Chapter five hundred and eighty second not optimistic
On March 21, the cumulative box office of "Battle of Vulcan" exceeded 200 million in two days.
According to this trend, it is basically no problem for the total box office of this Hollywood blockbuster to exceed 1 billion, and it is normal to reach 1.2 or 3 billion, but it will be quite difficult to go higher, such as 1.5 billion.
After two days of release, the reputation of "Battle of Vulcan" on the Internet has shown a trend of two levels. People who like it think that the special effects of this movie are excellent, the plot is gripping, and there are constant climaxes from the beginning to the end. It is completely worth the money.
price.
Audiences who don't like it evaluate "Battle of Vulcan" as a typical popcorn-style Hollywood blockbuster. Except for the special effects battle scenes, the rest is not worth mentioning. The storyline is full of loopholes and is nothing more than giving the audience
The stimulation people feel is strong enough.
Everyone has seen a lot of similar blockbusters, and there is not much freshness.
Putting aside the positive comments, just talking about these negative words actually reflects a problem faced by Hollywood movies in China, that is, the serious homogeneity of imported blockbusters, excessive pursuit of special effects and neglect of plot and character creation.
It's like a delicious dish served to the audience, sprinkled with MSG.
Young people are relatively fond of it and are also the main movie-watching group for such Hollywood blockbusters.
Of course, there are some real masterpieces in Hollywood movies, but it is difficult for films with a literary and artistic bent to be introduced into the country, and their box office performance after being introduced is often very poor, making them unpopular with theaters.
It is precisely because of this, coupled with the country's protection policy for domestic films, that although Hollywood blockbusters have had a huge impact on the domestic film market, domestic films have also been able to occupy a place in the past ten years.
However, the domestic youth idol films and popular IP films that dominate the market are also facing serious homogenization problems. While the domestic film market is becoming more and more popular, the prospects are also confusing.
Lu Chen leads Chenfei Media. If he wants to seize territory in this huge market, strength, connections, luck and opportunities are all indispensable.
As a newcomer to the film industry, he is not favored by many insiders.
At 8 o'clock in the evening on March 26, Yi.com, one of the largest portals in China, its variety entertainment program "Weekly Movie Talk" under Yi.net Video was broadcast on time, which involved Lu Chen and "A Chinese Ghost Story".
"With the further opening up of the domestic film market, the number of Hollywood blockbusters entering the country will continue to increase. Domestic Film Protection Month will eventually be cancelled."
"In recent years, Japanese and Korean films have suddenly emerged, and many excellent films have been introduced into the country, forming a siege on domestic films. Therefore, the situation is very serious, and the market share is likely to be further compressed!"
Guests sitting in the live broadcast room talked eloquently: "Therefore, if domestic films want to stand out, the key lies in the film production institutions. Domestic film companies need to become bigger and stronger, keep up with the international mainstream in technology, and the content needs to be consistent.
In line with the domestic market, more funds will be invested in development.”
The online variety show "Weekly Movie Talk" is one of the famous columns of Yiwang Video. It is broadcast once a week. Each issue will invite a well-known person in the film industry, such as a director, actor, producer, screenwriter,
Film critics wait to comment on the movies released this week and predict new movies released next week.
This program has a high click-through rate.
This issue of "Weekly Movie Talk" invites well-known columnist and film critic Wang Xiaoxu.
This is not Wang Xiaoxu's first time on this show, and he is very familiar with the host. In addition, online programs have a much higher degree of freedom than TV programs, so he speaks freely without too many scruples.
"This week "Battle of Vulcan" has already taken 500 million at the box office, and it is inevitable to exceed 1 billion. From this, we should see that the successful Hollywood film companies now are basically giants and small and medium-sized films.
The number of companies is very small, and in comparison, our domestic film production units are numerous and scattered. They may seem to be of considerable scale, but in fact the individual strength is not strong enough, so it is naturally difficult to defeat the opponent."
The host nodded with deep understanding and said: "What you said makes sense, and two new domestic films will be released next week, one is "Our Youth is Not Lonely" and the other is "A Chinese Ghost Story".
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While the host was introducing, trailer clips from two movies appeared on the big screen behind him.
"Teacher Wang, what do you think of these two new domestic films?"
Wang Xiaoxu turned his gaze back from the screen and said: "I have seen all the trailers of these two new films. Needless to say, "Our Youth Is Not Lonely" is also a youth idol film. Judging from the trailers, there are not many new routines.
The box office should be there, after all, the movie-going market has always been there."
"As for the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story""
He shook his head.
The host is sensitive: "You don't like it?"
Wang Xiaoxu said with a smile: "I'm not very optimistic about it. The reason is very simple. "A Chinese Ghost Story" is a fantasy ghost film adapted from the story of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", and the same type of "Painted Skin" has been released on the 14th, and it has only hit the box office so far.
More than 40 million."
""Painted Skin" has a larger cast and investment than "A Chinese Ghost Story" and has more special effects shots. In the end, it couldn't even recoup the cost, which shows that the audience doesn't like movies with this theme. In addition, "Battle of Vulcan"
"With the high film schedule, "A Chinese Ghost Story" will not perform better than "Painted Skin."
The host had a different opinion: "Teacher Wang, as far as I know, "A Chinese Ghost Story" has a box office of over 100 million when it was released in Hong Kong, and its reputation and box office are better than "Painted Skin"!"
Wang Xiaoxu disagreed: "The situation in Xiangjiang is very different from that in China. Audiences there prefer ghost movies, and when "A Chinese Ghost Story" was released, there were no Hollywood blockbusters at the same time, and"
After a pause, he said: "Furthermore, the box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story" has exceeded 100 million, and peripheral products are said to have sold tens of millions. To be honest, I don't really believe this."
Although Wang Xiaoxu did not express his doubts about the box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story", anyone could see the expression written on his face.
Probably because he felt that this topic was too sensitive, the host quickly changed the topic: "Teacher Wang, what do you think of the recent developments in the film market?"
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The morning after "Weekly Movie Talk" was broadcast online, Lu Chen watched it once in his office.
Originally, Lu Chen didn't even know about this program, but his fans and program guest Wang Xiaoxu got into a fight on Inspur Blog, which caused quite a stir! ——