On the afternoon of July 18th, the premiere of the much-anticipated spy blockbuster "The Wind" will be held at Xidan Capital Cinema tonight.
As the most watched movie of the summer, even though the Autobots are wreaking havoc all over the world, it does not affect Tang An's appeal at all.
In this era, directors must definitely take precedence over actors, whether in terms of fame or appeal.
There will be scalpers as soon as Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige's movies are released, and there will be long queues to buy tickets during the first two days during prime time.
Can Cheng Long, Li Lianlian, Zhou Runfa and Zhou Xingchi do it?
cannot!
If they don't film movies by a few major directors, the box office ceiling will barely exceed 100 million.
Li Lianlian's "Fearless" will earn over 100 million.
Cheng Long's two consecutive movies, "Myth" and "Baby Project" were stuck at the 100 million mark, just a few million short.
Brother Fa... It seems that apart from "The Golden Armor", there was only one domestic film after 2000, "Aunt's Postmodern Life", which has no reference value.
As for Zhou Xingchi, he has already begun to turn into a director.
And people like Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, who are in the next echelon, have not made films that have exceeded 100 million despite being a big director.
This is an era when directors are responsible for the box office. At Tang An's level, 100 million is the minimum and is a failing figure.
Of course, "The Proposal" has the combination of Li Lianlian + Andy Lau + Takeshi Kaneshiro, is distributed by Bernard, and coupled with its own quality and an investment of up to 300 million, it is normal to get 200 million at the box office.
So even if he is facing "Transformers", Tang An is worthy.
His reputation is enough to attract audiences to the cinema, no matter what genre.
The quality of a movie is the key to ensuring subsequent box office success, and Tang An has absolute confidence in this.
Coupled with the 14 million promotion fee and the advantage of the number of shows, theaters will naturally favor him.
The running time of "Transformers" is 144 minutes, and there are a lot of advertisements, and the filming time of "The Wind" is 107 minutes. In other words, the three screenings of "Transformers" are enough time for the four screenings of "The Wind".
When the occupancy rate is about the same, the movie theater side knows with its toes where to move the lobby and prime time period.
"King Kong" was able to get a box office of 100 million only because of its schedule. There were basically no new movies released during the same period. Otherwise, with its three-hour duration, cinemas would have to show fewer shows a day and sell fewer drinks and popcorn.
At 5 p.m., we met the crew in Huayi and rushed to the cinema for the premiere together.
"By the way Zhang Hanyu, how is the filming going with Director Feng? When will it be finished?"
While chatting casually in the car, we got involved in Feng Xiaogang's equally rare "Assembly".
Zhang Hanyu shook his head, "I don't know. It will take more than a month at least. It is Director Feng's first time filming a war film, so many ideas were improvised."
"That can make it in time for December. War movies should be put in the Lunar New Year section. I don't know if it's appropriate." Wang Xiaoming interjected.
"It doesn't matter whether it's suitable or not, as long as it's not too dark or too depressing, it can be released anytime!" Tang An shook his head and said.
"Too!"
"By the way Binbin, how's the filming of "The King of Kung Fu" going? How about the foreign directors?" Tang An turned around and asked again.
"My scenes are very scattered. I mainly have to match the schedules of Brother Cheng Long and Brother Li Lianhe. I have to shoot and stop for a few days."
"The director is pretty good. It's a little different from ours in China. However, most of the martial arts scenes are done by Director Yuan and the three of them through consultation. I think the effect should be good!"
"It's okay not to interfere in the martial arts show. At least there is something to watch!" Tang An nodded.
As for that movie, if the action director was also a foreigner, it would be over, it would be completely worthless.
"Hey, Mr. Tang, do you think our movie can really have a box office of 200 million?" Wang Xiaoming asked again abruptly.
"Of course, not only "The Wind" can break 200 million, but "Assembly" will definitely earn 200 million at the box office!" Tang An said with a slight smile.
"Didn't Zhang Hanyu have a box office of 700 million?" Wang Xiaoming's mind suddenly turned faster and he shouted loudly.
...That's right, including "A World Without Thieves", it's 700 million.
Since the beginning of the new century, how many actors have had a total domestic box office of over 700 million?
There seems to be none...
This is awesome!
Everyone also reacted and started joking.
"Yeah, why is Xiao Ming's head spinning so fast today!"
"What does this mean? It's always going very fast, right?"
“No more words, let’s treat you to Malatang for at least 7 yuan!”
"The 700 million star, the number one in the country, must be treated!"
While talking and laughing, we rushed to Xidan Capital Cinema.
After adjusting his clothes, Tang An got out of the car with the crew.
Wang Xiaoming looked at the entrance of the cinema and couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Tang, why don't you find a bigger place for the premiere? Worker Stadium is good, make the show bigger!"
Before Tang An could say anything, Li Binbin rolled his eyes at him, "You're stupid, this is a spy movie, and it must be watched in a small space to create an atmosphere!"
"Hey, let me tell you, Xiao Ming, why are you talking so much lately, and you can't stop talking along the way?" Tang An was a little strange, turned to look at him, and then took the lead and walked inside.
"Do I talk too much?" Wang Xiaoming muttered to himself.
The cinema took this premiere very seriously. A red carpet was rolled out directly from the screening room to the outside, and there were more than a dozen security personnel on both occasions to maintain order.
Although the premiere was not large in scale, there were quite a few celebrities present. The red carpet was almost full of people, with crazy fans shouting desperately for their idols.
The reporters around also frequently used their shutters secretly to capture each and every wonderful moment.
If it weren't for the limited seats in the screening room, there would probably be even more people coming.
"Let's go!"
Tang An took the lead and walked straight onto the red carpet.
Li Binbin and Tang Yan were both there, so I didn't know who to hold his arm with, so I might as well go alone.
And he didn't want to linger on it, so he strode inward.
While walking, I waved to the movie fans, occasionally stopping to sign a few signatures, and the fastest one walked in.
After entering the cinema passage and arriving at the screening room, many people from the industry were already inside. Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei were socializing.
Han Sanping also arrived early, with CEOs from major companies surrounding him.
Tang An immediately came forward to say hello, "Hello, Director Han, thank you for coming to the premiere!"
Han Sanping said with a smile, "This is Director Tang's fourth film. I wish you a steady rise in box office and better performance than the last one!"
"I borrow Han Dong's Jiyan!" Tang An said quickly.
Han Sanping introduced a strange-looking man next to him to Tang An.
"Director Tang, let me introduce to you. This is Director Zhang of the Film Bureau. He is doing a special feature on the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, so I want to see this first spy movie in China!"
PS: First of all, this book will not involve government departments, the military, etc.
So I don’t dare to write any show-off scenes...the only one is Lu Chuan from before...
Showing off and slapping people in the face is the biggest highlight of most novels. I can’t write about this anymore. There’s not much that can be written about it... Please be considerate.