Li Qian checked Maoyan, Weiying, and fare-evasion tickets one by one. In the dozen or so movie theaters nearby, the first-day tickets for "Youth" were basically all priced at 9.9 yuan.
Not to mention the original price tickets, even the 19.9 yuan tickets are very few. Basically, they are tickets from 6 to 8 o'clock during prime time, which only sell for 19.9, and all other time periods are 9.9.
It is the same across the country. The three major platforms and issuers have invested a lot of money in ticket subsidy, although their respective purposes are different.
"I heard that the internal movie viewing conference has a very good reputation, and even the experts have given it high praise." Ning Hao praised the upcoming opponent.
Li Qian smiled and said, "The original work is very well written, and Ma Xiaogang's level is still high. Over the years, his reviews from both professionals and audiences have been average. I guess he is holding his breath."
"Making these films in order to prove myself is too deliberate, just like "I'm Not Pan Jinlian"." Ning Hao said.
"Indeed, the purpose is too strong."
Li Qian nodded. Ma Xiaogang is sometimes like those Hollywood movies that specialize in competing for Oscars. Others want to please the Oscar judges, but Ma Xiaogang wants to be recognized by the profession and the public.
Although he cursed the audience, the media, and the filmmakers, he still wanted to be recognized.
Conceited and inferior, the more you want to catch something, the less you can catch it, otherwise the filming of "I'm Not Pan Jinlian" would be so stiff.
The content of "Youth" also has a hint of Ma Xiaogang's own venting.
After chatting for a while about the upcoming rivals and Ma Xiaogang, it was all in a teasing tone. Neither Li Qian nor Ning Hao considered "Youth" as their rivals. It was far from entertaining, and even if it was well shot, it would not be a threat.
To the box office of "Detective Chinatown 2".
The main reason is that both Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang are going to be directors and make movies, and they are all comedies. Li Qian doesn't have time to take care of them, so he asks Ning Hao to keep an eye on them when he has time.
They are all old friends, so Ning Hao also agreed to watch and help when the time comes.
However, Ning Hao has made two "Detective Chinatown" movies. Strictly speaking, this is Li Qian's idea, not what Ning Hao himself wants to make.
It's just that "No Man's Land" was temporarily unable to be released, "The Golden Heist" was not good at the box office, and Ning Hao also lacked a blockbuster film. In addition, Xu Zheng was busy with other things while preparing "The Flower of the Heart".
Just took it over.
The second and first parts generally follow the style of the first part, with no major changes, except that the setting changes from Thailand to New York.
Just like a series like "Jurassic World", if it's not for the special effects, just watch one and it's all the same routine.
Ning Hao did not put more energy into this movie. For him, he was just a box office seller and did it step by step.
Otherwise, a great director of his level with many ideas would not make two similar movies.
Even though the titles of "Crazy Stone" and "Crazy Race" were similar, they had many differences and made many changes.
The more successful you are, the more ideas you have. It's not just about selling hits but making some money. This is basically the case for every big director in Mainland China.
Even a philistine like Xu Zheng seems to have made changes and pursued more non-monetary things.
Ning Hao is already preparing for his new film. He plans to adapt Liu's classic science fiction "Country Teacher".
Most science fiction fans have read this book.
Of course Li Qian had also seen it, so he was a little stunned after hearing Ning Hao talk about his thoughts.
The "Country Teacher" that Ning Hao is going to adapt is "Crazy Alien", right?
Li Qian had long guessed that "Crazy Alien" was filmed by Ning Hao, but he didn't associate it with "Country Teacher".
But now that I heard Ning Hao talk about his idea and watched the movie from the perspective of "Country Teacher", I really understood what Ning Hao wanted to say in "Crazy Alien".
"Village Teacher" is about a teacher who has been deeply worried about the ignorance of the mountain village and the academic performance of the children in the village all his life. He still insists on taking classes even after he is terminally ill, just to let the children learn more knowledge.
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When the oil finally ran out, he burned the last of his life to teach the children Newton's three laws of physics in junior high schools, which were super basic, and told the children to remember them in their minds.
At this time, advanced alien civilizations are preparing to destroy a large number of stars. Out of respect for life, unqualified civilizations will be destroyed, and only qualified ones will be retained.
In this way, the aliens came to the solar system through investigation and destruction. The fateful moment came. When the most advanced civilization in the Milky Way discovered life on earth, the children surrounding the teacher's body happened to be the targets of the sampling investigation.
At first, I didn't know what to ask, so the solar system was about to be destroyed. But at the last moment, I accidentally asked about Newton's three laws. The children knew it by heart, and advanced civilization stepped back from the brink, saving the solar system and human civilization.
This doesn't seem to have much to do with "Crazy Alien". Those who read it will probably complain about Ning Hao, but what Ning Hao wants to talk about is the content.
Here, the investigation of aliens is a bit of a joke. A few rural children can represent the entire earth in the eyes of aliens.
In the movie, the monkey charmer's "Huaguoshan Grand Stage" is the earth in the eyes of aliens. What's funny is that this "world paradise" has all kinds of cultural landscapes from all over the world. It is simply a miniature version of the human world.
"World Park" and "Huaguoshan Grand Stage" echo the "Five Thousand Meter Circle" and "Mountain Village Primary School" in "Country Teacher".
In the final decisive battle, a backward country child escaped by memorizing Newton's third law. In the movie, Geng Hao, a man who is behind the times and insists on himself, relies on monkeys, the five-animal grandmother, and Pablo
husband.
Hitting a gong can make an alien salute, playing music can make him ride a bicycle.
Pavlov is the theory, the monkey is the practice, and the five animals are the firm belief.
This decisive battle can be regarded as the second equal confrontation between aliens and humans. In the end, it was Geng Hao's long-term training of conditioned reflexes that suppressed the consciousness of the aliens. The key to victory is Geng Hao's persistence and unchanging attitude.
belief.
Newton's third law, which the children in the mountains memorize by rote, and the monkey play that Geng Hao has always insisted on, which are considered backward and ignorant, are essentially the same.
As for the character with kidney pain, he is the opposite of Geng Hao, who has always insisted on monkey drama. He goes with the flow and integrates into the world, becoming more and more smooth.
Both the movie and the story are about the same thing: after a brief contact with advanced alien civilizations, they looked down upon human civilization at first, but later changed their views after gaining a deeper understanding of human civilization and gained some enlightenment.
So much so that they felt recognized and cherished each other, and finally they were at peace with each other.
But the way Ning Hao showed it was so different. If it weren't for the fact that it was adapted from "Country Teacher", Li Qian really wouldn't have thought about it that way.
"You've buried it deep enough. Most viewers probably wouldn't have thought of this. Those who have read the original work will definitely be deceived." Li Qian shook his head and said.
Ning Hao said, "I just changed the method and arranged it into a comedy, which is more entertaining."
Indeed, it is just a different approach, replaced by Huang Bo, the monkey charmer who is out of touch with the times, and the philistine Kidney Pain, who has integrated into the real society. They are also two representative types of little characters.
"By the way, you made the Americans look so useless, and your mockery is too obvious." Li Qian said again.
"How can we save the world without the world's largest country? Aren't they saving the world every day in their own movies? I also asked them to join the team of saving the world in our movies."
Ning Hao smiled narrowly and said, "Not to mention, I drank some wine at that time to distract my thoughts."
I can't tell that Ning Hao is also a bit angry.
The desire to express is too strong, which is normal. People who have the ability to express their voices are like this and want to convey their thoughts to the outside world.
Another director with a strong desire for expression, Ma Xiaogang's new film will be grandly released on Friday.
"Old Paoer" did very well at the box office, and Ma Xiaogang actually has a strong appeal. Coupled with the strong ticket subsidy support from the three major platforms and film distributors, "Youth" delivered a high box office of 140 million on the first day.
For a story about a cultural troupe that is far away from young people, the box office on the first day was already very high.
440 million in the three days of the first weekend, creating Ma Xiaogang’s personal best result.
Moreover, the movie's reputation is also very good. After many years, Ma Xiaogang once again made a movie that was both well-received and well-received.
However, the movie is not a comedy. Liu Feng, a "living bastard", was ruined because he embraced the female art soldier he had long admired. He was sent to a logging company, and finally lost many dear comrades on the battlefield, as well as one of his own arms.
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He Xiaoping, whose father died in a labor camp for "anti-song", was bullied in the art troupe. When she saw the good Liu Feng was punished, she went to the field hospital with dismay. She had seen too much blood on the Vietnam battlefield, and her spirit was
Abnormal.
The protagonists of the two stories are the two most miserable characters, due to their personal personalities, and also because one of their fathers was a carpenter, and the other father died in a labor camp.
This involves class. There is a line in the movie, "Jiang Shan was killed by our family. What's wrong with splashing water on you? What's wrong?"
Splash you with water. These four words can be replaced at will.
On the contrary, the children of high-ranking cadres who bullied He Xiaoping in the art troupe, in the tide of openness, wore jeans and sunglasses and listened to Teresa Teng's songs, and were the first to marry abroad. The son of the deputy director who joined the art troupe suddenly became a real estate developer.
, busy acquiring land and developing real estate in Hainan.
The carpenter's son had many meritorious deeds and was a fighting hero. After he changed his job, his wife ran away with a truck driver. Even when he was running a small business, the joint defense office withheld money from his vehicle and extorted money from him.
However, the unknown 17-year-old soldier was covered in burns and had not even eaten the fruit peel.
It's so obvious that you can think of this as Ma Xiaogang, the alley kid, viciously attacking and beating up the big boy in the courtyard.
However, it cannot be denied that all of that has happened before and is still happening today.
Therefore, even if the time is so far away and young audiences are not familiar with it, they will still be moved because many things are happening around them.
Politics, history, war, nation, system, youth, absurdity, human nature, class, youth
Li Qian hates Ma Xiaogang very much, but there is no denying his talent.
At the same time, Ma Xiaogang also satirized a group of directors of his generation. People like Cheng Kaige were confused all day long, but it was he, a common man, who was making such meaningful movies.
Just like in a movie, the one fighting on the battlefield is Liu Feng, who has never touched a gun since he was a child, instead of the second-generation people in the art troupe who have been shooting with their elders since they were young.
Ma Xiaogang's desire for expression is too strong. "Mobile Phone 2" is said to explore the question of whether humans are the masters of technology or machines, or whether technology and machines dominate humans.
This is a step up to a higher level. If you go up higher, you should become a sage and a philosopher.
"Youth" continues to sell like hotcakes. Although it can't beat the box office of "Detective Chinatown 2", it is both a critical success and a box office hit, with Ma Xiaogang stealing the show.
Next week, Cheng Kaige's new film "The Legend of the Demon Cat" will also be released.
Like "Youth", the three major platforms and distributors also invested huge amounts of ticket subsidies for the movie.
However, Kaige's box office appeal is far inferior to Ma Xiaogang's.
With the support of huge ticket subsidy, it only received 80 million on the first day.
What to say about the movie? According to what Cheng Kaige said at the Cannes Film Festival, "It's breathtaking. I think I did this. This is a great work."
On the one hand, "The Legend of the Demon Cat" is truly breathtaking, simply magical and beautiful.
In terms of pictures alone, "Little Times", which is said to be gorgeous and beautiful, is simply not enough to watch in front of "The Legend of the Demon Cat". This is called beauty.
As for the rest, before watching Cheng Kaige's movies, all viewers must think clearly that movies for Cheng Kaige have never just told stories. He uses movies to express his profound philosophy and realize his self-worth.
In ancient times, this was called expressing one's aspirations through poetry.
Cheng Kaige is a director who expresses philosophy, and telling stories is just a matter of convenience for him. Audiences who go for this point will definitely be disappointed.
So the reputation is polarized, but at least this time there is a complete story, and the filming is really beautiful. There are not many people who are divided in the negative direction. At most, they complain, but there are few scoldings.
A director who doesn't tell stories but only talks about philosophy is destined to lose most of the ordinary audience. Therefore, with the support of a large number of ticket supplements and a good reputation, the box office of "The Legend of the Demon Cat" has not been strong.
80 million on the first day and only 25 million in the first three days of the weekend.
The Lunar New Year festival finally ended with "Detective Chinatown" taking the top spot with a box office of 3.4 billion, and "Youth" with a box office of 1.6 billion. Ma Xiaogang's gambling contract can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
The philosophical "Legend of the Demon Cat" only received 550 million at the box office.
However, "The Exes 3: Goodbye Ex", which was originally a humble film at the end of December, became a super dark horse in the Lunar New Year season.
It made 80 million at the box office on the first day, and 3.3 billion in the three days of the first weekend. In the second week, during the New Year's Day holiday, it made 1 billion at the box office in a single week, which shocked everyone's eyes.
As the third part of the series, the previous second part only had a box office of over 200 million. This box office was something that no one expected.
As a result, Maoyan and Huayang Media, as the publishers, did not expect that Chen Wu would regret and beat his chest.
"Youth" and "The Legend of the Demon Cat" invested a lot of ticket subsidy. The amount of subsidies was much larger than that of Li Qian's future movies, and they also added some users.
However, it did not play a decisive role.
But Chen Wu didn't take "Exes 3" seriously at first. Even if it sold 80 million on the first day, he just regarded it as one of those films that took advantage of the early stage.
But I didn’t expect that starting from New Year’s Day, it would get out of hand. At this time, it would be too late to invest a lot of ticket replacement to grab users.
A movie worth 2 billion, and the audience is all young people. If it is properly prepared, it will definitely win over a large number of users, but this opportunity was missed.
In this Lunar New Year period, so much money has been invested, but it has not had much impact on the ticket purchase APP market. The market share of the four major platforms has limited fluctuations.
It’s a phenomenal blockbuster movie, but with so much capital, it can’t beat just one Li Qian. This makes Chen Wu more and more eager to realize the expected closed loop of the industry and minimize Li Qian’s advantage of high-quality blockbuster movies.
However, without a phenomenal blockbuster movie, the market for future movies cannot be squeezed, so there is always a hidden danger in the review process.
Moreover, what makes Chen Wu even more upset is that the "Trainer Idol" program is over.
Previously, Chen Wu wanted to hold the fishing net boy in his hands and focus on packaging him into a national idol as a link in the closed loop.
But the other party refused to agree to it, he just wanted to be an idol. He had no idea of making a movie or TV series for the time being, and he didn't want to sign a contract with Penguin.
After being rejected, no matter how hard Chen Wu suppressed him, Fishnet Boy's fan base grew faster and faster, and he couldn't control it at all. Even those crazy fans broke through the constraints of more than a dozen companies and sent their idol to the C position.
Fans defeated capital. It was the first time for Chen Wu to see such a strong strength.
It's a pity that I can't use it for myself.
Another link failed. The idol star he promoted could not be compared with that fishnet boy, let alone the national idol.
If the control and evaluation process is only reduced by 20%, the three major platforms still have absolute strength, but the idol stars are far behind. For Chen Wu, no matter how much money he made in the first issue of "Trainer Idol"
Money has failed, the purpose has not been achieved, or the biggest fruit is not in one's pocket.
The closed-loop plan failed while still in the preparation stage.