October is definitely not a peak season for movies.

Because schools in September started one after another, and at the company level, many companies have entered the sprint stage in the second half of the year, so they will be very busy.

The period from early September to late November is generally the second off-season of the North American film market, second only to the stage from late January to early May.

But from another perspective, because there are few competitive movies during this period, some movies that are very confident in themselves will be specially selected to be released in this period of time.

Last year and the year before, Disney and Lianyi Film Company, which have become increasingly powerful, did this.

In early October this year, the movie "Mechanic", starring Liang Chaowei, who became famous in "Mission: Impossible" in March last year, was released in the North American market.

This sharp and simple action film was released for four weeks, and the North American film market received a total of 120 million US dollars in box office. According to this result, there should be no problem with the final 150 million US dollars being released.

This result is not very good. First of all, it is because the time is not selected well. If it is placed in six, seven, eight or three months, the box office may increase by 20 million to 30 million US dollars.

However, in June, July and August, Disney and Lianyi Film Company have already been full of movies, with two major movies released every month, and there are no spare schedules to arrange Liang Chaowei.

For example, this year, May began with the opening of "Resident Evil" directed by Spielberg, and dominated the May and June schedule.

Mid-June is Schwarzenegger's new film, early July is the fifth part of Stallone's Rocky series, and mid-July Eddie Murphy's new comedy is released.

"Toy Story" came out in August, and "Back to the Future 2" was released in mid-August.

There is also a 007 series film and Keanu Reeves' medium-produced action film released in September.

Yes.

Even if "Mission: Impossible" earned 230 million US dollars in North America, Liang Chaowei was not as good as a fledgling Keanu Reeves in the hearts of American filmmakers.

Even though everyone knows that Liang Chaowei is Yin Jun’s good friend, they just do things according to their habits.

Yin Jun was not angry either. Although he could force Lianyi Film Company to adjust the schedule, this was a forced matter and would not change the American and Chinese people's ideas.

Only by allowing superstars such as Liang Chaowei, Zhou Runfa, and Jiang Wen to constantly slap the Americans in the face through a series of works can this change the prejudice of Americans.

The second reason is that Liang Chaowei went to the United States to shoot this movie after he returned from the mountainous area of ​​Qianzhou.

The shooting cycle is not long, starting in May and ending in August.

Its special effects are not produced many times, and it cannot catch up with "Mission: Impossible", so this [.] is also one of the reasons why the box office is not so popular.

The third reason is that "Mechanic" is a new film. The TV series "Mission: Impossible" has been aired for several rounds, and belongs to the United States. The Chinese people have a lot of impressions, so there are many potential audience groups.

However, "Mechanic" is really an excellent movie, otherwise it would not have been possible to achieve a box office of over 100 million yuan.

There are less than 40 works with a box office of over 100 million yuan in North American film market this year, which shows the strength of "Mechanic".

When the second part comes out, the "Mechanic" with this foundation should be able to achieve better results.

Compared with North American film markets, the Asian film market is very powerful.

"Everyone in Asia loves Liang Chaowei."

This is what I said first.

Everyone likes and supports Liang Chaowei, his own child, very much, and this has been the case since "Xinzhao Senior Brother".

When he arrived in Hollywood, Mission: Impossible set a box office record for Asians, and it is even more proud of Asia.

Therefore, the box office of "Mechanic" in four weeks in Asia has exceeded 100 million US dollars, almost comparable to the North American film market.

The European market is a little worse, with only 60 million US dollars in four weeks, and it is estimated that it will not exceed 100 million in the end.

Even so, the combined box office results should reach 350 million US dollars.

Liang Chaowei is a superstar who can share 2% of the box office in North America. This treatment is the same as Tom Hanks, Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Eddie Murphy, Fei Xiang and others.

With a box office share of about US$3 million, he can get around HK$23 million, and the basic salary is US$1 million, so the income he earns in "Mechanic" is HK$30 million.

After Lin Zhengying filmed two movies of "Mr. Zombie", she only received a dividend of HK$30 million in "Mr. Zombie 3". She was also a director and starring actor.

Liang Chaowei is just an actor and can get so much salary. It’s really amazing. It’s better to be a star!

The examples of Zhou Runfa, Liang Chaowei, Fei Xiang and others have long been well-known in Xiangjiang. In the past two years, more than 3,000 people have applied for artist training classes on the three major satellite TV stations, which is also thanks to this.

They are all young people who are eager to become the next superstar, and they have to work hard.

But these people don’t know that most of them can only leave the film and television industry after working hard for two or three years because they can’t see hope.

The remaining few people cannot all become the protagonists, role actors, main supporting roles, and even behind-the-scenes personnel.

It is already a success to be able to produce three or five celebrity embryos in a year.

There are many actors in Xiangjiang, but the population base is still small. Therefore, after the stars in the 1960s, they can train fewer and fewer stars, and even finally reached an unsustainable time.

Fortunately, in this life, Yin Jun combined the mainland and Xiangjiang, so that the mainland could also rely on various production methods and techniques of Qilin Culture to cultivate more actors and directors.

I will not mention this matter briefly.

In mid-October, Lianyi Film Company actually had another movie released.

Its name is "Edward Scissor Hand", and it was the first collaboration between Tim Burton and Johnny Depp.

This pair of good friends in the previous life also began their fate with each other through "Edward Scissor Hand".

Tim Burton is very accurate in grasping the dividing of darkness and warmth, as well as the fusion.

Johnny Depp was originally a handsome guy, but in this movie, he was dressed up as a slightly dull robot that didn't even look like a normal human, looking white and without emotion.

But this is just Edward's surface. His heart is full of enthusiasm and yearning for a better life.

Unfortunately, people in the world can only see his appearance, not his heart.

So in the end, Edward had to retreat to the castle sadly and seal himself up with the castle again.

As soon as the film was released, it immediately received praise from many film critics.

Oscar likes to spoil people.

That is, the ugliest the more they are, the less in line with reality, the more they can get their likes.

The same goes for critics.

Although they will charge money to give high scores for commercial movies, they actually value the connotation of the movie more.

To put it bluntly, most film critics like to see conflicts and conflicts, and like to see the kind of society and feelings that are torn apart.

They think this is artistic.

Those movies that are intended to please vulgar audiences are simply not worth mentioning.

The ending of "Edward Scissor Hand" is not a great ending, but a kind of eternal loneliness similar to sadness, which makes film critics praise Tim Burton's creativity.

Of course, the screenwriter Yin Jun is also praised by them, but there are too many things that Yin Jun deserves to be praised, not as famous as the newcomer Tim Burton.

Not only film critics, but also ordinary audiences praised "Edward Scissor Hand".

Because Edward is like these ordinary people in society, they do not have a beautiful and handsome appearance, so they are usually misunderstood and cannot be loved by people... This sense of substitution has made the box office of "Edward Scissor Hand" rise all the way.

Originally, this film, which is more literary and artistic, only 800 screens were opened in 600 theaters, but many theaters had a box office of 6,000 US dollars in a single day. Therefore, after earning a box office of 15.6 million in the first week, it immediately increased to 1,400 screen screens in the second week.

As a result, the results in the second week reached 28 million, with a total of 43.6 million US dollars in two weeks, which is already more than 30 million US dollars in production costs.

These costs are mainly special effects production, but in fact, the cost of actors and shooting is not as high as US$15 million.

According to this development momentum, it should not be a problem for North America to reach 60 million box office.

Then there are also a lot of revenues such as videotape and TV copyrights in the later period.

Especially in Europe and Asia, because of their good reputation, they are selling copyrights one after another. It is estimated that they can earn at least 10 million US dollars, which is the net profit.

In the past few days, many people have been praising it, saying that Johnny Depp, a character like Tom Hanks' younger brother, is walking along Tom Hanks' path.

To be fair, Johnny Depp's performance in "Edward Scissor Hand" is really good.

But except Yin Jun, no one knows that this type is not the type that truly discovers Johnny Depp's unique charm.

That eternal Captain Jack is Johnny Depp's destination.

But Johnny Depp is still too young to perform Captain Jack's charm.

While he is still young, it is also very correct to let Tim Burton play more and teach his acting skills.

Many people in their previous life said that it was clearly Johnny Depp discovered by Tim Burton, but in the end Johnny Depp did not rely on his role to be outstanding, which shows that Tim Burton is not a real big director.

Yin Jun scoffed at this.

If you look closely, you will understand that if it weren't for Tim Burton's various teachings to Johnny Depp in the 1990s, how could he develop the gloomy, dark, and crazy characteristics?

These traits have always been the standard feature of Tim Burton's movies!
Chapter completed!