In the Chinese film market in August, "League of Legends: The Company of Soldiers", which was postponed by the key, is still reaping the box office, with a total of 3.3 billion yuan and 540 million US dollars.

This achievement not only stimulated the Chinese film industry, but even the Yankees were a little confused and jealous. Because of this year's North American film market, the current summer champion is "Guardians of the Galaxy", which will be released on August 1, with a total of 270 million. The film's North American record for another time and space is $333 million, which obviously will take a few weeks to reach.

Although the current Yankees don't know the final box office of "Guardians of the Galaxy", it is certain that it is not as good as "Company of Heroes".

540 million, 270 million, dollars, twice as much!

The huge contrast between the Chinese mainland market and the summer box office championship results in the North American market has made many people even a little uncomfortable for a while.

Especially the Yankees, I still remember that "Avengers" was born in 12 years, and the North American summer earned 623 million US dollars. It's only been two years, and the market has been sluggish to this point.

To say that the "World Cup" affects the distribution, but mainly in Europe and South America, many films in the North American market are still scheduled to be released normally.

What's even more terrifying is that "League of Legends: Company of Soldiers" not only achieved unsatisfactory results in the mainland market, but also won $247 million in North America, surpassing the $244 million of "Transformers 4", and it has not yet been drawn.

For this reason, some media in the United States have called for "treating Chinese-language blockbusters the same way they treat our films." ”

He also pointed out that "Transformers 4" still won $13 million in the week before it was painted in Chinese mainland, but it was forced to paint and failed to postpone the screening, which is a typical "protectionism".

But this is only a media appeal, because the North American market is different from the mainland, the longer the release time, the higher the proportion of the theater company, which leads to the release of some popular films for as long as one or two hundred days.

Now "Company of Soldiers" can still win three or four million dollars a week, and the performance is acceptable, and the theater chain doesn't care who you win!

However, there are still people in Hollywood who are reflecting on how this year's North American summer vacation could be so miserable. Why did the Chinese-language "League of Legends: Company of Heroes" exceed $1.3 billion and win the global box office.

Some attribute the reason to the fact that the IP is too hot, and 2014 is when League of Legends is in full swing.

LOL global average daily users in January: more than 27 million. Global average monthly users: more than 67 million, global simultaneous online records: 7.5 million.

With so many game fans, changing to a third-rate Hollywood director to shoot can also make a billion 800 million dollars in the world!

For a time, the American media was full of this kind of argument. Look, it's our game that's popular all over the world, and movie adaptations will have this result. It can be seen that the way of thinking of "Lao Tzu is the first in the world, and everyone else is stupid" is a common feature of many ethnic groups!

Because some Korean directors also think so, saying that Lu Lin is nothing remarkable. It's just because "League of Legends" is popular all over the world, and it's just cheap. If you want them to shoot, you can also achieve such results.

This kind of argument has not been circulated on the Japanese side for the time being, but Toho Co., Ltd., which has cooperated with Longlin Pictures, proposed to buy the film and television adaptation rights of "Ionia Three Ninjas", and also wanted to make a live-action movie to test the waters.

But they feel that "ninjas" are unique to them, and it is not cost-effective to spend too much money, so the representatives sent have been arguing with Gao Hongze, the vice president of Longlin Pictures, and they have not come up with a result for a long time.

As for Southeast Asia, because there are many countries and a large population, there is a lot of everything. Those who advocate Chinese culture shout that Lu Lin is awesome, and Chinese movies are good-looking.

But there are also many people who are angry about the firepower of the aircraft carrier fleet at the end of the film, and even think that the import of Chinese-language films should be restricted.

As a result, the box office performance of "League of Legends: Company of Soldiers" in Southeast Asia is very average, and it is far less popular than "Hou Yi Shoots the Sun".

As for India and the Middle East, due to cultural reasons, some cannot be released at all, some are not popular, and the box office can basically be ignored.

On the European side, because of the Cannes screening and gamers, the overall box office of "Company of Heroes" in Europe is very good, surpassing the North American market to become the first overseas.

But here in Europe, it is also the place where "Company of Soldiers" is most complained about by fans. Many fans feel that it is a bit inconsistent to set the characters in the game as Chinese.

It is completely possible to find some European movie stars to join, and even some characters from foreign girls in cosplay games, and post them on the Internet to attract Lu Lin's attention.

And Lu Lin, who took the crew to Sweden to shoot the film, is even more sought after by female fans from all over Europe. After all, now that the EU is integrated, the whole is not big. Flying from Spain to Sweden is similar to going from southern Yunnan to Mukden in China.

A valley near Stockholm, Sweden. The scenery is just like depicted in "The Three-Body Problem", with snow-capped mountains in the distance, a lake in front of it, grasslands and forests by the lake, pure air, and a small manor centered on a villa.

The villas on the estate are built in the style of the 17th century, an estate of the old European aristocracy. It has a literary temperament, and the kind of embarrassment. Therefore, after paying a little rent, Longlin Pictures successfully rented this manor as a filming location.

Actually, it can be done with special effects. But when a big director makes a film, he has to be a bit of a big director after all. Like Jiang Wen, when filming "One Step Away", in order to shoot a beach shot, he first used real sand, which felt bad. With millet again, it doesn't work.

In the end, six tons of cornmeal were shipped to produce a rather dreamy "beach" shot. Lu Lin is now famous and has a big investment, and he has to spend a lot of money to make a film to promote it. Otherwise, just talking about how much special effects cost, fans have no idea in their hearts.

On the set, after a set of shots, an accompanying assistant called everyone to dinner, but in an open space that did not hinder the shooting, there were many special delicacies such as Swedish meatballs, cheese, princess cake, and dill pickled salmon on the long table. It was not provided by the crew, but invited by Jing Xiang.

Due to cost considerations, only more than 30 people went abroad in the crew. The lack of manpower and equipment was solved locally, and the total number of people added up was more than 50 people.

The cost of inviting the whole crew to dinner is nothing for a star, but I have to say that the young lady is full of pride!

Holding a small dish, he pricked a meatball with a fork and took a gentle bite. He also glanced at the more than 30 girls from various countries who were lingering outside the cordon. Jing Yan came to Lu Lin, "I didn't see it last time, you are quite popular with the girls here!"

Lu Lin took a bite of salmon before he smiled: "There are only a few people, if you appear in any city in China, you will meet more fans than these!"