Chapter 457 'Modern Times' Sun Crown Full Set Moon
As the New Year approaches, the 2011 Spring Festival has officially begun.
Originally, this time was still classified as a Lunar New Year movie, but until the popularity of "囧囧" last year, the Spring Festival holiday, which was not very popular in the past, exploded with amazing box office potential.
The number of moviegoers in February last year also ranked third after December and July.
The Lunar New Year season is already tense, with five or six blockbusters released in a month, and there are super strong opponents every week.
Now that the Spring Festival can produce such a high box office, it is naturally being targeted by many distributors.
The action blockbuster "New Shaolin Temple" co-produced by China Film, Bernard, Huayi, Shaolin Temple Culture Media, Henan, and Yinghuang will be released in China on January 19.
The box office in the first five days was over 100 million points, which is pretty good.
It was followed by the New Year regular "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: The New Year of the Rabbit" which was released two days later. It grossed a total of 55 million in the three days of the weekend. Breaking 100 million is not a problem.
This is the third animated film in the "Pleasant Goat" series. Except for the first one, which did not break 100 million, last year's one also broke 100 million.
The continuous success of Pleasant Goat may have also stimulated the animated film market. Another animated film "Old Master" was released on the 27th, but the box office on the first day was less than 500,000.
The movie version of "Wulin Gaiden" was released on the 26th, and it took in 16 million at the box office on the first day. This adapted movie, which cost only 20 million, can be said to be a great success, and there is no problem in breaking 100 million.
The movie adaptation of a well-known cartoon has been successful, and the adaptation of a TV series with explosive ratings has sold well at the box office. Many people have been eyeing the adaptation project for a while.
This is what businessmen do, they follow the trend and chase profits.
On the afternoon of February 1st, the comedy movie "Modern Times" starring Xu Zheng had its premiere in Beijing, and Tang An also took a few hours to come.
Not only Tang An, Wang Zhongjun, Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, Song Ge, Li Ming
The CEOs of major film and television companies came, and Liu Bing, the former deputy director of Guangdong Optoelectronics and chairman of Pearl Film Group, was also present as a producer.
"Hello, Director Liu."
Tang An shook hands with Liu Bing and said hello to them.
"It's rare for you all to have time to get together."
Why don't Tang An know what they are worried about? If Xu Zheng's movie is successful, he will definitely ask for a high share of the "囧" series. If it doesn't work, the negotiation with Tang An will break down. Then they may have the opportunity to take Xu Zheng's money.
Recruit this talented person who can direct and act.
"Haha, Mr. Tang has been very generous recently. I heard that you are going to adapt "Ghost Blowing the Lamp"?" Yu Dong asked with a smile.
"Dong Yu is well-informed and is already making preparations." Tang An did not hide anything.
Wang Changtian asked, "This film is not easy to make. Is Director Tang sure that it will pass the censorship?"
"As long as everything can be explained clearly and there are no ghosts or anything, there will be no problem in passing the trial."
We chatted all the time, and everyone was in a good mood during the Chinese New Year.
Bernard, Guangxian has been relatively stable since its listing. Although Wanda Pictures didn't make much progress in the early stage, there were no problems.
Xiaoma is preparing to go public, and Li Ming is in a good mood.
However, Wang Zhongjun was very unhappy. Some time ago, Huayi, as a leader in the film and television industry, took the lead in filing a lawsuit in court, but was scolded by netizens.
But he can't show it in public. Combating piracy is a good thing for them. All major companies in the industry are involved, and Huayi, as the leader of the largest film and television company in the industry, has nothing wrong with it.
Soon the crew and creators walked in from the red carpet outside. Wang Zhongjun put down his body and took the initiative to greet them and started chatting with Xu Zheng.
Tang An didn't care, the premiere was about to start, so he found a seat and sat down first.
Yu Dong sat down next to him and looked at Wang Zhongjun who was chatting with Xu Zheng over there, "Tang Dong, Wang Zhongjun seems to value Xu Zheng very much. I heard that they met in private two days ago."
"Dong Wang cherishes talents, don't you do the same, Dong Yu?" Tang An said with a smile.
Tang An looked nonchalant from beginning to end, which made Yu Dong confused. Could it be that he really didn't care about Xu Zheng so much, or was he so confident in himself that Xu Zheng would not leave?
Yu Dong shook his head secretly and stopped talking about this, but mentioned another thing.
"It is said that Xinghao Media in Xiangjiang has found Director Han and plans to remake the 3D version of Journey to the West with an investment of 500 million. What does Director Tang think?"
"I've also heard that making blockbusters is a good thing. The theme of Journey to the West has a wide audience. It depends on the director's ability." Tang An nodded.
Preparations for "Havoc in Heaven" had already begun at this time. The investment was said to be 500 million, but 250 million of the special effects costs were replaced by full North American copyright.
Originally, Tiangong Yicai also wanted to take over the project, but the investment in the film was too high, so Han Sanping and Xing Hao chose an American special effects company and gave up the North American rights in exchange for special effects fees.
It is said that the special effects fee is 250 million. Only God knows how much the special effects company spent on it. Director Zheng Baorui has a background in B-level movies, so he doesn't know anything about special effects.
The special effects of this film cost much more than that of "Edge of Tomorrow", after all, it is all special effects shots.
However, the special effects team all chose to build models and CG production, and there were basically few real scenes, which was too fake.
Making money is definitely making money, but Tang An is not very interested. If he has this money, he might as well invest in other movies, set up some kind of new director training program, and discover some capable new directors.
Yu Dong originally had the intention of investing, and the high cost didn't matter, but the cycle was too long. In more than three years, a small profit was equivalent to a loss, and the distribution rights had to be divided equally with China Film Group, which was not worth it.
Not long after, the premiere began. As the producer and starring actor, Xu Zheng seemed full of confidence and shouted the slogan of 500 million box office!
Then the movie opens, and the plot remains unchanged. Xu Zheng and Zhang Zifeng's "father-daughter pairing" is the main line, but the daughter is two years younger than originally.
Almost all the laughter occurs in the conflict and communication between the two. In this setting, the gap between the two people in terms of age, personality, outlook on life, etc. can easily create scenes of dramatic conflict. More importantly, a daughter
, is the reason and meaning for the male protagonist to rebuild his real life and inner world.
Just like in "A Hu", the confused Liu Dehua decided to have a good fight after knowing that he had a daughter. In "Modern Times", the third-rate liar played by Xu Zheng decided to perform a magic trick seriously for the sake of his daughter.
There are a lot of laughs and a lot of baggage, everything that needs to be said is basically there, and everything that needs to be said is basically said. Generally speaking, it is a process from laughing to crying, and finally complete.
But it's not that amazing, it's just a passable comedy.
Some viewers who came to watch this movie with the expectation of watching "囧" may be disappointed.
In the end, the box office was decent. Thanks to Xu Zheng's fame, it took in 12 million yuan on the first day, beating several other movies to become the box office champion of the day.