Chapter 145: The Great Wall is Finalized (5/6)

The filming locations of "Wushuang" are Canada, Hong Kong and Thailand

The Canadian part is concentrated in Quebec, for no other reason than because it's beautiful!

Arrived in Montreal, Quebec on July 16th, and the shooting ended on July 21st...

Smooth is not like words!

Lu Xiaoran simply gave the crew two days off - not that it was finished, but Wen Ziren flew over from Los Angeles...

He came mainly to discuss the situation of "The Great Wall" with Lu Xiaoran...

The largest investment in orange manufacturing to date can't be smashed...

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Orange Manufacturing, Orange Imaging North America Branch.

Last year's performance declined, and the acquisition of A24 achieved a breakthrough in the Oscars, but the box office performance did not exceed 200 million... and even 150 million hits.

Last year, the two finale comedies of the summer file, "Wreckage of Life" and "Female Spy".

Judd Apatow's "Wreckage of Life" is of high quality, based on the real-life experience of comedy star Amy Schumer herself, which has received 85% praise on Rotten Tomatoes, and has earned $108 million in North America and $134 million worldwide, although it is not impossible to recover the production cost of $35 million, but it also failed to meet the company's expectations.

The star-studded cast of "Female Spy" includes the support of "Fat Sister" Melissa McCarthy, as well as the joining of stars such as Jason Statham and Jude Law. The quality of the film is also excellent, and the media score is almost the same as "Bridesmaids", but such a comedy masterpiece with excellent quality and luxurious lineup only collected $110 million in North America when it was popular, and failed to reproduce the style of "Bridesmaids" and "Spicy Police Flower".

Of course, relying on horror films and a bunch of sequel works, the overall result still reached an annual box office income of 860 million US dollars, and the money is earned, but compared with 2014, it is much worse.

This year's summer file simply focuses on horror films, "Hold Your Breath 2" and "After the Lights Out" cost less than 10 million, and both films also have an outstanding reputation, with Rotten Tomatoes freshness of 86% and 76% respectively (for horror films, higher than 70% is considered excellent).

At the same time, the box office returns of the two films are also super high, of which "After the Lights Out" has an investment of less than $5 million, and the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes has reached 76%.

More than $21 million was opened in the first week, and the cumulative revenue in North America was more than $65 million, more than 13 times the production cost, and its global box office reached more than 27 times the cost line.

Both Annabelle 2 and Human Cleansing 4 continued the success of their predecessors.

The reputation of "Annabelle 2" is maintained at a high level of horror themes, and as a horror film series, the Conjuring Universe has exceeded 100 million in North America for four consecutive years, which is rare in the history of horror films.

Of course, there is also a comedy this year - "Oolong Agent", with an investment of $50 million, $128 million at the North American box office and $214 million at the global box office...

It's the best grossing comedy movie of the year!

The North American film industry has basically formed a situation in which Marvel DC is facing each other, at least in the summer: the heyday of comic movies!

"Deadpool" and "Batman v Superman" before the summer season performed well, with a North American box office of more than 300 million US dollars, and in the summer file, "American Team 3" played against "Task Force X", the former broke 400 million North American tickets, and the latter also broke 300 million...

Wen Ziren was about to vomit blood with envy: "American Team 3", a movie that set a box office around the world, is enough for oranges to catch up for a whole year!

If you count it yourself, "Annabelle 2", "Human Cleansing Project 4", "Hold Your Breath 2", "After the Lights Out", "Oolong Agent" plus a box office is only $420 million...

The global box office did not reach $800 million...

There is no comparison!

Lu Xiaoran said that he could understand very well: "People are big productions, and the investment is so high, it is necessary to make a lot of money!"

“... Or Disney is comfortable, every time a character is launched, it will be at least $500 million worldwide, so if you calculate it, the Marvel series will last at least 30 years!"

Thirty years...

You're underestimating people!

won the 20th Century Fox, not only for 30 years, but also for the next 50 years to build around Marvel!

Lu Xiaoran shrugged: "Who let the family take the opportunity to win the copyright of the Marvel series..."

Without further ado, Lu Xiaoran asked him: "The Great Wall is done?"

"Well, that's it..."

"When are you going to go?"

"October 28th!"

“... October 28?

"In November, there was 'Doctor Strange,' 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,' and 'Moana', and in December, 'Star Wars,' 'Space Travelers,' 'Mars Rescue'..."

"Ahem..."Mars Rescue" will be released in December?"

"That's right, December 23rd!"

Lu Xiaoran was speechless: "You really look up to me!"

Nima, "The Great Wall" can't beat "Star Wars", so let "The Martian" fight?

"I'm thinking about it comprehensively, otherwise, I would have arranged for "The Great Wall" to be released on October 1st!"

“... Okay, you can rest assured that the mainland film schedule of "The Great Wall" is cooperating with Wanda, and we dare not guarantee anything else, but the film scheduling and publicity can still be guaranteed!"

"We can also win 2,400 theaters for "The Martian"!"

“... Am I worried about this?"

2,400 theaters opened...

There is an egg, "Fast Gunman" has 45,000 shows every day, and the average number of people per game is only 11, which is a shame!

Lin Er even tried to carry the box office movies after "Outwitting Tiger Mountain", "I Am a Passerby", "Fast Gunner", and "The Sword of the Third Young Master" are all loss-making...

Do you have a father like Wang Dazui, you can only go back and continue to play supporting roles, and you usually mix variety shows, post jokes or something...

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"The Great Wall" has a total investment of 150 million US dollars, and the screenwriter found Ran Ping and William Monaghan (representative work "Heavenly Dynasty")

According to Wen Ziren's setting, "The Great Wall" has been filmed at least three times, an epic fantasy masterpiece...

Lu Xiaoran didn't care about this, anyway, no matter how bad "The Great Wall" is, it can't be worse than Amou's version...

As for the scheduled release on October 28, he also thinks it is quite appropriate - this kind of big production, no matter when it is released, will cause a sensation, as long as the word-of-mouth passes, the follow-up box office will not be a problem!

The cost of 150 million US dollars, plus the publicity, is close to 200 million US dollars, how can the mainland box office get 1.5 billion, North America will get 100 million US dollars, and the global box office will add a piece of more than 500 million, even if the cost is recovered, if the reputation is guaranteed, the second part can be opened.

Of course, these have to be discussed with Wanda, after all, they are the biggest investors, and at the same time coordinate the publicity staff - Chris Evans was invited to play the male lead, and Da Tiantian is the female lead...

Why not find Matt Silly?

He's too expensive: Matt Silly is a member of the $20 million club, and Chris Evans is offering between $8 million and $12 million for other films except for the Marvel series.

Why is Da Tian Tian the female number one?

Nonsense, without Da Tiantian, is there still a need for "The Great Wall" to exist?

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