Sun Peng actually watched Brother Martian's performance at the Super Bowl.
The song "Upton Funk" was suddenly sung by him to create a different feeling, which was very suitable for that kind of big scene where thousands of people gathered. However, this thought flashed in his mind, and Sun Peng threw it aside and just smiled.
Congratulations to King Luo Tian.
The Super Bowl halftime show is reserved for superstars.
This was undoubtedly an opportunity for Luo Cheng, so he couldn't wait to agree, and immediately agreed to the other party's request to sing "Upton Funk". Of course, the specific details still need to be worked out by the managers.
As for Sun Peng, he returned to China the next day as originally planned.
The most grand festival of the year in China, the Spring Festival is coming. And on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Forbidden City Pictures invested heavily, and Sun Peng also released a new classic action movie script, "Hurricane Rescue - True Lies"
It is also about to be released. As the screenwriter and composer of this film, Sun Peng must go back to attend the premiere.
On the second day after returning to China, I just happened to catch up...
“Overall, the situation is pretty good!”
When meeting Xue Ligang at the premiere, Xue Ligang, who was about to star as the villain of "Assassin's League", seemed quite excited: "The trailer is very enjoyable, and the song "One Step Away" is also great, so not only do I like the first
All the movie fans are very happy, and many passers-by are also attracted... The pre-sale box office alone has already exceeded 100 million. If nothing else happens, it will not be a big problem to break 200 million before the official release!"
With pre-sales of 200 million, as long as the reputation is good, the box office will start at least 2 billion!
However, Sun Peng doesn't care about the so-called pre-sales or the expected box office. He only cares about one thing: "Brother Xue, how many blockbusters will be released during the Lunar New Year this year? I mean the competitive ones!"
"Add our word, five!"
Stretching out the five fingers of his right hand, Xue Ligang's expression became serious: "There is a comedy, an epic, a Hollywood science fiction film and a fantasy film. Anyway, just from investing and directing
, actors and other aspects, almost all of them are strong rivals of "True Lies"... Haha, someone has calculated that the average production cost of Chinese movies released on the first day of the Lunar New Year is as high as 450 million!"
"..."
Hearing this number, even Sun Peng couldn't help but be surprised.
The average production cost is 450 million yuan? Let’s not say how much water is involved, but it is scary enough! If the publicity and distribution expenses are included, wouldn’t everyone be rushing to more than 600 million yuan?
If converted into U.S. dollars, it means that the average cost of the five movies released on New Year's Day is about 100 million U.S. dollars?
Awesome, my China!
While chatting, Sun Peng had a certain understanding of this Lunar New Year festival.
Needless to say, the Hollywood science fiction movie "The Day We Strike" has a total investment of nearly 200 million U.S. dollars and stars the super-A-list Bruce Hank. It is also the most popular alien-fighting theme. Thinking about it, the box office is not too big.
Bad. Especially in order to please the Chinese audience, three first-class Chinese stars were invited... If there is a disadvantage, maybe it is that the subject matter is too cliché, and as always, Chinese stars are used to play supporting roles. I am afraid they will be regarded as the same as before.
Cursed half to death.
As for the investment in comedy films, it seems that the investment is minimal, but as one of the most popular genres in China's Lunar New Year, "The Big Day" gathers four first-line comedy stars in China, including Sun Peng, who is familiar with it.
Si Jian is definitely a big cast member.
There is also the Western fantasy movie "The Golden Scepter", which is also loved by a lot of fans.
The only thing that Sun Peng is not very optimistic about is the Chinese historical masterpiece "Gaixia". Although the angle of choosing the decisive battle between Xiang Yu and Liu Bang is very good, after all, there will be no shortage of fans of Chu Bawang in any era, but this genre has been in the past two years
The decline has become more and more obvious, and it can no longer arouse the audience's interest.
Perhaps because of this consideration, the production cost is said to have been significantly reduced to only 400 million...
"It sounds like we have a great chance!"
After learning about it, Sun Peng squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Hurricane 1 has a good reputation, and I am very confident in the script of the second part this time. It seems that it is not impossible to win the Lunar New Year championship?"
"Haha, I hope so!"
Xue Ligang seemed to have little confidence in his new movie, and said with a smile: "Compared to the domestic box office, I am more concerned about the box office in Europe and the United States! The Forbidden City has made great efforts this time, and the box office of the first film
The performance was also good, and they managed to get it to be released in 17 countries on the same day! Although most of them are Southeast Asian countries, they include North America, a big box office, and the number of screens exceeds 2,000, haha!"
"Yo? That's awesome!!"
After hearing what Lao Xue said, Sun Peng couldn't help but his eyes lit up.
In his previous life, he was accustomed to domestic films being released overseas without any fanfare, earning hundreds of thousands or 1.8 million at the box office, or simply being sold out at a fixed price. What excites Sun Peng most in this life is the international success of Chinese films.
The influence and distribution capabilities have increased. Especially in Asia, the influence of Chinese films is growing. Even North America has the confidence to release large-scale releases at the same time because of the entry of Chinese capital...
"It would be even better if we could replicate the success of 'Kill Bill'."
Sighing leisurely, Xue Ligang looked at Sun Peng with eyes full of envy and expectation.
"Haha, is it difficult?"
Sun Peng grinned and shook his head slightly. If it weren't for the fact that the theme of Chinese agents can easily arouse Americans' rebellious psychology, he can almost guarantee that it would be an absolute breeze for "True Lies" to surpass the box office of "Kill Bill"
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The Chinese premiere of "True Lies" was held on the night of New Year's Eve.
And within an hour after the premiere, sixteen well-known film critics released the first batch of film reviews - of course, referring to the so-called professional film reviews. In fact, they attended the premiere long before their professional reviews were released.
Fans of Li have already published more than 30 short comments on Weibo and official accounts.
But for these amateurs, the so-called short reviews are just simple exclamations and recommendations.
Therefore, what really has reference significance are the first-time reviews of professional film critics, which are the main target for most people to refer to. For example, the first thing that fans of Lao Bai pay attention to is always the film review of Yiye Zhiqiu.
Only after seeing Yiye Zhiqiu's unscrupulous praise can he feel completely relieved.
On his Weibo, Yi Zhiqiu's film review is short and concise!
"It's rare to see a sequel that is better than the first movie, but "Rescue - True Lies" is an obvious exception. No matter the plot or scenes, it far surpasses the first movie..." (To be continued)