This year's Chinese New Year file, "Assembly" has booked the box office champion of the Chinese New Year file and the box office champion of the Chinese film of the year in advance.

And in the cast of "The Assembly", the most famous is Deng Chao, a newcomer on the big screen, and the combined salary of all the actors is less than one million.

Compared with the superstar lineup of "Casting the Name", it is not enough to watch at all.

This has also triggered a new round of thinking in the media and film industry.

Is superstar a must-have element for a big production?

Starting from heroes, in the six years from 2002 to 2007, among the blockbusters with an investment of 50 million, or movies with a box office of more than 50 million, only the five movies "The Great Sage of Love", "Initial D", "Heroes of Heaven and Earth", "Wuji" and "Night Banquet" did not star in Hong Kong superstars.

"Initial D" also has Jay Chou, the little king is always worthy of it, "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" also has Jiang Wen, "Night Banquet" has Ge Wei, and "Wuji" is carried by Cheng Kaige himself.

In other words, in the past six years, among the movies with an investment of more than 50 million, only "Wu Ji" has no superstars.

Among the movies with a box office of more than 50 million, there is also only one "The Great Sage of Love" without a superstar, but the starring role is also a Xiangjiang star.

Looking for superstars and first-line stars in Xiangjiang may not be absolutely popular, but if you don't look for them, you will definitely not be able to sell at the box office, which has almost become the default thing in the film industry.

Even if the domestic Mesozoic first-line actors are at most paid millions of dollars, cheap and practical, they can't get the starring blockbuster, and even the male number one role in forty or fifty million medium-cost movies can't be obtained.

But "Assembly Number" broke this special case, and Zhang Hanyu didn't even play the leading role before that.

If the main reason for the success of "The Assembly" is Ma Xiaogang, then the big hit of "Frequency of Life and Death" is very telling.

Two mainland Mesozoic actors, plus Li Qian, a newcomer on the big screen, cost about 10 million yuan, and got more than 40 million box office in nine days of release.

This also shows in disguise that Xiangjiang stars are not essential, as long as the movie is of good quality and liked by the audience, it can still be a big hit.

In addition, there is a typical negative example in the same period, the three superstars of "Casting the Name", with an investment cost of 250 million, it is not certain whether the final box office can break 200 million.

Breaking the routine means extraordinary to major film companies.

After all, the salary of a superstar is too expensive, and he will be paid tens of millions of dollars at every turn, even if Xie Tingfeng can ask for five or six Chen Kun's salary.

Whether a large number of mainland Mesozoic generations can be used to play the leading role in movies has become the focus of internal discussions among major companies.

And the media is also very lively, in addition, the sky-high salary in "Casting a Name" has once again been whipped.

With a salary of 100 million, how scary, there are only three Chinese movies with a box office of over 100 million in 07.

Looking at the news of the sky-high salary again, Tong Liya asked curiously, "Li Qian, did you say that Li Lianjie really got a salary of 100 million?"

"Even if it's less than 100 million, it's about the same, and Li Lianjie is worth the money. ”

"That's 100 million. Tong Liya smacked her tongue secretly.

"The investor is not stupid, without Li Lianjie, this film would not have been able to get an investment of 250 million. ”

Hold on to death, starve to death, this is the status quo of the film industry.

Li Lianjie took 10 million US dollars, almost 80 million yuan, for filming "Hero" that year.

In 06, "Huo Yuanjia" sold 70 million US dollars worldwide, and the overseas box office alone was as high as 57 million US dollars, and the DVD revenue in North America also reached 40 million US dollars, as the largest investor in the film, this film brought Li Lianjie 30 million US dollars.

And in 07, a $25 million low-budget movie "Ranger" got $40 million at the box office worldwide, and the North American DVD revenue was as high as more than $70 million.

The mainland's 100 million yuan salary is not an exaggeration at all, and it can even be said to be a friendship price.

This earning power is comparable to a company.

Take 100 million, it's better to sell well at the box office, otherwise it will be attacked by the media as it is now.

Moreover, the media also made up some news that Chen Kexin criticized Li Lianjie's salary for being too high, and investors were dissatisfied with Li Lianjie's sky-high salary.

I don't know when the Mesozoic actors in the mainland will come out, some time ago, the magic blockbuster "Painted Skin" led by Ningxia Film Studio still focuses on Donnie Yen, Chen Kun, Zhou Xun, and Zhao Wei, the three first-line actors of the Mesozoic Generation, match Donnie Yen, and the total salary of the three is only 5 million, which is estimated to be less than Donnie Yen's salary alone.

However, "Assembly Number" and "Frequency of Life and Death" are also a good start, and these domestic film and television companies will definitely consider mainland actors more.

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With "Frequency of Life and Death" topping the Japanese crown, it has also become the most popular movie at the moment, which is not much worse than "Assembly".

The Internet is still very popular, and in addition to the most attractive father-son relationship in the movie itself, the suspense and sci-fi elements of the movie are equally exciting, and you can see posts discussing the plot on various forums, websites, and post bars.

And as the movie continues to sell well, the audience has more and more questions, at least every time Li Qian is at the scene of the roadshow, the time to answer the audience's questions is far from enough.

Continue the day's roadshow and continue to answer some questions from the audience that are not nutritious.

"Hello Director Li, I want to ask about the murderer who broke his hand at the end of the movie, even if he successfully escaped 20 years ago, but the police have already mastered the evidence, why has he not been arrested, and he has to wait until 20 years later to retaliate, and the protagonist's family does not move, so they are not afraid at all?"

For these questions caused by not taking movies seriously, Li Qian is already numb, and he can also answer them calmly.

"First of all, these two time and space should be synchronized for us who watch movies, and the murderer 20 years later did not go to revenge, at that time it was because his son found him and was already very suspicious of him. ”

"As for why he didn't move, why he wasn't caught. ”

Li Qian smiled, "Because I'm a screenwriter, I want to write that I didn't move, I didn't get arrested, so I just wrote like this." ”

This answer made the audience laugh out loud.

"Director Li, when the killer was exposed 20 years ago, the future should have changed, why hasn't everything changed 20 years later?"

"The killer was exposed, but he wasn't caught, so he probably still killed the remaining six victims. ”

But 20 years ago, the killer escaped from the river and did not commit the crime, but then went to the protagonist's house to take revenge. ”

"As I said, from our point of view, the two time periods are synchronized, and in the end, the murderer 20 years later kills first, and the murderer 20 years ago follows to take revenge. ”

"Taking a step back, even if the murderer 20 years ago did it first, but when he was doing it, there were two possibilities of success and unsuccess, when the result did not come out, the future will remain the same, and the parents will not exist 20 years later, because after the first change, none of them survived, and there is a process for my father to quit smoking. ”

"Hello Director Li, I'm a science fiction fan, I think the movie "Frequency of Life and Death" is very good, but I have a problem, we all see that the old father is alive in the end, so if the father is alive, the son will not be sad and depressed by the death of his father, and use the radio to talk to his father, but if he does not use the radio to talk to his father, the father will die again, and he will not appear to save him in the end, which is unreasonable. ”

Li Qian was speechless, and threw out his grandfather's refutation, it was just a fairy tale told with a gimmick of time and space, so why should it be more serious.

The so-called grandfather refutation is that if you go back in time and kill your grandparents before their father was born, but this action will create a paradoxical situation:

You go back in time and kill your young grandfather, and when your grandfather dies, you don't have a father, and you don't have without a father, so who killed your grandfather?

Or as you say: Your existence means that your grandfather did not die because of you, so why did you kill him?

There are so many audiences, and there are too many real people.

Science fiction has been entangled for so many years, and some people have even proposed the banana peel theory on this basis.

That is, when you were about to kill your grandfather, you accidentally stepped on a banana peel, resulting in hospitalization, and if you want to make a move later, you will also face this seemingly accidental interference, and you will never be able to kill your grandfather.

Looking at this audience staring at him expectantly, Li Qian didn't want to discuss this kind of chicken-and-egg problem with a sci-fi fan.

He nodded, "That's right. It really doesn't make sense. ”

Sci-fi fans were pleasantly surprised when they heard this.

The other viewers also looked at Li Qian expectantly, wanting to hear what he could say.

"In fact, talking to someone 20 years ago is unreasonable in itself, and it is also an unreasonable idea to find reason from the unreasonable. ”

Li Qian smiled and said, "If this type of time-space film can solve all the rebuttals, then I won't be standing here, I have to enter the Chinese Academy of Sciences." ”

Science fiction fans looked disappointed, and originally thought that they could hear a different explanation from Li Qian's mouth.

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The audience of science fiction films is always one of the most difficult genres to serve, because the vast majority of science fiction films themselves are, and it depends on who can get more and more round.

"The Frequency of Life and Death" can be considered self-justifying, if you have to be more serious, there is no movie that can't find logical faults.

"I'm tired of making sci-fi movies. ”

Out of the cinema, Li Qian couldn't help but sigh.

Zhang Hanyu said with a smile, "Director Li is the first director in China to make a science fiction film since the new century." ”

"It's just barely on par with science fiction. ”

"That's also a science fiction film, this genre is a desert in China, and no one else can shoot it. ”

Deng Chao also said, "Director Li's next film is still a science fiction film, if so, it will create a new genre for the domestic film market." ”

"It's hard to say, I'm so busy now, how can I have the energy to think about what to make the next movie. Li Qian smiled and didn't speak.

Li Qian's high production is obvious to all, and the film has been prepared for less than half a year from preparation to release, and at this frequency, it is estimated that the next movie will be prepared soon.

The first movie was a big hit, and who doesn't want to continue to star in Li Qian's next movie.

is to let Deng Chao play Zhang Hanyu's son again, he... It's also barely something to think about.

It's a big deal to sacrifice for art, it's just a matter of calling dad a few times while filming.

"Okay, don't think so much, seize the time to rest for a while, catch up with the next one, time waits for no one." ”

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"Frequency of Life and Death" continues to be hot, especially the box office champion on the top day, and the popularity has reached its peak.

On the following Tuesday, half-price day, the box office rose, getting 3.7 million in a single day, and the total box office was as high as 47.8 million in ten days of release.

And with the addition of 2.8 million for screenings and zero-point screenings, the total box office of "Frequency of Life and Death" has exceeded the 50 million mark, reaching 50.6 million.

Ten days after its release, the total box office exceeded 50 million!

Half of the goal of 100 million has been reached, and at this time, everyone only remembered that according to this formation, "Frequency of Life and Death" may really break 100 million at the box office!

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