Chapter 454: The Great Explosion in Europe and the United States
After a day of release, the Douban score of "The Killing of Gods in the Company of Soldiers" dropped to 6.9, but the single-day box office was a record 411 million (including 60 million at midnight).
Some media commented that Lu Lin's works are still irretrievably in the dilemma of rising box office and declining word-of-mouth like Hollywood blockbusters.
For example, the "Transformers" series, the first global box office was 700 million US dollars, Chinese mainland 290 million, and comic 8.2. By the time of the fourth part, the world exceeded one billion dollars, Chinese mainland 1.9 billion, and the comic valve was only 6.6.
As for "Change 5", Douban is as low as 4.9, and the reputation is so bad that it basically collapses.
Recalling the astonishment of "Change 1" and the goodness of "Change 5", which made people sleepy, film critic Yin Sisi asserted that Lu Lin's series of blockbusters would inevitably follow such an old path. Maybe you won't need five, and it is estimated that the next one will be unsustainable.
This statement is still very marketable, after all, everyone makes bad movies, and Zhang, Chen, Jiang, Feng, and Xu have all missed.
Since the debut of "The Return of the Great Sage", Lu Lin has not yet come out with a film that has been collectively scolded by the audience, which is too alternative.
In the past two days, there are not too many film critics and netizens on the Internet, but the box office of "The Killing of the Gods" has continued to skyrocket. Overseas, there are frequent good news.
In Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, the box office on the first day did not fluctuate much compared with the upper part, and was basically flat, which was surprising in the European and American markets.
In North America, "The Killing of Gods" opened in 3,868 theaters and grossed $38.78 million on the same day, surpassing the $31.83 million of the animated film "Pet Secrets" released on the same day.
The main reason for achieving such good results is that Hollywood's market has been weak in the past two years and special effects blockbusters are not powerful.
For example, in the 2016 North American summer in another time and space, there were only 4 movies with a cumulative total of more than 300 million US dollars, "Finding Nemo 2", "Captain America 3", "Pet Secrets" and "Task Force X".
Among them, "Sea 2" was released simultaneously in China and the United States in mid-June, "American Team 3" was released as early as May, and "Task Force X" in August, which was not in direct competition with "The Killing of the Gods".
"The Big Secret of Pets" was released on the same day, but it is a family-friendly animated movie, and there is no conflict between genre and audience.
The rest of the sequel films such as "Independence Day 2", "Star Trek 3", "Spy 5", and "The Conjuring 2" have a cumulative box office of less than $200 million in the North American market.
One more thing to mention is that in order to curry favor with the Chinese market, the filmmakers of "Independence Day 2" actually asked Yang Tianbao to play soy sauce in the film, but it was a mess in the mainland market.
In fact, in terms of popularity alone, Yang Tianbao, who does not have the blessing of "Running Man", is not as good as Yingbao, Fat Di, and Du Xiaorao of Longlin Pictures. However, there are also American filmmakers who asked them to make cameos, but they were rejected by Lu Lin on the grounds that they had too few scenes to be worthwhile.
In addition to the opponent's lack of strength, the peers set off, another reason why "The Killing of the Gods" in the North American market is - angels.
European and American countries basically belong to the Christian civilization system, and angels are a very important concept in Christian civilization. But I don't know if it's because of the fear of religious influence, or for other reasons, except for some films with individual angels, there have not been a group of angels fighting demons.
In "The Killing of the Gods", the clip of Morgana vs. Keisha was not particularly enthusiastic in the mainland market. But in Europe and the United States, it can only be described as hot.
On various social networking sites and software, there are short videos about beautiful angels everywhere. Keisha, Angel Hiko, Angel Chase, and even the demon Morgana, all have fans.
Film and television forums, media and newspapers, are also about the analysis and report of "The Killing of the God of the Male Soldier Company".
"Los Angeles Times" published: "Yesterday, the famous Chinese director Lu Lin's new film "The Killing God of the Soldiers" was released in the United States, and the film focuses on the demon king Morgana and the god of death sniping the king of the gods, Divine Keisha. Among them, the holy and beautiful angel has won the love of countless fans, and has triggered a movie-watching boom......!"
In some film and television forums, some people are even more curious to ask: Why are the angels in the film all women, and where are the male angels?
American netizens speculated and opened their brains, but some people thought that it was similar to the setting in "Company of Soldiers", the male angel failed in the struggle and was banished by Keisha!
The news was transmitted back to China, which attracted the interest of mainland netizens and went to Lu Lin's Weibo for verification. Assistant Gao Wen also checked Lu Lin's Weibo from time to time, and finally couldn't help but ask.
"Oh, I didn't go anywhere, the original setting was all female angels, and as for what happened to men, I haven't thought about it yet!" Lu Lin prevaricated.
In fact, he remembered the plot setting in the "Company of Soldiers" anime, but the problem was that the film set that the male angel king was shameless and uninhibited, and his name was Hua Ye. If this is filmed and brought to Europe and the United States, I am afraid that it will cause some disputes.
In these years, except for the decline of Taoism, the rest are not easy to get along!
In addition to the North American market, "The Killing of Gods in the Company of Soldiers" also performed very well in European countries, which shows the magic of cultural differences.
It is estimated that these gringos are in the same mood when they watch the angels in the film, just like we watched Po in "Kung Fu Panda". Where can their own things be used by others to make their own money.
Another unexpected thing is that Gully is on fire. Promoted to the first line at home, emerging abroad, and famous.
The main reason is that the angels are very eye-catching in the film, but only the angels of Guli Nazha are played by real people, and the rest are all digital and virtual, so fans focus their eyes on Nazha.
In addition, the opening scene of Angel Chase is amazing, and the facial features are three-dimensional, and it instantly has fans all over the world. For a time, many domestic and foreign media reported about Gul Naza.
On this day, in the office of Lu Lin of Longlin Pictures, Gao Wen entered the door and said: "Director Lu, Miss Nazha called, asked if you were there, and said that she wanted to come up to you!"
Lu Lin was a little surprised, looked at the watch on his wrist, and said, "Okay, you can call her up!"
After a while, Gu Li, who was wearing a light blue shirt and a white skirt, entered the door. Lu Lin got up and smiled: "Come here!"
Nazha put the bag in his hand on the sofa and mumbled!
Lu Lin said: "What, there is something to find me?"
Gu Li Nazha thought for a while, and suddenly said: "My contract with Tang Ren Film and Television is about to expire, and I want to join Longlin!"
In fact, Lu Lin's cooperation with Nezha first began in "Breaking the Sky". At that time, Nezha had just graduated from college, and he was still quite excited to join Lu Lin's crew. I also want to be able to join Longlin Pictures like Reba.
didn't know that something went wrong in that regard, she waited until the series was filmed, but she didn't receive an invitation. had to join Tangren Film and Television, but joining Longlin's banner became a regret and a thought for her.