Chapter 713 Celebrations and Proposals
Unfortunately, the effect is just like that...
According to theater statistics: "Red Cliff" (Part 1) grossed 84 million in its first week, and was released for five days the following week, with a cumulative box office of 31 million...
To be precise, within 5 days of its release, the box office exceeded 100 million.
Not to mention the speed of "Jingjue Ancient City", even "Golden Armor" and "Mobile Phone 2" are faster than it!
According to predictions, "Red Cliff" (last) should earn about 30 million yuan last weekend, which means that after ten days of release, the box office will be around 150 million yuan...
The landslide effect brought about by word of mouth is so bad!
Even if there is no "Blockbuster", Tianmei Media's Three Kingdoms series is at the forefront. In addition, the authentic audio and video products of "Red Cliff" will be officially released at the end of July...
The theater chain made a final prediction of around 200 million for the box office of "Red Cliff" (Part 1)...
This result may be enough for other movies, but for a work like "Red Cliff" (Part 1), which took three years to prepare and invested tens of millions of dollars, it is obviously not enough.
What's worse is that the reputation of the upper party is likely to affect the start of the lower party...
It's okay, in the original time and space, "Red Cliff" (Part 1) has used shocking lines as a sign, and "Red Cliff" (Part 2) simply uses this as a promotion. The interaction between the film crew, the media and the audience has reached a climax...
Since then, there has been a period of time in Chinese movies where I was too embarrassed to say hello to investors unless the vulgarity was carried out to the end!
Anyway, box office has become the only criterion for testing the success of a film.
You say "Red Cliff" is rubbish, but it did make money. Otherwise, how could any investor be willing to spend 300 million to create "Taiping Wheel"?
After all, Tianmei Company mainly produces entertainment-type commercial films, which are not serious enough...
And... even if we cooperate with state-owned studios such as China Film and Shanghai Film and Television, it is only cooperation in distribution. In fact, the administrative foundation is lacking. In other words: there is no official support!
What's more, when "Jingjue Ancient City" was promoted, the first version of the poster said "The Ghost Blows Out the Lantern: The Jingjue Ancient City", and the second version directly lowercase the four words "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", just like many real estate advertisements nowadays. : Behind the slogan "Delayed delivery will compensate you for your down payment", add "10% of" in a very small font...
Only in the third version, which is the official version of the poster, was it changed to "Jingjue Ancient City"...
Just to please fans of the original "Ghost Blowing Lamp".
Of course, the main reason is because "The Ancient City" set the box office record in mainland film history.
But there are still some controversies. The most important thing is that the original work is actually a tomb robbing type, which cannot be washed away!
Therefore, Tianmei issued a press release that strongly denied the word "tomb robbing" and instead emphasized the three attributes of "treasure hunting", "adventure", and "entertainment blockbuster"...
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Breaking the record in film history, celebrating the success, and promoting it again - we have obtained the extension key and should be able to release it until September.
The box office is estimated to increase by about 30 million...
If you're lucky, you might be able to break 400 million!
As a result, the crew of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" suspended filming, and the director, assistant director, producer, and main actors all returned to the capital.
Oh, the person who plays the role of Little White Pigeon is Sun Li, and she and Deng Chao have already made it public.
Shen Xudong had a very good relationship with Deng Chao. At Deng Chao's request, Shen Xudong felt that the role of Little White Pigeon didn't have much of a role - at least not much in "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom."
Moreover, Sun Li starred in the film, and the cast and crew members received free CP. In addition to Jackie Chan and Xu Ke's dream, it also had an additional point of publicity, so I agreed.
The person who plays the role of Mountain Eagle is Teacher Ni Dahong...
Xu Ke originally wanted to find Liang Jiahui, but Liang Jiahui was busy filming "The Big Brother Got the Wrong Body" co-directed by Liang Lemin and Lu Jianqing. Shen Xudong was so impressed by the Korean comedy "The Guy in My Body" that he wrote a synopsis of the script , Liang Lemin and Lu Jianqing took over the choreography task.
A completely novice director, Liang Jiahui helps to control the scene, and the other starring role is Huang Xuan...
In any case, Liang Jiahui simply had no other skills.
Shen Xudong recommended Ni Dahong...
By the way, the heroine of "The Big Brother Got the Wrong Body" is Ye Tong, a Hong Kong actress.
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28th, Beijing.
In the lobby of a hotel, Tianmei Company, Jiahe and Shanghai Film Company held a celebration banquet for "The Ancient City".
In addition to the crew and company personnel, many media were also invited.
It's just publicity. If you don't invite the media, what's the point of publicity?
"I must make it clear that although "The Ancient City" has temporarily won the box office championship in film history, judging from the development speed of the domestic market, maybe this year, a movie will break its record."
Shen Xudong made a very serious statement...
The chatters were Zhu Wei and Miao Wei from Sanlian Life Weekly, Fang Yimin from Southern Metropolis Daily and Wang Yuechun from Beijing News...
They are all big bosses in the media industry.
They agree more with Shen Xudong's judgment...
Nowadays, there is a very exaggerated atmosphere inside and outside the industry, which has caused many people who do not know the truth to get involved and make various nonsense suggestions, such as "The Ancient City" should be released in North America as soon as possible to beat "Hero" and the like...
how can that be possible?
"The Ancient City" will indeed be released in North American theaters, but it will only be released on a small scale, with a maximum of 68 theaters.
What movies have you not seen?
They were quite concerned about "Red Cliff", but unfortunately Shen Xudong shook his head: "I won't comment..."
"Just say something simple!"
"Then let me summarize the domestic blockbusters in recent years... Some filmmakers only see the gorgeous scenes and grand narratives of Hollywood blockbusters, get lost in the dazzling external structure of the film, ignore the essence of film art, and only regard film as an industry. Rather than treating it as art.”
"The prosperity of the national film industry lies not only in the expansion of technology. Although the emergence of a large number of Hollywood stunts has injected fresh blood into Chinese-language films, it has lost the foundation for the survival of Chinese-language films - the exploration of cultural connotations."
"I always believe that story is the foundation and the rough stone of everything, especially commercial movies!"
"They said "Red Cliff" was a reference to "Trojan Horse"..."
"I do not know then."
"Xudong, let me ask you something. Gong Li appears in the Easter egg of "The Dark Knight", does that mean she will star in the next one?"
"...Yes," Shen Xudong nodded: "Director Nolan admires Gong Li very much. I heard that he is also inviting Gong Li to his new work..."
"New product?"
"They haven't announced it yet, so I won't say anything."
"The Dark Knight" is definitely the hottest movie in the world so far this year - in its first week of release, the North American box office reached 158 million U.S. dollars, which is almost the same as the overall box office of the previous film "Batman Begins" in the United States...
Nolan and his "Batman" shocked the world.
Oh, "Twilight" is not bad either. As of July 28, "Twilight" has been released in North America for 35 days, with a cumulative box office of more than 195 million, and the global box office has reached 400 million US dollars!
According to predictions, "The Twilight Saga" will gross over 200 million dollars in North America, and the global box office should be around 450 million U.S. dollars.
"Next month, there will be a movie "See the Devil" released in North America, starring Christian Bale and Jack Nicholson..."
"Did you do it?"
"Yes... the cost is as high as 60 million US dollars. It is a top R-rated suspense crime film!"
"$60 million to make an R-rated movie?"
"There is no way, this story must be large-scale to be interesting."
While they were chatting, Ren Zhonglun from Shanghai Film Academy came over and asked directly: "Xudong, are you interested in the Chu-Han War for Hegemony?"