The movie market in September is still very lively, and it doesn’t only get lively at the end of the month, it starts at the beginning of the month.
Unlike in the past, Nolan's "Inception" was released on September 1 this year, the day students started school.
Needless to say, Nolan said that the two "Batman" films, especially "The Dark Knight", are absolute classics and are no stranger to domestic audiences.
Not to mention Leonardo DiCaprio, one of the most well-known Hollywood superstars in China.
Breaking 100 million in 5 days, 200 million in 11 days, 300 million in 21 days, and breaking 400 million is just around the corner.
As soon as the movie was released, it was rated as a masterpiece by many viewers.
Regardless of whether you agree with it or not, or many people have exaggerated it, it is indeed a classic. Even if you understand that it is trying to be mysterious, you will give it five stars without hesitation.
"Inception" directly heated up the traditional film market gap period of September, allowing the domestic film market to seamlessly connect from the summer season to the National Day season.
After the release dates of the movies in the second half of this year have been agreed upon, several National Day movies have also started to promote them immediately, and even the Lunar New Year movies have begun to warm up.
Li Qian also habitually posts on Weibo when he wants to announce something, which saves him the effort of holding a press conference.
"In the second half of this year, four films that I personally directed and invested in will be released soon. "I Am Legend" is scheduled to be released on December 23, and the action movie "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" directed and starred by Wu Jing will also be released on the 28th at the end of the month.
To meet the audience, the science fiction love movie "Warm and Inherent Light" directed by Su Lun and starring Deng Chao and Tong Liya, and the science fiction movie "Time Planning Bureau" directed by Guo Fan and starring Hu Ge, Liu Yufei and Chen Kun will also be released on November 11.
I will meet you on the 11th of the month and the first day of the Lunar New Year on the 3rd of February. I hope it can bring you more joy. I hope you can go to the cinema and support me a lot."
The text is unremarkable, unpretentious and boring, and Li Qian has not divided it into sections. It is so densely packed that it makes my brain hurt to read it at first glance. However, as soon as this Weibo post came out, a lot of people who paid attention to Li Qian immediately exploded.
fans.
"What, what, has the release date of "I Am Legend" been confirmed?"
"If you have the time to type, don't you know how to read it? Isn't it written above?"
"December 23rd is the end of the year, and there are still three months left."
"Li Qian is still a quick shooter, and the big production was completed so quickly. I thought I would have to wait until next year."
"Who am I to blame? I hope Li Qian gets faster every time!"
"Three months have passed very quickly. There are two more movies at the end of the month and in November. Su Lun's "Cohabitation in Time and Space" is also very good. This time it is a science fiction romance, starring Yaya again. It is worth looking forward to.
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"That's the title of the film, "Warm and Bright". I consciously told me that it might be a fresh and pure love movie."
"Impossible, haven't you paid attention to the news on the Internet? Didn't someone take photos when they were on location? Yaya changed her hair to many colors in this film, including red, orange, blue, and maybe green.
, there is no pure love movie heroine who often dyes her hair."
"Uh... maybe she's playing some kind of little girl? If that's the case, I don't want to watch it."
"Whatever, we'll know when the time comes. Let's see what others say."
"I'm all looking forward to it, but the first one to be released will be "The Last Survivor". I remember that this film was announced together with "Unfortunately", but it's only been released now."
"It's an action movie, and it was shot in the deep mountains and forests of Shennongjia. Judging from the title, it's not a movie about a group of people trying to survive in a primeval forest."
"It's an old routine. Because of an accident, you live in the mountains, and then start fighting among yourself. In the end, the protagonist wins, kills all the villains, leads others to be rescued, and captures the heart of a beautiful woman. There are many such plots in the Little Yellow Book."
"The brother upstairs can publish a book. Let's take a look at this masterpiece."
"The clichés are a bit cliche. There are quite a lot of them, but it seems that there are no domestic movies of this type."
"Whatever, you will know after watching it. The one produced by Li Qian is not wrong. If you don't know what to watch, just close your eyes and choose the movie made by Li Qian or the one produced by him."
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With the specific dates confirmed, these movies have made the audience more and more excited.
Except for Wu Jing, who is a newcomer, Su Lun and Guo Fan have both proven themselves. The audience has always looked forward to directors who have produced good works.
Other movies, especially the National Day blockbusters, have also begun bombing promotions.
The National Day movie is no longer a small show, there are several blockbusters, and the competition is not small.
Xu Ke's "Di Renjie: The Tongtian Empire" is of course the highlight, both in terms of lineup and subject matter, it is a well-deserved leader in National Day.
New martial arts movies, this is a concept promoted by movies, adding action, history, suspense and other elements to martial arts.
But no matter what kind of martial arts film, as long as it is a martial arts film by Xu Ke, it is a guarantee of quality.
Although there have been many costume blockbusters in China in recent years, martial arts movies are very few.
"Detective Dee" is about the new style of martial arts, while "Sword Rain", which was produced and co-directed by Wu Yusen, promotes the swan song of the old style of martial arts, which is exactly the opposite.
It is said that twelve stars co-starred, which sounds quite bluffing, but it mainly depends on Wu Yusen's fame. His identity has also changed from producer and co-director to chief director, and Xiaoma released a trailer for "Sword Rain"
It has completely become "Wu Yusen's work", and the promotional slogan has also become "Wu Yusen's first martial arts masterpiece".
As for "Fist of Warriors: Chen Zhen", of course, it mainly relies on Donnie Yen. The screenwriter and producer of the film, Chen Jiashang, who also directed Jet Li's version of "Fist of Warriors", even asserted to the media that Donnie Yen is expected to rely on this
The film reached the peak of his career and took home the Best Actor trophy.
The box office expectations have also increased from 200 million at the beginning of the year to 500 million. I guess it was because "Tangshan Earthquake" sold nearly 700 million, and I felt that the 200 million TV series was a small business.
However, before that, Zhang Yimou's "Love at the Hawthorn Tree" was released on September 15th.
Zhang Weiping, who previously announced that he would make a comeback, this time put it on the National Day schedule in a very low-key manner, and it was released half a month before the National Day.
This is quite new, but in the interview, Zhang Weiping just said very emotionally that this is a touching and beautiful love story, and he can't wait for the audience to see it as soon as possible.
Domestic audiences are not very fond of this pure love movie, but with Zhang Yimou's golden name, it still exceeded 100 million on the fourteenth day of its release.
A pure love movie starring a newcomer, with a box office of over 100 million, Zhang Yimou's signature is still very strong.
The movie is quite touching. The commander of the military region fell in love with the daughter of a poor landowner and was willing to do anything for her, giving her unprecedented encouragement. He waited for her to graduate, for her to work, for her to become a full-time employee.
All his wishes came true, but in the end he died of leukemia.
The story described in the original work is relatively plain and calm. Zhang Yimou did not show any drama in this adaptation, but just immersed himself in the "pure love" that his generation has been recalling for many years.
However, as a love movie, the strange thing is that most of the things experienced by the male and female protagonists are explained through subtitles. This is a movie, otherwise it is better to read the original work than to read the subtitles.
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"Inception" and "Hawthorn Love" took the lead in warming up the National Day schedule. At the end of the month, the real National Day schedule will officially begin with the release of "Sword Rain".
Wu Baige is very famous. Even though the "Red Cliff" series has been criticized a lot, he is still one of the few great directors in China.
However, the impact of "Red Cliff" is not small. It does not depend on the box office. In fact, the audiences who watched it were quite disappointed.
And in martial arts movies, except for Xu Ke, no one can make the audience have much confidence.
Besides, among the twelve major stars, even if they say nice things, none of them have box office appeal.
5.4 million on the first day, compared to the investment of hundreds of millions and the great director Wu Yusen, it was a very unsuccessful figure.
In the next three days, the film only received a total of 20 million in box office, and the total box office in the first four days was about 25 million.
The first blockbuster film to be released during the National Day period failed, and it was also the first blockbuster film invested and released by Pony. Waterloo, including "No Man's Land" which could not be released, was quite unlucky for Pony.
but.
Li Qian smiled.
"Come on, now that we have one less opponent, Brother Jing can feel more at ease."
As the movie was approaching release, I met Wu Jing several times and could feel his nervousness even on the phone.
There were three major productions in the same period, and now one of them has been completed. It is estimated that Wu Jing can feel a lot more relieved before the box office is released on the first day.
Tong Liya wondered, "How come the box office is so low? I think it's quite good. It's the first time I've seen a movie with a female protagonist. As the saying goes, I'd like to turn into a stone bridge and stand in the wind for 500 years, and stand in the sun for 500 years."
Years, 500 years of rain in the sun, it’s so touching.”
The two of them went to see this movie the day before yesterday, and they had nothing to do.
As Tong Liya said, it was a very touching episode. The life of ordinary people in the small town was so beautiful. It felt like taking shelter from the rain several times under the eaves of the teahouse. The husband and wife cared about each other and had simple feelings. In the end, they slowly revealed each other's life experiences.
We can still be together in the end.
Love, hate, affection, hatred... No, it should be sadness.
On the surface, the whole movie is a martial arts film, but in fact, it only consists of these four words.
Moreover, it is still dominated by women, and women’s consciousness is unprecedentedly publicized. This can be called the “flower of freedom.”
"How should I put it? It's a good movie, but it's not surprising that it's not a hit. It's not good enough. A good movie doesn't necessarily look good. And to paraphrase someone else's comment, it doesn't matter what age it is. Xu Ke, the martial arts master, has incorporated various elements into it.
, "Sword Rain" is still playing the trick of martial arts secrets." Li Qian thought for a while and said.
It’s normal for good movies not to be blockbusters. Movies are an audio-visual feast, and audiences love big and imaginative scenes.
Of course, if it is a classic, even without these things, it will still be a hit.
However, if it is not a good classic movie, it will be embarrassed at the box office.
"What's wrong with the martial arts secrets? Aren't all martial arts in the past related to the martial arts secrets, such as the Sunflower Book, the Nine Yin Manual, and the Nine Yang Divine Art?"
"You have said it before. Nowadays, fewer people read and write about this kind of stuff. You can check it out online. The themes on the internet are more novel and the ideas are bigger than the last ones."
"Oh...but if you don't want to see these, why don't you go shopping?"
Suddenly, the topic changed to women's natural hobbies.
This was a big turn, and even the highly intelligent Li Qian didn't understand for a moment how Tong Liya changed the topic to shopping.
"What kind of street are you shopping for? I just did a lot of shopping yesterday. It's rare for me to rest at home for two days. In the afternoon, I have to go to support Brother Jing and attend the premiere ceremony of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds."" Li Qian said helplessly.
"And you don't have to prepare for the TV series you just accepted. Filming will start soon, and you can't just deal with it casually."
"Oh, I'm so busy. I wouldn't have answered if I had known."
Tong Liya felt a headache when she mentioned that she still had work, but there was nothing she could do about it. She got up from the sofa, went to get the script with her long legs and bare feet, and went to the sofa to read it casually.
"You didn't like filming before, why have you changed now?"
Li Qian really just discovered recently that although Tong Liya took only small roles in the past, her work enthusiasm was much higher, and she never tired of playing small supporting roles in one movie after another. In the past three years, she has become more and more willful.
"Oh, I didn't get any roles before. Now I don't have to worry about not getting any roles. I have been promoted to the heroine in two TV series in the past two months." Tong Liya hooked Li Qian's arm and leaned against Li Qian.
I flipped through the script page after page with little interest.
Woman.
Li Qian shook his head secretly, there was nothing he could do about it. Who said that what you can't get will always be in turmoil, and what you get is confident, so there's nothing wrong with describing it.
Let her be and do whatever she likes.
Li Qian found a comfortable position and sat on the sofa with his notebook in hand, looking at the groups of rendered city street scene pictures sent by the special effects company. He also had to work while resting.
After a while, Tong Liya put down the script again.
"By the way, Li Qian, do you think I can win the Best Actress Award at this year's Hundred Flowers Awards?"
"Don't think about it. You didn't win two Best Actresses at the College Student Film Festival, and you still got the Hundred Flowers Award."
It was her first nomination but she didn't win the award. Tong Liya didn't have many ideas, but she was looking forward to new movies.
"I couldn't get it this time, but it should be about the same next time. The movie was a hit and I won the Best Actress..."
"Wake up, what are you dreaming about in the broad daylight? I haven't even won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Director. If you want to win the Best Actress Award, you have to wait." Li Qian attacked mercilessly.
Whether it is the more official Golden Rooster Award or the audience-selected Hundred Flowers Award, ranking is based on seniority and various interpersonal relationships, unless you are strong enough to break this old rule.
This year there is another "Tangshan Earthquake", and for the time being, the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers probably won't be with me.
But it doesn’t matter, it still takes a long time.
I have just started, now and in the future are my own.
The domestic film market will be our own from now on.
Starting from the second half of this year, Li Qian will influence and even slowly dominate the entire industry!