"Kill Bill" received extremely high praise, and positive reports were overwhelming the next day. And this kind of praise was not only domestic, but also in North America.
It's rare for a movie to be well-received both domestically and in Europe and the United States, and it's also a co-production.
This fact has actually had a huge impact on the industry.
Almost any practitioner hopes to make the industry bigger and stronger.
How to become bigger and stronger?
Develop a larger market and enter more fields.
Film co-production is a good way for the film industry to become bigger and stronger.
Let’s not talk about Sino-US co-productions before. Even if they are European and American co-productions, there are not many films with good results.
"Kill Bill" got off to an absolutely bright start, and it also allowed more film capital to focus on the fresh market in the Far East.
On the afternoon of the second day, the box office total for the first day was 17 million.
One million higher than "Fist of Heroes", but with a better perspective.
Because "Kill Bill" is a commercial blockbuster, while "Fist of Heroes" is just a simple action movie, the audience is not comparable.
The entire industry's attention is focused on "Kill Bill," with the exception of Starlight itself.
At the end of 2003, Starlight's business already had a long queue.
On December 1st, the third part of "The Lord of the Rings", "The Return of the King", will also be released.
After the impact of the first two films, this magical blockbuster has become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and each one is more exciting than the last.
Although the first "The Fellowship of the Ring" showed the audience a fantasy and magnificent world, the overall story pace was too slow and left people unsatisfied.
But in the second film "The Two Towers", the battle scenes were astonishingly powerful and gorgeous.
"Lord of the Rings" finally showed its greatest power and crushed all opponents.
What is about to be released this year is the third and final film "The Return of the King". The previously released promotional video has already aroused the enthusiasm of the audience.
Dongfang Film, China Film and other major theaters all have full schedules for "Lord of the Rings", leaving other films speechless.
Everyone knows that this early winter must belong to "The Lord of the Rings". No other movie can shake its status, and none can even compare to it.
"Our current focus is on Kill Bill and The Lord of the Rings. Other movies must make way. Don't worry about other voices. We will give them protection when it is time to give them protection, and we must give in to them when they need to benefit. No matter what,
, our own interests must be protected.”
At Dongying's work meeting, Xiao Qian made the final decision.
In response to the coming of Hollywood blockbusters such as "Kill Bill" and "The Lord of the Rings", the domestic film industry naturally has voices of dissatisfaction.
The New Year's Eve period is originally the most important period in the film industry, but with the two Hollywood blockbusters coming together, it is obvious that they will take away the living space of other films.
But this time, Xiao Qian did not choose to support his domestic counterparts.
The reason is very simple. For the New Year's Eve in 2002 and the New Year's Eve in 2003, the market gave it to domestic films. Two consecutive years of care has reached the limit.
Domestic movies this year cannot compete with Hollywood movies, so I can only say that I am not good at it.
Moreover, the profit concessions for two consecutive years have caused huge losses to several movie theater companies such as Dongfang Film and China Film and Television, and the people below are very dissatisfied.
So for the New Year's Eve of 2004, Xiao Qian personally made arrangements, with "Kill Bill" and "Lord of the Rings" playing the leading roles.
Although these two movies are produced by Hollywood, Starlight is also involved. Theater companies such as Dongfang Film and China Film and Television rely on the box office and will definitely make less money.
The outside world doesn't know that Xiao Qian will not give up the New Year's Eve slot to anyone else this time, but will continue to work until 2006 to tightly control the film market during this period.
The reason why Xiao Qian was so domineering this time was because of deep consideration.
Compared with previous generations, the domestic film industry has developed very advanced. Especially in various technical aspects, it has kept up with the world trend.
Especially with clear planning, the domestic film industry will avoid many detours.
The situation that many pseudo-blockbuster films such as "The Promise", "Ink Attack", "Assembly", "House of Flying Daggers", "The Promise" and many other pseudo-blockbusters struggled to find in previous lives will definitely never happen again.
In this generation, the Chinese film market was brought to the right path by Xiao Qian after "Hero".
After "Haido" meets the audience in 2004, film practitioners will know how to make a real blockbuster.
No detours have been made, capital is stronger, and there is enough voice. Xiao Qian knows very well that Chinese movies have reached the most critical period.
As long as it goes through smoothly, Chinese films will open up a new situation and have great influence in the world.
To achieve the effect he wants, he must make the entire market obey his will.
Results, and only sufficient results, are the only factors that influence the market.
Xiao Qian dared to do something so extraordinary. In addition to the idea of shaping the market, the right time also gave him the possibility of operation.
This opportunity is 2005, the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
In this year, domestic film and television practitioners basically have to produce tribute works. Starlight will do it, and other companies will also do it.
This reason is so grand that no one can fault it. But who can win depends on his or her ability.
Taking this opportunity, it is only natural for Starlight to release another movie.
Don't forget, after "Kill Bill" and "The Lord of the Rings", Starlight's "Once Upon a Time: Top Gun" will follow.
The follow-up movies include "Kekexili" by Lu Chuan and "Crazy Racing" by Ning Han. Once these two movies are completed, "Once Upon a Time in the Lion King" will also be released.
The biggest drama must be "Haido". The audience has been looking forward to it for two years and is naturally waiting to see how it will turn out.
These five movies had enough star power to occupy the entire market from 2004 to the first half of 2005.
In the second half of the year, "Fragrant Years" as a tribute film will definitely not be worse than other works.
Together with other parts of the action movie plan, Starlight can fully schedule its theaters for the past two years.
When all these film projects are completed, the entire film market will depend on Starlight's attitude. At that time, if we talk about industry planning with other filmmakers, everyone will be obedient.
"Within three years, we must be able to produce a movie that is not inferior to The Lord of the Rings."
Xiao Qian set a small goal in front of all the Starlight people.
To what extent the Chinese film market can develop ultimately depends on its own strength.
You said your movie was great, but what about the results? What about your works?
There is nothing, who will believe what you say?
There is no difference between the film market and any commercial activity. The one who has the right to speak is always the one with strength.
If you have the ability to produce the best movies, you will naturally have the right to speak.
Because everything can be fake, but the audience's choice will not be fake.
In the previous life, the Chinese film market was plagued by popular stars for a long time, with endless bad films appearing in endless streams. It seemed hopeless. But if you sum up, you will find that the films that really occupy the top of the box office are the films with good reputation, quality and investment.
Over time, investors, theaters, and audiences all know how to choose movies.
If the entire movie market is flooded with bad movies, it will not allow less bad movies to take advantage of it, but the entire market will collapse.
Is it difficult to surpass the movie blockbuster "Lord of the Rings"?
Sorry, it's actually really difficult.
In fact, it's already 2021, and no Chinese movie can dare to say that it surpasses "The Lord of the Rings" in terms of quality.
Of course, there aren't many movies like this in Hollywood.
But "The Lord of the Rings" was only a 2001 movie, and the production cycle was still in 2000.
In previous lives, many people have always wondered how Peter Jackson used the technology at the beginning of the millennium to produce "The Lord of the Rings".
Perhaps it is precisely because of the over-time performance of this series of movies that it exhausted all Peter Jackson's aura. As a result, this top director has lived in the shadow of "Lord of the Rings" his whole life, and can no longer produce anything comparable to it.
A great movie.
This time "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" is released, the crew will come to China to promote it.
The opportunity was rare, and Xiao Qian felt that she wanted to have a good talk with Peter Jackson, but she couldn't let her partner play with snakes.
At the end of November, Peter Jackson brought several leading actors from the "Lord of the Rings" crew to Shanghai.
This is the only time in the trilogy that the crew came to China for promotion, which really made the Lord of the Rings fans extremely excited.
The huge pick-up queue at the airport made Hollywood actors realize for the first time that they were actually so popular on the other side of the ocean.
But this excitement had nothing to do with Jackson. He was taken to Starlight Headquarters and came to the opposite side of Xiao Qian.
Jackson didn't know yet that his fate was about to change this time.
