Chapter 480 Returning to China
Chapter 480 Returning to China…
The media frenzy over "Carol" is over...
It's useless!
Too much trouble!
hehe…
Therefore, there is no point in discussing classification...
It's quite good that Shen Xudong is not in the country and has avoided the upsurge of public opinion!
In addition to "Carol", there was also the disastrous overseas failure of "The Promise".
On May 15, "The Promise" was screened in 213 theaters in North America for a small-scale screening. After 10 days, the box office of "The Promise" was US$510,000, of which the three-day box office of the second weekend was only US$110,000, which was a decrease from the first week. 60%, audience response was lukewarm.
In terms of word-of-mouth, except for a few film critics who praised "The Promise" to the sky, most film critics have a negative attitude...
In the end, the North American box office of "The Promise" was fixed at 669,625, which can only be described as a "disastrous failure."
In overseas markets, "The Promise" was a disastrous failure worldwide!
Only South Korea, Japan and France have a box office of over one million US dollars. You have to know "Hero"... Forget it, let's not compare it with "Hero", it is too bullying. Let's talk about "House of Flying Daggers", the box office in Japan is 2446 million, South Korea has 14.6 million US dollars, France has 3.6 million US dollars...
Missing the flight!
It once again proves that "The Promise" is definitely not a masterpiece delayed by the times.
On the contrary, it is precisely the era, the arrival of the Internet era, that allows capital and officials to use the backward methods of manipulating 'public opinion' in the old era to face the grassroots who have the opportunity to speak out for the first time in the new era. It can be said that they finally tore off the Their underwear can also be said to have finally exposed their new clothes.
A bad movie is a bad movie!
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Shen Xudong came back to promote "Crazy Stone".
The release date of "Stone" is June 16th...
The timing is actually not very good. Two Hollywood blockbusters, "The Da Vinci Code" and "X-Men 3", have been released in succession, and the popularity is rising. There is also "Superman Returns" on June 28th...
But if June 16 is not scheduled, there will really be no room for summer movies - "Glory of the Tang Dynasty" and "Dragon Tiger Gate" will be released in July.
There are three more Hollywood productions in August - "Mission Impossible 3", "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" and "Cars".
In addition, there are "Garfield 2", "Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift"...
Since the timing of the release was unlucky, we could only promote it as much as possible. The company helped win the opening film of the Shanghai International Film Festival, but the condition was of course that Shen Xudong had to go to the Shanghai International Film Festival.
Shen Xudong returned to the capital first, planning to rest for two days before going to Edinburgh...
To be honest, his approach caused dissatisfaction among many people in the industry - you won the award and instead of returning to your country, you went to the United States?
That's outrageous!
Generally speaking, if you win an award in Europe, you will definitely have to make more appearances after returning to your country and participate in some activities sponsored by organizations such as the Filmmakers Association and the Federation of Literary and Art Circles...
By the way, there are also bureaus organized by the bosses of major film companies.
This is called making good connections!
Fortunately for Shen Xudong, he flew directly from Cannes to the United States and stayed there for twenty days!
So, when I came back, I received a lot of phone calls...
Shen Xudong rejected them all...
The reasons are all ready: "I just returned to China, let me take a break..."
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"We have reached a cooperation agreement with Lions Gate to develop a project together called "Human Purge Plan"..."
"Horror movies...cannot be imported into China!"
"Let's make some money..."
When meeting Chen Xi, Shen Xudong talked about his gains during this period.
Chen Xi was surprised and then asked: "Are you going to enter Hollywood?"
"What the hell?"
Shen Xudong himself was shocked...
Going to Hollywood?
I couldn't help but ask, "What am I going to do with this?"
"...Didn't you prepare two or three projects..."
"This is not enough... to enter Hollywood, you must at least acquire a large production company. What kind of entry is it for me to make a horror film... it can't be released in China?" Shen Xudong waved: "Have you had any trouble recently?"
"Not really..." Chen Xi thought about something: ""Zhao Zilong" is scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival next year..."
"Zhao Zilong? You mean "The Legend of Zhao Yun"...don't you mean the Lunar New Year period?"
"The Lunar New Year festival is too crowded, with "Golden Armor", "Hurt City", and we also have "Manslaughter"..."
"Hey, can "Manslaughter" keep up?"
"It's not a big problem, I added a line at the end..."
Shen Xudong rolled his eyes: "Surrender yourself?"
"right!"
"She has two children to raise. If she surrenders, what will happen to the children...Forget it, I know you have tried your best!"
Xiao Yang's version of "Manslaughter" also has a surrender link. Many netizens commented that "it is better because this version focuses on human nature." No matter what, he killed someone! ’
So, scum are human beings too?
If you turn yourself in, you will truly lose your family and your wife.
The male protagonist is a couple, the man is shot and the woman is sentenced, the eldest daughter is in a juvenile detention center, the younger daughter is in an orphanage...
Forget it, if you don’t surrender, you won’t even get the Dragon Label...
"When will Carol be released?"
"According to the plan, screenings will start at the end of November, and then slowly expand the release..." Before Chen Xi could ask, Shen Xudong added: "I estimate that the box office will be around 20 million in North America, and almost 50 million globally... I will definitely make money. , but the specific division of accounts will have to wait half a year!”
"Huh? Half a year?"
Shen Xudong nodded: "Half a year is enough, so independent films usually sell the copyright directly..."
"Then the copyright of "Juno" you mentioned can also be sold..."
"If it's mine, just leave it alone..." Shen Xudong changed the subject: "Has Sammo Hung come to the mainland?"
"He is also going to attend the Shanghai Film Festival, so you can talk to him in person then!"
"good…"
Of course, Shen Xudong wants to find Sammo Hung. He is required to shoot the two movies "The Bad Guy" and "Ip Man"!
Well, there is "The Legend of the Villain" again...
No way, there are only a few action movies worth mentioning after the new millennium...
Chen Xi looked at him and suddenly said: "I have signed a new contract with an actress. Do you want to meet her and have a meal or something together?"
Shen Xudong waved his hands subconsciously, and was about to refuse when he suddenly realized something: "You want to use me to hype you up?"
"…right!"
Damn, I shamelessly admitted it!
"Who...I'm telling you, if you're not beautiful or sexy, don't come to me!"