Is the box office the only criterion for judging the success of a movie?

Is this statement true?

Apparently not true!

"Little Times" has a box office of nearly 400 million, is this a successful movie?

Of course, movies have commercial attributes, but at the same time, they also have artistic components - the seventh major art, not for fun!

Judging a work of art requires professional knowledge and artistic accomplishment, and it takes time to precipitate, so many artists only begin to value their works after they are hung up...

It is also true when it comes to movies, a successful movie is not determined by the box office alone.

But if you change the title of this sentence: the box office is the biggest basis for evaluating whether a commercial film is unsuccessful or not.

It makes sense!

The pursuit of commercial films should be to maximize profits, and in China, it is called the box office.

……

For this propaganda, three days were arranged in China - and then I had to fly to South Korea, Japan...

Shanghai publicity, Lu Xiaoran explained very calmly: "I don't have any ideas this time, I just want to make an entertainment film, and I don't want to convey any values!"

"If the film industry is completely unprofitable, we won't see so many good movies, not necessarily every good movie is for the purpose of profit, but the overall profitability of the film industry determines the height that movies can reach!"

"And this kind of transnational co-production theme, if you don't choose commercial films, I think it's difficult to make a profit!"

"South Korea and Japan took the lead in opening the film, and Xijie Entertainment in South Korea was responsible for the distribution, they said that the situation was very good, and more than 700,000 moviegoers were mobilized on the first day, and according to the current point of view, it should be able to record 6 million moviegoers..."

"In terms of Japanese benzene, the first-day box office seems to be 200 million yen, well, they are all single-day box office champions..."

“… Of course I'm happy!"

"Some people like popcorn blockbusters in the cinema, with shocking scenes, realistic effects, big stars, etc., and some people like literary films, which reflect more human nature, problems, contradictions, and so on. As a professional filmmaker, I also hope that my country's film industry will flourish and get better and better. ”

After the end of the publicity, Lu Xiaoran was a little confused.

"Why are all the questions you ask me today about the box office and artistry?"

Chen Zhixi replied: ""Little Times" has made a lot of money, and the media are hyping up the topic of art and commerciality. ”

"So, I hit the wall?"

"Hmm. ”

""Little Times" is a fan movie, where does the artistry come from... Forget it, how much is our box office?"

"It's 46 million, and it hasn't reached the gold field yet, and there should be 80 million today. ”

"Well... If you pay attention to the box office next day, it is related to whether the sequel can be launched!"

"I'm looking at... To be honest, I think it's 2.5 billion yen at most. ”

2.5 billion yen is converted into 160 million yuan...

"If there can be 2 billion, the sequel can be launched, and Yui Aragaki has a lot of fans in China!"

"Okay, I'll contact Toho at any time. ”

……

At ten o'clock in the evening, the real-time box office of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" exceeded 74 million, surpassing the first-day box office of "Little Times" and refreshing the first-day box office results of domestic 2D movies.

There are still two hours left until 12 o'clock, and it should be able to collect more than 10 million box office.

Of course, Orange's publicity team sent a press release, 'breaking the first-day box office record' or something...

Up to now, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" has won 78% of the market!

The second place is, of course, "Little Times", 9 million...

Guo Xiaosi's fans are still very powerful!

Wanda was extremely depressed - "Tai Chi" was released on the first day, and she didn't even enter the top three, and "Superman: Man of Steel" was in front of it!

Because of the 'mistake' in the film scheduling, the box office of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" on the first day, they only got 4 million...

The golden field is used to arrange "Tai Chi Man"!

Then, few people came to see...

Keanu Reeves is not Leonardo, and there are not so many domestic fans!

Also, the story of "Tai Chi Man" is too rubbish, and the screenwriters of the 80s of the last century will not use this kind of script!

It tells the story of a Lingkong Taiji master Chen Linhu who was involved in an underground black boxing organization for economic reasons, and under the guidance of the inspector of the Hong Kong anti-black group, he gradually discovered the loss of his nature and began the road to redemption. ’

Isn't it very similar to Brother Xiaolong's "Game of Death"?

"Game of Death" is a classic, but it was a movie from the 70s of the last century...

There is no 'Tai Chi' in the movie, let alone 'Chi', and the negative score is thick!

It's embarrassing, Wanda originally expected this film to hit the North American market.

Sino-US co-production... Two open?? …

As a result, there was no theater willing to show it at all - AMC Cinema considered it comprehensively, and then refused to show the film...

The box office in the mainland is also very bleak, with only 4.2 million on the first day, and 18% of the films are made!

It's a real investment of $25 million!

The leading actor Cheng Hu said: "Keanu and I don't care very much about the box office, our purpose is the same, that is, to do one thing well with our hearts, and as for the return, we won't be too demanding." Keanu and I will continue to work together in the future, and now we have a Hollywood drama at hand, which is in the script preparation stage, this time he plays the hero, and I will go to a cameo villain. ”

As for what the script is, and where is the project?

There is not enough money, the actors are undecided, and the script is not available, but this project exists!

Keanu Reeves Completely!

It doesn't matter, he can pat his ass and get out, anyway, there is "God Killing" waiting for him - the purpose of filming "Tai Chi Man" is for the actor dream of his good friend Cheng Hu!

What about Wanda?

Of course, I chose to enlarge the number of screenings of "Raiders of the Lost Ark", wouldn't it make money?

……

At 11 o'clock, at the hotel, Lu Xiaoran was chatting with Ah Lang from "Watching Movies" about "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

You always have to promote, you are the richest man, and you have to give speeches everywhere...

"I watched "Ocean's Eleven" on the plane that day, and I thought this movie was really good, and if I could, it would definitely be interesting to make it into a domestic movie. ”

“… Why did you make a co-production? It's because of censorship?"

"Yes, it's true that because of censorship, this kind of criminal commercial film, the ending must be the protagonist at large, but our censorship of the bad guys must have bad news, and also, in terms of character design, the police naturally have to be in a weak position, so as to reflect the strength of the characters, but it is not in line with our censorship!"

"I can understand why I want to bring in Japanese actors when I join Korean actors?"

“… Because I love Yui Aragaki very much!"

Ah Lang paused for a moment: "Just because of this?"

“… Just kidding, the main thing is to play big, since there are Chinese and Korean actors, why don't you invite Japanese actors? China, Japan and South Korea have a painting, this is called a big production!"

"What impressed you when you were shooting?"

“… There are still some Korean and Japanese actors who respect the director very much and are very polite. ”

Ah Lang took note of this passage, looked up and asked, "What is your box office expectation for "Raiders of the Lost Ark"?"

"It was originally a billion, and when the filming started, I thought about the billion box office, which was really amazing, and now..."

"It's a bit of a billion box office now?"

"It's not that I can't look down on it... I think the box office in Asia can be 1.5 billion!"

Ah Lang nodded: "I think it's about the same!"

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