Competition at the box office in October is fierce.
Hollywood movies may have been a storm in September, but after they were released in October, Hollywood movies turned into a tornado, directly destroying the confidence of several Chinese movies that invested tens of millions...
Three days before its release, Andorra's "The Deep" grossed nearly 100 million yuan at the box office. Although Jackson Jr.'s "The Big Brother 2" was not as heart-rending as "The Deep", it also grossed nearly 77 million yuan.
With a box office of 15 million, the midnight horror film "October 33rd" also exploded at the box office in China. Although it only earned 13 million at the box office, it was a very unpopular horror film, and
The investment is only about two million US dollars.
This has set a new box office record for horror films in the past two years.
Hollywood movies are always crazy in China.
No matter how many people say they don’t support Hollywood and want to support domestic films, every time it is released, the theater will be full and there will be countless likes.
This is completely impossible to do.
Why?
After all, their special effects, their details, and many situations are better than those of Huaxia Film. What can you do?
In this case, the situation of Chinese films seems very embarrassing.
The Chinese movies released at the same time have been hit by word-of-mouth and box office after their premieres. Two movies had the same number of releases three days after their release as "October 33rd"...
What can you do about this?
Perhaps, the only Chinese movie that can compete with Hollywood movies in October is "Blood 2".
"Blooded 2" did not disappoint everyone. The film's reputation on Tomato is very good, with a score of 8.8. At the same time, the total box office in three days was also quite brilliant, reaching 80 million!
Eighty million?
Yes, 80 million!
It actually surpassed "Tough Guys 2" by five million.
This is already a quite remarkable achievement.
After seeing this result, almost all Chinese movie fans were excited!
"Bloodline 2" has become a fighter, competing against Hollywood movies in the name of Chinese movies. Although there is no hope of winning the box office championship in October, it is basically the most brilliant work in Li Mingrui's director career.
Every major headline section was rushing to report the news of "Blood 2". Some media actually praised "Blood 2" as the foundation of Chinese film's counterattack, and Li Mingrui was even regarded as a heroic figure.
Li Mingrui was naturally very happy. After surpassing "Tough Guys 2", Li Mingrui got extremely drunk that night and was overjoyed!
"Blooded 2" is a hit!
Yes!
Much more popular than "War Blood"!
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In the offices of relevant departments.
Liu Zhenghao watched "Record of Ghosts" silently.
In fact, he thought the movie was quite interesting.
This movie is not full of screaming scenes like "October the 33rd", and it doesn't have much gore.
It seems to be shrouded in a sense of self-suggestion and a strange sense of mystery from beginning to end.
Yes!
This is different from ordinary horror movies. It is basically full of suspense elements, giving people a very panicky feeling.
After watching this movie, inexplicably, even the battle-hardened Liu Zhenghao felt a chill.
"Lao Li, what do you think?"
"A Hollywood horror movie?"
"Well, it's a low-budget horror movie. Xiao Lu's company wants to represent it and show it in China..."
"The tone of this movie is pretty good. There are no bloody killings or pornographic elements in it. I don't think it would be a big problem if it were released at midnight in China. It's just that there are some hints of ghosts and gods in this movie... which is a bit
It doesn’t meet the current Chinese standards..."
"Well, yes, Xiao Lu also understood this, so he asked Hollywood to prepare a second ending."
"Is there a second ending? I'll go and see..."
"Well, let's go see the second ending."
"good."
The two old men opened the second ending.
The second ending is otherwise the same, except that the subtitles that appear later show that the heroine is missing.
As for where the disappearance went, there is no news at all, and it was not filmed. There was only one line explaining that the heroine was missing.
After reading the ending, the two old men looked at each other and nodded to each other.
Compared with the previous slightly bloody ending, at least this ending is more in line with the tone of China. It also does not affect the tension that the whole movie is intended to present. It still makes people feel chilled after watching it.
I have to say that Lu Yuan is really discerning and was able to choose such a movie to represent him.
"What do you think?"
"Although there is talk of ghosts in this movie, there are not many disharmony issues in it. How about giving it the green light appropriately? Compared with the Hollywood movie "October 33rd", this "Ghost Story"
In fact, it has been much better, and in this year, Xiao Lu has contributed several films to our Chinese film industry and has grown a long face for our Chinese film industry. I think we should not dampen his enthusiasm."
"Well, I think so too. After all, this is his first Hollywood film, so it's okay to relax appropriately."
"right."
The two old men, who were nearly 70 years old, looked at each other and felt a hint of approval in each other's eyes.
Then the two of them nodded at the same time and gave the film "The Ghost Story" a stamp of approval and permission to be screened...
"call!"
"By the way, how are the box office results of "Bloodline 2"?"
"It's pretty good. If there are no surprises, it's not a big problem to be ranked second in the box office in October."
"Well, that's good. As I get older, I finally see a glimmer of hope for Chinese films. By the way, "Assembly" will be ready soon, right?"
"There's still a month or two left."
"A month or two..."
Liu Zhenghao nodded thoughtfully, then looked into the distance.
He exhaled slightly.
Showed a smile.
The editor of "Assembly" is Xiao Lu, right?
good!
This young man is really good!
…………………………
October 5th.
The October box office war is still in full swing.
Lu Yuan felt very happy.
"Ghost Chronicles" was handed over to the relevant departments yesterday, and the results were released this morning.
As a result, it was released, and at the same time, staff from the relevant departments secretly told Lu Yuan that the two leaders of the department had a very good impression of him.
Lu Yuan was very happy.
Although horror movies have never been very good at the box office in China, they are basically guaranteed to make a small profit, which is great, but mosquitoes are still meat no matter how small they are, right?
Moreover, the total investment in this "Ghost Story" is less than US$100,000. Even if China loses more, how much will it lose?
As long as you sell more tickets, you will make money.
Similarly, what makes Lu Yuan even more happy is that the second half of "Westward Journey" officially started shooting today.
In fact, it is not an official launch. The entire plot of "Westward Journey" is actually integrated, but Lu Yuan is very happy in his heart. After all, many things are different after completing the first part.
Although it is the same movie, many things are slightly different.
An Xiao is the protagonist in the first half of "Westward Journey", but An Xiao is not the protagonist in the second half.
She is just a supporting character and only has a few scenes.
It was impossible for An Xiao to wait until her own scenes were filmed in "Journey to the West". After all, she didn't know whether she would be free by that time, so she chose to shoot the scenes to be shot in advance and insert them into the edit after the entire movie was over.
Just go in.
The several scenes were not difficult for the entire crew and An Xiao, and they were all shot in two days.
evening……
There is no sunset in the distant horizon, and there is no sunset glow either.
An Xiao looked at the sky, then knocked on Lu Yuan's office.
"Lu Yuan..."
"What's wrong?"
"I'm leaving."
"Um...when are you leaving?"
"The flight is at eight o'clock tonight."
"Leaving tonight? Why are you in such a hurry?"
"I can't help it. There will be an event at the company tomorrow morning. It's quite busy in October."
"Oh, in that case I won't keep you, where is your luggage?" Lu Yuan subconsciously looked next to An Xiao.
"My agent and bodyguard helped me get into the car. Unlike you, I don't even have a bodyguard around me. I carry my luggage myself..." When he said this, An Xiao suddenly showed a smile that seemed to be reminiscing.
"Lu Yuan, do you still remember when we first met?"
"Remember……"
"I also remember that what happened at that time is as clear as yesterday, and you even dragged me to your company to be the front desk for no reason...haha." An Xiao suddenly smiled brightly.
"Sweat... I don't know you. If I did, I would drag someone else along." Lu Yuan felt a little embarrassed.
"Haha, if one day, I really become your receptionist, will you be surprised?" An Xiao was still smiling at Lu Yuan's embarrassed look.
"If you're not surprised... you'll be so scared that you'll have a heart attack." Lu Yuan shook his head, suddenly very serious.
"Why?"
"You are now worth a lot of money in the entertainment industry. I can't hire you now, and I won't be able to hire you in the future... Spend tens of millions to hire a receptionist... My family is really broke..." Lu Yuan looked at An Xiao
He shook his head repeatedly.
"You really don't have any sense of humor." An Xiao felt that Lu Yuan was quite irritating.
"No, An Xiao, my sense of humor actually explodes under other circumstances. "Westward Journey" has proven me, but under certain specific principles, it is impossible for me to be humorous." Lu Yuan laughed.
"What specific principles?"
"It involves contract, money, copyright and other principles." Lu Yuan was still smiling, "I will take these very seriously."
"Are you being polite and joking?"
"Yeah, what if I'm joking and some fool suddenly takes it seriously? You're right...many things come from the mouth."
An Xiao took a deep look at Lu Yuan again, then shook his head.
"Lu Yuan, I'm leaving."
"Well, have a nice journey... By the way..."
When An Xiao walked to the door, Lu Yuan suddenly thought of something and called An Xiao.
"What?"
"There is a song... I would like to collaborate with you..."
"What song?"
"Theme song of the movie."
"Have you finished writing it?"
"Well, it's written."
"show me."
"No, now is not the time...and if we continue talking, your flight will be late."
"Can I know the name of this song?"
"The Love of a Lifetime."
"..."
"What's wrong?"
"It's okay...I'm leaving."
"Okay, then I wish you a safe journey now."
"Um."
Lu Yuan did not go to see An Xiao off.
Instead, he silently watched An Xiao leave the house.
Lu Yuan felt that An Xiao was weird. From a psychological point of view, this girl might be a bit into a drama.
Lu Yuan analyzed it and felt that he could not deliver it.
This is best.
but……
About ten minutes later, An Xiao knocked on Lu Yuan's door again.
Lu Yuan looked strange at An Xiao who came back.
"I want to listen to this song, and I'll leave after listening to it." An Xiao suddenly laughed, "It's easy to get obsessive-compulsive disorder by saying half a sentence!"