For younger audiences, this movie may be quite ordinary. Even if they collect information, they will only know that "Hero" was the domestic box office champion in 2002, with only a mere 250 million box office champion.
But they may not necessarily understand what is behind the data.
For example, in 2002, when "Hero" was released, the total box office of Chinese movies was only one billion, which was one-thirtieth of that in 2014, and "Hero" accounted for a quarter of the one billion box office! If we use 2015
If converted to future data, it would be tens of billions of RMB!
And this is only the domestic box office, "Hero" is equally impressive overseas.
At that time, the overseas box office of domestic films was 1.1 billion yuan, almost all of which was produced by "Hero"! It won the first weekend box office championship in North America, also won the championship in Japan and South Korea, and was once selected for the Oscar
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, it was considered by Time Magazine to be the best film of the year, with a global box office of nearly 200 million US dollars...
And for this kind of movie, its reputation in China was extremely bad.
Because countless viewers thought its plot was too simple and empty, and seemed to have no merit except for the rigid scenes and beautiful shots! Then ten years later, the reputation of "Hero" began to slowly reverse, because more and more people
Movie fans began to discover the true charm of this movie and understood its special position in the history of Chinese film development.
There is no doubt that it ushered in the blockbuster era in China.
That's why when choosing his fourth movie, Sun Peng thought of "Hero", which has special significance. Because in addition to having the attributes of a costume blockbuster, more importantly, "Hero" is also a martial arts blockbuster, and
In this world, people are most interested in this new type of film that can fly around.
What's more, the filming of "Hero" is so beautiful?
But he also knows that "Hero" must have its shortcomings, such as its plot and dialogue that have been criticized by many Chinese people, and its attribute of being a costume blockbuster that has gone downhill in this world...
The so-called costume blockbuster is actually a double-edged sword!
Audiences in this world are very receptive to it, because Chinese costume blockbusters have created a very glorious history; but at the same time, based on the theory that "if you eat too much braised pork, you will get tired of it", it is also likely to make many audiences stay away from it.
, we can only rely on the concept of martial arts to promote it...
But no matter what, the concept of martial arts + costumes was successful in the first weekend after "Hero" was released.
The opening weekend box office of 1.16 billion Chinese dollars is still far away from the breakthrough of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" which relied on fans, but it is already the peak of costume movies in the past two years!
It’s both a credit to the movie itself and also a credit to the name Lao Bai.
Especially overseas, where laobai is obviously more powerful than movies, there is no doubt that many viewers are attracted by the name laobai. He is the most famous Chinese filmmaker in the world. After this period of crazy hype, no matter
Who knows how many viewers are interested in "Hero"... no, it should be the four movies released this summer!
In addition, the subject matter is the ancient costume blockbuster that has gained a lot of reputation in China in the past few years, so on Monday night, the good news spread to the capital...
"The local box office won the first weekend, and the release of "Hero" got off to a good start!"
"In three days of release, "Heroes" took in a global box office of US$260 million, winning a second-stage victory of US$3.5 billion!"
"The box office in North America in the first weekend was 29 million, and it is a foregone conclusion that the box office will exceed 100 million."
"The first weekend in Japan was 5 million US dollars, in South Korea it was 3.4 million US dollars, and in Southeast Asia it was 4.1 million US dollars in total. The old white wave is sweeping across Asia again."
""Hero" performed poorly in Europe after its release. It only won the first weekend box office championship in four countries. The box office of 21 million US dollars may not satisfy Lao Bai."
…
"Listen, listen!"
Patting the screen of his mobile phone, Wang Qun said with a sad smile: "The first weekend box office in Europe is 21 million US dollars, which may not satisfy Lao Bai... ctmd is not satisfied! It took 20 million US dollars in one weekend in Europe
How can he be dissatisfied with the box office? What a fart! He must be overjoyed now!"
"..."
Hearing the boss swearing so openly in the office, a group of subordinates looked at each other in silence.
Even though we are all trolls and have written many shameless headlines in the past, after seeing the performance of these colleagues today, we still feel very uncomfortable. Damn it, how great would it be if we were also one of them?
Unfortunately, there is no if.
Because boss Wang Qun has always been against Lao Bai, especially this time, knowing that four of Lao Bai's movies were released in the same summer vacation must be extremely important. Especially so many people think that Lao Bai is being arrogant.
Even when many mysterious powers came with them, Wang Qun continued to go to the dark side as always!
Now it’s okay, it’s blocked immediately!
Now whether Lao Bai is happy or not, what does it mean to them? Could it be that Wang Qun can throw a few more glasses over this?
You just trashed the whole office, who cares?
The silence of his subordinates made Wang Qun feel a little cold. After a moment of silence, he sighed and said, "Okay, you come to me today...how many of you want to resign?"
"Mr. Wang, this is my resignation application."
"This is mine, boss."
"...and mine."
…
After looking at each other for a few times, the four people who came in all took out an envelope and placed it on Wang Qun's table.
Looking at the four envelopes on the table, Wang Qun was in a daze for a moment.
While Wang Qun was in a daze, the other four people were not in a hurry. They just stood there quietly and looked at him. No one spoke to urge them. They knew that the boss must be feeling uncomfortable at this moment. There was no need to grab a knife and start again.
Stab through.
"well……"
After a long sigh, Wang Qun said: "Thank you! The studio has been gone for more than half of the time, and it was only today that the four of you gave me your resignation letter... Anyway, I thank you for persisting until the end!"
Thinking of Wang Feng, who was the first to resign, his heart felt like a knife being twisted.
That was his die-hard brother who conquered the world with him back then, but he was also the smartest and most aware of current affairs in this studio. So when the news that Lao Bai decided to ban Wang Dayan’s studio came out, Wang Feng didn’t hesitate.
He left hesitantly because he knew that it was impossible for a small studio to compete with the top boss!
Then many people left, but these few obviously still had hope.
But now, everyone knows there is no hope.
As soon as the first weekend box office of "Hero" came out, everyone knew that Lao Bai would have a great chance of achieving the victory that he boasted of US$3.5 billion... There is no doubt about this. The global box office of "Hero" was at least seven or eight
US$1.5 billion, which means that the remaining "Mulan" and "Tomb Raider" only need US$1.5 billion.
According to the current popularity, China alone can contribute at least 800 million to the two movies!
I'm not sure about overseas, but two movies earning US$3.4 billion should be the minimum level, right? As long as the box office of four movies crosses the US$3 billion mark, even if it doesn't reach US$3.5 billion,
What about dollars?
There may be some people who stick to the $3.5 billion line, but they know that is meaningless.
What can you gain by ridiculing Lao Bai on the Internet?
More than three billion US dollars has been proved... It should be said that it has once again proved Lao Bai's ability and influence, which means that no matter whether he reaches thirty-five or not, the entertainment giants will continue to treat him as their treasure.
They will even pay more attention to it. Under such circumstances, no matter the four major movie giants or the two major record giants, who will give up and continue to block Wang Dayan and stare at you without giving Lao Bai face?
Think about it with your butt, it’s absolutely impossible!
Therefore, the last glimmer of vitality of the studio has been completely lost. It was precisely because of understanding this that the four people came to resign today, and Wang Qun said these words.
On this day, Wang Dayan Studio was truly in despair.