"How come our Chinese movies only have this little box office?"
"Is this data true or false?"
"it is true!"
“Are all our Chinese exported films finished?”
"There is no way. There is a cultural gap between our Chinese films and overseas films. This gap has led to the fact that Chinese films are not popular overseas..."
"Then why do Hollywood movies kill us?"
"Because the Hollywood industry is more developed than ours, we are lagging behind others. We are catching up. Our local films also have excellent works such as "Hero" and "Overlord"..."
"Haha, apart from these two movies?"
"..."
Early morning of December 14th.
The Chinese film authorities announced the box office results of ten Chinese blockbusters exported overseas through formal channels throughout 2006.
Ten Chinese blockbusters were exported, and the total overseas box office was less than 200 million US dollars, with one "Hero" accounting for most of it.
After announcing the revenue of exported blockbusters, the Chinese film authorities immediately announced the total box office of imported blockbusters in China.
We also imported ten overseas blockbusters, with a total box office of an astonishing RMB 2 billion.
Two billion RMB is converted into U.S. dollars, which seems to be not much different from 200 million U.S. dollars, but...
Exporting movies is for the whole world...
As for imported movies, it only counts the box office of movies in one place in China.
After seeing this result, the Internet instantly became agitated. Many filmmakers were in disbelief at first, while netizens were a little stunned.
Some people are elaborating on the reasons why Chinese films are not favored overseas. From the perspective of culture, techniques, and technology, they also feel that Chinese films should cater to overseas markets to have room for survival...
How to cater to overseas markets?
Netizens looked at these analyzes and suddenly laughed out of anger.
These analyzes seemed to be full of gloss, mixed with many unfamiliar movie terms, but after reading them carefully several times, they found that these analyzes were full of "public knowledge" remarks made by foreign adults kneeling down.
Some people are discouraged and feel that Chinese movies are really not good, but some people give examples of "Hero" and "Overlord", but...
In the past ten years of Chinese cinema, these two movies have been born!
Of course, being temporarily behind is not a source of sadness. What is really sad is that they cannot see any hope for the rise of Chinese films.
The depressed mood in the Chinese film industry continues to be pushed to the extreme with the release of the movie "Superman"!
The box office of this movie, which bombarded China for two months, finally reached a peak of 480 million, shocking all filmmakers and setting a new box office record for "The Time Machine".
If the relevant departments had not forced the movie "Superman" to be canceled in accordance with regulations, "Superman" would most likely have topped the box office with an astonishing 500 million yuan.
A brand new milestone, officially set in the history of Chinese films.
The performance of "Hero" is still eye-catching, it is still the highest peak of Chinese local films, and it is still cited and recited...
However, it looks a little pale under the brilliance of "Superman", resembling a tragic hero.
The emotion "Superman" brought to everyone did not last long. "Jurassic" came to the Chinese film industry as a king, leading its peripherals and various "dinosaur" comics to wreak havoc on the streets and alleys of China...
The children were scrambling for the "Jurassic" comics, pointing to the dinosaurs on them, and occasionally saying "I want to go to the United States to see the Jurassic Dinosaur Park".
As of the early morning of November 15th.
This movie, which has only been released for less than a month, has already exceeded 400 million at the box office, once again surpassing the previous milestone of "The Time Machine"!
Fans are still excited!
The novel special effects and the shocking 3D visual effects made everyone cheer in the cinema and enjoy the shock brought to them by human technology...
However, some Chinese filmmakers feel a strong sense of powerlessness. They look at the daunting Hollywood box office data, and then look at the domestic box office data in China. The indescribable sense of disparity even makes them feel humiliated.
So far, no local film can surpass "The Time Machine"!
They never dreamed that in the last month of 2006, Chinese films would suffer such a horrific impact.
And what makes them most desperate is...
On December 22, another Hollywood blockbuster "Spartan Warriors" will be released in China.
This is the last of the ten films imported in 2006.
Although the production cost of this movie is smaller than that of "Superman" and "Jurassic", the movie has received very good response in North America and Europe. After being released in China, the box office is not as good as that of "Superman" and "Jurassic".
"Luo Ji", but he is also a unique existence.
No one could have imagined that the rise of "Hero" did not give Chinese movies a good start, but instead brought Chinese movies to the most frustrating and darkest moment!
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The morning of December 15th.
The Chinese film authorities held a meeting with the old American film authorities.
Others didn't know what the content of the meeting was, but when Zhang Jianguo came back, An Xiao saw Zhang Jianguo's face full of seriousness.
Zhang Jianguo, who rarely smoked, had been smoking in the office all morning. While smoking, he was looking at documents. When An Xiao came in, he couldn't help coughing and then opened the window.
"Zhang Ke, what's wrong?"
"This year's data is very ugly, and the superiors are very angry..." Zhang Jianguo looked at An Xiao and shook his head.
"What is the content of this meeting of the Chinese and American film authorities?" An Xiao naturally knew that imported films were raging in China this year, and "Superman" and "Jurassic" were two blockbuster movies that bombarded the world. China's local film data can
It's good to watch but it's a ghost. What he is most concerned about is the content of the meeting between the Chinese and American film authorities.
Although China and the United States were not in the honeymoon period in 2006, communication was basically smooth. Although some people in Laos and the United States were dissatisfied with each other, some people in Laos and the United States privately criticized some of China's national conditions and systems, but it did not affect the economic cooperation between the two sides...
Film cooperation is naturally an economic and cultural aspect, and every exchange meeting between Chinese and American film authorities will bring new information.
Zhang Jianguo shook his head after hearing An Xiao's words, and his mood seemed to become even more depressed: "The previous ten imported films from the United States will double to twenty next year. Correspondingly, our exported films will also receive a series of films from the United States.
Policy support..."
"Twenty divisions?" An Xiao was stunned after hearing this data: "Does the superior agree?"
"Agreed, we finalized the cooperation details and signed the contract today. This cooperation resolution will become a formal project in two days..."
"Then next year's data may be even uglier..." An Xiao frowned deeply.
"Not necessarily. Next year we will have several blockbusters, including "The Grandmaster" by Huang Jiacheng, "Roboman" by Django, and "The City of Golden Armor" by Zhou Yilin. Of course, there are also other projects on the record.
For other movies, the situation should be better than this year..." Zhang Jianguo shook his head: "But it is still impossible to break the peak of previous data, we can only hold on."
Then Zhang Jianguo added as if with some emotion: "China's film market is indeed huge, and many overseas companies are eyeing our market..."
An Xiao was silent.
She has a pessimistic attitude towards the Chinese film situation in 2007.
"Is there "Fatal Crisis" in the imported movie?" An Xiao finally asked.
"I have applied with Fox, but Fox has not responded yet. They said that they will reply carefully based on the box office situation." Zhang Jianguo replied: "Chinese movie fans actually have expectations for Hollywood blockbusters, but that is limited to
Movies shot by big Hollywood directors are not very enthusiastic about Hollywood blockbusters shot by so-called Chinese directors, and Fox knows this."
"What about the movie "Saw"?" An Xiao asked again.
"Although I haven't seen the sample film, it is definitely impossible for a movie that has caused controversy in Lao America to be imported, unless a series of deletions and changes are made. Moreover, this movie may not be able to be released in Lao America, let alone imported from China.
The older generation of Chinese directors are disgusted with Zhou Yang..." As soon as Zhang Jianguo finished saying this, his cell phone rang.
He took out his cell phone and answered the call, but after answering the call, his expression was very strange.
"Look, when Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrived, President Feng of the Chinese Directors Association just called me. He meant that Zhou Yang's influence in Laos and the United States was really bad, and he was like a cancer among Chinese directors. He suggested that we ban him
Zhou Yang, even if he is not banned, he will be banned from coaching for two years so that Zhou Yang can reflect on it..." Zhang Jianguo showed a helpless expression on his face.
An Xiao's face was cold.
Just when she was about to say something, her cell phone rang.
She took her mobile phone and went to a quiet place to answer the call. After a while, her cold expression softened slightly.
"Zhou Yang's new movie has been scheduled for release in the United States. It's set for January 1st. The distribution company has signed a contract with Warner Bros."
"Oh? Can this movie be released?" Zhang Jianguo was stunned, suddenly a little unbelievable.
"Well, it can be released, and the conditions Warner offered for "Saw" are those of a hit movie. They are very optimistic about this movie!"
"This movie was only shot for half a month, right?"
"Yes, but it doesn't affect people's good opinion of him. Moreover, Zhang Ke, I hope you can respond a little bit to me. If the movie "Saw" meets the import conditions after being revised, I hope to give some loose
scale……"
"Okay, I'll try, but don't have your hopes up about this movie..."
"Um."
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Time passes day by day.
After Christmas, the weather in the United States is getting colder and colder.
At the end of December, the poster for the movie "Saw" was officially released in major theaters in the United States.
Many movie fans in the United States find it unbelievable that this "cruel" movie can be released...
When they saw the big bright red letters on the poster: "Patients with heart disease are not allowed to watch "Saw", they were a little surprised.
Then, they saw another piece of news.
"Oh my God, an official Warner Bros. moviegoer went to the hospital because he had a heart attack after watching "Saw"?"