "The Wandering Earth" was not very high, not even US$500,000...
By the way, it is difficult for Chinese-language movies to sell at the box office in Russia. Except for Jackie Chan's movies, "Zodiac" sold nearly 10 million US dollars in Russia, setting a Chinese-language historical record, which was then broken by "Welcome to Dragon's Restaurant" - — Nearly $16 million…
The most surprising thing is the Mexican box office - "The Wandering Earth" actually took 4.8 million US dollars in Mexico!
Colombia and Brazil are not bad either, each taking close to US$2 million at the box office...
Well, it has been released in more than 60 countries around the world, and the overseas performance is good. It is currently 48 million U.S. dollars, and it is estimated that it will eventually earn more than 80 million U.S. dollars...
Very good…
However, many media and marketing accounts still use the words "poor overseas performance" and "full of negative reviews overseas" to describe "The Wandering Earth"...
Talking nonsense with your eyes closed...
Living in the last century, I thought that ordinary viewers would not be able to find information...
…
Back in the capital, Shen Xudong did not go to work directly, but stayed at home for two days...
I originally wanted to find an old Chinese doctor and prescribe a prescription to adjust it...
As a result, I felt relieved the next day after I came back!
The human body is truly amazing!
Many times, you feel like you can't do it anymore, but you still have energy...
Restore it, it's not a big problem.
Just talking about supplements when you pick up a pen is harmful to others and yourself!
To recuperate and recuperate, according to the words of old Chinese medicine practitioners, abstain from sex for seven to ten days...
Ahem, he still went to see an old Chinese doctor...
I originally wanted to stay at home until March and then go directly to filming, but there were too many calls...
There are people to interview, people to talk about projects, and even people to go on an outing!
Shen Xudong refused them all, but if they came to the door, it would be difficult to kick them out, so Chen Xi came...
After asking about Meng Ziyi first, Shen Xudong didn't take it seriously: "I'm not married, and I haven't even confirmed the relationship...Besides, isn't this just to promote the couple..."
"Then Chen Hao doesn't mind?"
"...I don't know..." Shen Xudong waved his hand: "I have seen the eagle strike in the sky, and I will no longer be interested in chicken intestines!"
"Then I'll go back and ask her for her opinion. If she doesn't mind, I'll arrange the hype..."
"Look, you can raise the profile of a new person without any effort... Do you want some tea?"
"...Alright." Chen Xi nodded, and then said the second thing: "CCTV is going to interview you..."
"Interview? Because of "The Wandering Earth"?"
Shen Xudong frowned: "I don't have to contribute much in "The Wandering Earth", it all depends on Guo Fan and his team..."
"No..." Chen Xi shook his head and asked, "Have you followed Weibo recently?"
"…without…"
"The public is very dissatisfied with traffic and small fresh meat, and there are also many criticisms of the entire industry..."
Shen Xudong immediately answered: "The public is right. In today's industry, fraud is common, extravagance is common, people like to take advantage of loopholes, do not follow the right path, do not eat minced meat, and have no sense of reverence... People who work in such an industry must not If he has a strong will, most people will go along with it, and this mentality will become his thinking mode, and he will become a worm who loves to exploit social loopholes, take advantage of society, and linger on the edge of the law."
"...No, it's because the box office performance of "Subjugation of Demons" was too poor, and the public focused on the movie "Lonely Love" starring Wu Fanfan, Yang Tianbao, and Zhong Hanliang. It was basically a head change... I rarely went to the scene. …”
"Have you been scolded by the whole people? You deserve it! This is called public opinion backlash!" Shen Xudong looked gloating: "Let me tell you, these people are completely out of touch with the actual life of society, and they use their corrupt lifestyle to speculate on the entire social environment. . Therefore, they will not feel that there is something wrong with them, let alone change it.
Since my country's entertainment industry has developed in such a short period of time, many employees themselves are not of high quality. It would be too difficult for them to discover and correct the problems themselves. At the same time, fan culture also gives them a protective wall to do whatever they want. "
"fan?"
"Believe in their idols unconditionally, just like a cult!"
All extreme fans are actually like cults. To put it bluntly, they have lost their rational thinking and still feel that they are right. But in their eyes, everything they follow is good.
However, there is no reason to tell. Anyway, as long as you mention something bad, you will be thought to be either narrow-minded, extreme, or ignorant.
On the contrary, as long as you say good things to him, you are a messenger of justice and a like-minded person!
"...It's really scary..." Chen Xi waved his hand: "I'm talking about the CCTV interview, and the theme is 'Actor's professionalism'..."
"I'm not an actor..."
Shen Xudong suddenly thought of something: "Are they all rushing to criticize the little fresh meat?"
"right…"