Chapter 17: The Beginning (part 5 of 5)

The project "Ocean Paradise" knew from the beginning that it was a loss!

Because this is not a commercial film, the director didn't want to make a commercial film, she just expressed the feelings she had accumulated for many years through a movie.

The filming cost of this movie only cost 3 million, and Li Lianjie didn't take a penny, but he enjoyed a 20% dividend...

If you want to say that he is filming "Ocean Paradise" for money, it is simply insulting to him!

is such a movie, even if there is Li Lianjie, it will have a box office of 50 million at most...

How much is left after deducting the theater account?

Being a man still has to be a bit of a pursuit.

At the age of 18, he starred in the sensational "Shaolin Temple"!

Why do you support Wenzhang...

I guess I really think he's a good fit!

Li Lianjie recognized Wen Zhang's acting skills and character, and later took Wen Zhang to do One Foundation together, responsible for the work of children with autism, and was the image ambassador, and then Li Lianjie also played a supporting role in "Fuji Detective", supporting the starring Wen Zhang.

Even after meeting him on Monday, he actively helped him contact work, the director of "Gong Shou Dao"...

The media asked Lu Xiaoran this question, probably because of the things reported by the "Beijing News" before.

Now, "Big Man" and "Ocean Paradise" were released on the same day, if you don't fry it, I'm sorry for such a coincidence!

It's a pity that Lu Xiaoran didn't accept the invitation at all, just nodded: "Xue Xiaolu, the director of "Ocean Paradise", is an associate professor of our Nortel, she previously served as the screenwriter of Chen Kaige's movie "With You", she is very talented, "Ocean Paradise" is her first time as a director, I hope everyone can pay more attention!"

Is what Lu Xiaoran said useful?

There's an egg!

Originally, the film schedule would not be increased because a director praised a movie - the box office of "Ocean Paradise" did not reach 6 million in the first weekend...

Why do theaters leave the hot "Big Man" alone?

"Big Man" is really popular, and under the publicity of Orange Image, there is actually a trace of phenomenal seedlings, and then this seedling is getting bigger and bigger, and when the public notices it, it can no longer be ignored!

On June 21, the first working day, the single-day decline was less than 20 percent, and the single-day revenue was 26 million...

directly surpassed "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic of China" and became the fastest film in the mainland to break 100 million.

On June 22, another 27 million was collected in a single day, and the newly released "Decisive Battle of Chama Town" was directly pressed on the ground and rubbed...

Five days after its release, the cumulative box office was 144.8 million...

Instantly shattered an eyeball!

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There is a saying that standing above the tuyere, pigs can take off!

This statement is very close to "The Big Man".

In fact, this movie can only score 70 points at most.

Director Yang Qing, who only has a small-budget movie of "Nightclub" in front, is not a famous director, starring Wu Jing and Lu Xiaoran, and he is not a superstar.

In terms of subject matter, it is a very old-fashioned Hong Kong-style police film - it has been emphasized countless times, and the police are wise and rich to the second generation!

There is nothing out of the ordinary in the script, the investment is only 30 million, and even the publicity is a bit perfunctory, the most appealing Lu Xiaoran has just finished the filming of "Lonely Agent" and is busy doing the post-production, so he took advantage of the Shanghai Film Festival...

How influential is Shangying Energy Saving?

How to say it, "Big Man" picked up a big gift bag, entered a blue ocean, and became a pig on the tuyere, and anyone can be blown up.

What is the blue ocean?

The blue ocean is a Hong Kong-style crime film + social reality...

Hong Kong movies in the 80s have always been liked by many audiences, of course, you can't use them directly, you have to be close to reality and introduce some socially sensitive topics a little!

Forced demolition and rich second generation are both popular terms recently.

Weibo is gradually becoming popular, there are many rich second generations who show off their wealth, some people kneel and lick, and more people despise it...

These are the markets!

In the normal and mature film and television industry, there will not be so many people who turn a blind eye to such a big concept...

What kind of mainstream entertainment movies will be brewed in a film market with the largest volume in the world's film history, in fact, there is a blank in history.

No one could have foreseen it, and if it could, there wouldn't have been so many projects with huge losses!

It's like Wu Yusen filming "Manhunt", there are really many investors who think that this project can be profitable, and even give a box office expectation of 2 billion!

You say they don't understand movies?

They will say that you don't understand the status of "Manhunt" in the minds of Chinese audiences thirty years ago, which is called feelings...

Therefore, when everyone sees mature themes and mature concepts, they will rush to the top, and they will be so enthusiastic when they see that IP+ small fresh meat can make money.

So, a bunch of big directors can lie on the credit book and eat the old book...

In fact, if you summarize the blockbuster films in recent years, you can still find some common ground.

First of all, it can't be too bad. The quality of the movie should be acceptable, the production should be basically above the level line, and it should be entertaining. It must not be a bad movie with a lot of slots, it must have enough word-of-mouth fermentation and word of mouth to attract more people to the theater;

Secondly, it can't be too "good". This "good" is in terms of the artistic value of the film. You can't bend the high and the low, to paraphrase some people, it is "not pretending to be forced". Try to be as simple and straightforward as possible in the narrative and value expression, and try to attract ordinary audiences as much as possible.

There is no doubt that China's film centers are Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, but the birth of all popular models is inseparable from the blossoming of second- and third-tier cities and even fourth-tier small cities.

The audience to attract is the so-called "silent majority", which even highly overlaps with the audience of domestic TV dramas, and movies that are too artistic, ideological, realistic, and profound narrative will not be pleased;

Finally, and most crucially, it is related to a certain general social mood at the moment, "Big Man" has encountered three points at once, the Hong Kong film complex and the topic of forced demolition, and the rich second generation...

Movies are just an introduction, and the important thing is to resonate with the moviegoers.

Summary: Our market is not ripe enough, and the orange image eats the crab in the first bite.

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The quality of the movie "The Decisive Battle of Chama Town" itself is not too good, but it is not too bad, otherwise the original time and space would not have won about 50 million at the box office.

The problem is whether it is good or not, and the starring Sun Honglei and Lin Zhilin are too mismatched - Lin Zhilin's movies without acting in bed scenes will not be high at the box office!

and encountered the "Big Man" who killed the big guy, so it was a complete tragedy...

When a phenomenal movie is gaining momentum, it's hard to stop him!

It's like when "Avatar" came out, there were casualties everywhere, and none of the Chinese-language movies released from January to March achieved the desired results!

Orange Images has shouted out the final box office target of 500 million.

And this seemingly impossible number did not spark opposition from anyone in the circle - they all thought that "The Big Man" could really hit a new box office high.

On the 25th, "Ip Man Prequel" was released, Hong Kong filmmakers are very good at playing a bad IP, and finally a new IP called "Ip Man" appeared, of course, you have to drink soup quickly...

originally thought that this movie would at least get the results of "Ip Man", but unfortunately, it was a direct squib, "Big Man" collected another 24 million in a single day, and the single-day box office exceeded 20 million for eight consecutive days, with a cumulative box office of 260 million...

"The Prequel of Ip Man" had a box office of 1.2 million on the first day...