Chapter 521 Golden Horse Opening
"Gravity" occupies most of the IMAX halls on the market, because this movie can only be best experienced in IMAX.
"Love Letter from Time" still occupies a good number of screens in ordinary theaters. Even the release of "The Hunger Games 2" did not have a big impact on "Love Letter from Time".
"The Hunger Games" was a series of films promoted by Cheng Lingfeng after the completion of the "Twilight" series. The first film earned a global box office of $690 million at a cost of $78 million. However, unfortunately, the first film did not perform well domestically.
Great, only 170 million.
The second part was released simultaneously in China and the United States, with 14 million on the first day, which is still a very average result.
What Cheng Yu'an said before is indeed correct. Domestic audiences are not interested in this kind of Western-style dystopian story.
In addition, Keira Knightley is not a well-known star in China, and her appeal has not increased.
But the second part was an instant hit in North America. It was released in 4,163 theaters on its first day and grossed US$71 million.
This result shows that the second part is more than half successful, and "The Hunger Games" has successfully launched as a series.
At the same time, it also shows that a major film company has become one of the most successful production companies in Hollywood in producing series films in the past ten years.
At this point, a major film company owns the "Saw" series (the company owns 70% of the copyright, which has been suspended), the "Insidious" series (the third part is expected to start next year, the company owns 50% of the copyright), and the "Twilight" series
(The company owns the full copyright of the first part, and the subsequent three parts are shared with Universal and have been completed) and the "Hunger Games" series (exclusively owned by the company).
None of them were blockbusters, but they all successfully earned a lot of money at the box office.
"Purge 2" has been completed and will be released next year. We will wait and see the results. If the results are not good, we will cut it off.
The same goes for "Maze Runner". The rights to adapt the original work are in the hands of Cheng Lingfeng. However, if the first film does not do well when it is released next year, Cheng Lingfeng will not hesitate to cut off the subsequent filming plans and look for opportunities to give up the copyright.
While Cheng Lingfeng was left happily counting money alone in the company, Liu Yifei asked for leave from the crew and accompanied Cheng Yu'an to Bay Island to attend this year's Golden Horse Awards.
This year is the 50th birthday of the Golden Horse Awards, and Li An is determined to turn this year's Golden Horse Awards into the Oscars of China Entertainment.
He spent most of his life to hire people everywhere, even Zhang Manyu, who had announced his official retirement, was invited to be his image ambassador.
Cheng Yuan was the first guest he wanted to invite.
China Entertainment Academy couldn't even invite the best person in Chinese-language films, so wouldn't the Golden Horse Awards be reduced to a joke like the Academy Awards?
Needless to say, Li An's reputation in the film industry is greater than that of Chen Jiashang and Wu Siyuan who were tied together at the Academy Awards.
Not only Maggie Cheung, but also Lin Qingxia came. Li An invited all the previous Golden Horse Best Actors and Best Actors to come back.
This year's Golden Horse Awards is indeed the biggest event in the Chinese film industry.
Cheng Yuan is still wearing a straight black suit, from Armani.
Liu Yifei is wearing a sky blue backless suspender dress, which is fresh, moving and incredibly beautiful. (I would call Sissi the most beautiful in this outfit, pictured above)
"No, you." When Liu Yifei appeared in front of him, Cheng Yu'an felt a long-lost sense of amazement in her, "How can you let other female stars live like this?"
Liu Yifei took advantage of such compliments and turned around in a circle: "How about it, I didn't embarrass you."
Cheng Yu'an clicked his tongue twice: "It would be embarrassing for you to wear this outfit and walk with you on the red carpet."
Her makeup artist also laughed and said: "Sissi will definitely dazzle their eyes tonight."
The hosts of tonight's red carpet are Huang Zijiao and Yang Qianpei, and the car sponsored by the event is Audi.
Cheng Yuan smiled and said: "Wouldn't Mercedes-Benz have any objections?"
Neither Cheng Yuan nor Liu Yifei have car endorsements, but their long-distance official and event vehicles have always been Mercedes-Benz.
Dealers in Beijing send new models to Ziyu Villa every year.
Liu Yifei said: "It's okay, this is a car for activities. We didn't sign a contract with Mercedes-Benz, so he can't control us."
Cai Kangyong walked onto the red carpet carrying a horse on his back. As the host of tonight's awards ceremony, his red carpet attire matched the name of the golden horse.
Cheng and Liu appeared relatively late, after Jackie Chan, before Aaron Kwok, and then the jury.
Cheng Yu'an got out of the car first, and the reporter's flashlight flashed wildly. After waiting for a few seconds, Liu Yifei got off the car from the other side and walked over.
"Ah! Sissi!" Liu Yifei surprised everyone when she appeared!
"Yifei, look here."
"Yifei!"
The weather in Bay Island was a bit cold at the end of November, but this was what female stars ate on the red carpet. Cheng Yu'an took Liu Yifei's hand and walked out slowly.
It took the two of them three minutes to walk along the 50-meter red carpet, and the on-site security did not rush them. The two hosts at the end of the red carpet even explained while waiting for the two of them, without any rush.
The two finally walked to the host.
"Director Cheng, Yifei, please come quickly." Huang Zi asked the two of them to come.
"Welcome, is this your first time to Wandao, Director Cheng?" Huang Zijiao asked first.
"This is my first time coming to the Golden Horse Awards. I have come to Wandao for promotion before."
"How do you feel now that you have received six nominations at the Golden Horse Awards for the first time?" Huang Zijiao said flatteringly.
Cheng Yu'an also gave face: "I am very excited, and I am very grateful to the organizing committee for its recognition."
On the other side, Yang Qianpei also started talking to Liu Yifei: "Yifei is so beautiful today."
"Thanks."
"This is also Yifei's first time at the Golden Horse Awards."
"yes."
"So is there anything in particular you want to do when you come to the Golden Horse Awards for the first time?"
"Many friends came to the Golden Horse Awards today. They have been busy filming before. Now I can have a good gathering with my friends at the Golden Horse Awards."
"Ha, okay, thank you Yifei, and thank you, Director Cheng."
After seeing off the two of them, behind them is the jury of this year's Golden Horse Awards, followed by Andy Lau, and lastly is the Golden Horse 50 ambassador, Zhang Manyu.
The red carpet only ends here.
After entering the venue, the hostess guided the two of them to meet the crew of "Old Father".
"Oh, my good sister, long time no see." Cheng Yu'an saw Qin Hailu and hugged her enthusiastically.
Qin Hailu started to blame him: "You are so busy, how can you have time to deal with young actors like us?"
"I'll apologize, I'll apologize, and I'll treat you when I get back." Cheng Yu'an said with a smile.
Zhang Ziyi walked up: "What are we talking about?"
"Hey, our great movie star is here." Qin Hailu teased her.
"The Grandmaster" brought Zhang Ziyi more than a dozen movie queens, pushing her to the second peak of her career.
Tonight she has great hope of winning the Golden Horse to complete the Chinese Grand Slam: Golden Rooster, Golden Horse, Golden Statue, Huabiao, and Baihua.
Even Mr. Zhou is inferior to her, she has no beautiful appearance.
Zhang Ziyi was very proud and readily accepted Qin Hailu's joke: "Even if I have ten thousand best actresses, I can't compare to his one Oscar."
Cheng Yu'an smiled and was about to speak when the opening music started playing: "Let's talk later."
Chapter completed!