Chapter 535: September
When "The Romance of the Dragon and Snake" was filmed intensively, the Chinese film market also entered a relatively dull schedule, September.
"Wolf Warrior 2" exceeded 5.7 billion at the end of August, although it was postponed, but with the successive releases of "Star Agent: City of a Thousand Planets", "Extreme Car Theft", "Dunkirk", and "Spider-Man: Homecoming", there is not much room for growth. It is expected that when the painting is drawn, it will exceed 5.8 billion.
In other words, this number is still regretted by many domestic audiences, almost 6 billion! When will a Chinese-language film appear with a single mainland box office exceeding 6 billion!
Then again, 5.8 billion is enough to make the audience talk about it and make the directors look up.
There is a way that there are many people who are popular, although Wu Jing was also very popular in the past, he can not participate in variety shows much, and there are not many works, and he is a little worse than traffic stars after all. But this time the box office of "Wolf Warrior 2" exploded, and he was completely popular.
One more thing to say is that despite the operation of Longlin Pictures' overseas distribution department, the overseas box office of "Wolf Warrior 2" is still not very high, with a total of $176 million.
Compared with other domestic works, it's still a past achievement. Compared with other works of Longlin Pictures, 176 million is too little.
It can only be said that the "cultural difference" is still quite crucial, and a work like "Wolf Warrior 2" that clearly expresses pride in China's strength will not be welcomed by the European and American markets by nature.
Just like the American version of "Wolf Warrior 2", the 14-year North American box office champion, "American Sniper", which tells the legendary story of the Navy SEAL sharpshooter, was not released in Chinese mainland at all.
Therefore, it is not uncommon for "Wolf Warrior 2" to not be treated by the United States.
"Wolf Warrior 2" became popular, and online porcelain incidents also occurred frequently. Feng Xiaogang and Zhen Zidan were both involved in a battle of mouth because of "Wolf Warrior 2".
In September, this was the famous director Chen Kaige, and some netizens said: Director Chen Kaige shouted "Wolf Warrior 2" and wanted to compete. After that, the official Weibo of "The Legend of the Demon Cat" refuted the rumors, saying that Director Chen had not been interviewed in the past five months, which was groundless.
According to common sense, this should not be done by Director Chen, because it is not beneficial. Nine times out of ten, the film side of "The Legend of the Demon Cat" made a ghost, as soon as the news came out, many netizens knew about "The Legend of the Demon Cat", and there were few things to do to promote this province!
There is also a porcelain "Wolf Warrior 2", which is directed by Li Chen and starring Fan Bai. Many manuscripts on the Internet continue to write the box office myth of "Wolf Warrior 2" at every turn. The title itself is quite funny, are you "Battle 3", use you to run out to continue the legend?
Because Longlin Pictures' special effects blockbusters dominate the summer, and because of the domestic film protection month, Hollywood blockbusters that are squeezed into September basically choose the early and mid-month.
And by the end of the month and even the end of the month, it is basically the world of Chinese films.
Especially in the three days of the 29th, 30th, and 11th, a total of ten movies were released, and the competition could not be called fierce, but miserable. Among them, the lineup is acceptable, and there are hot spots such as "Sky Hunting", "Sewing Machine Band", "British Showdown", "Chasing the Dragon", and "Iron Fist of Shame".
Lu Lin has no dealings with Li Chen and Fan Bai, and on the side of "Sewing Machine Band", there is a participation in the performance of Gu Li Nazha, as the boss, he wants to go to the show.
Brother Cheng Long promised to make a cameo appearance in "Romance of the Dragon and Snake", and he was in debt to "British Showdown". "Chasing the Dragon" is starring senior brother Zhen Zidan, who will also make a cameo, but he still has to go to the scene. "Iron Fist of Shame" has little to do with him, but Jing Xiang likes to watch comedies, even if he doesn't go to the premiere, he can't run away from the movie theater.
On the 19th, "Chasing the Dragon" held a media viewing meeting in Beijing, and the premiere ceremony was held in Beijing on the 20th. is different from Longlin Pictures' routine, in order to increase publicity, the premiere ceremony of producer Fang Bo Na is separate from the film, and more than once, media viewing meetings will be held in many places before the screening.
Lu Lin didn't have much time to go here, so he asked Jing Yan which one he wanted to attend. The young lady cooperated with Zhen Zidan in "Special Mission", and thought about it: "We can go to the theater to watch the film when we are fine, let's go to the premiere, we can help them publicize it!"
"Okay, just listen to you!" Lu Lin made a very helpless appearance, but in fact, he wanted to go to the premiere. After all, I have watched that movie before, not to mention, and I have also watched the original version of "Lame Hao".
Perhaps in order to pass the review, the main plot of "Chasing the Dragon" was changed, and it is more than a little worse than "Lame Hao". starring in this piece, Zhen Zidan is not as domineering as Lu Liangwei.
On the afternoon of the 20th, Lu Lin handed over the crew of "Romance of the Dragon and Snake" to director Lin Yujun, asked her to shoot some scenes that were not heavy, and then took Jing Yan to the premiere of "Chasing the Dragon".
Ordinary domestic films are still not as willing to spend money as Longlin Pictures in terms of publicity, and the premiere of "Chasing the Dragon" was held in Bona's theaters, not stadiums. Because the venue is small, there is no red carpet show.
Lu Lin Jingyan arrived at the scene, and Huang Minfang, the secretary of the board of directors of Bona, came out to greet him, still the elegant appearance of the past, glanced at the young and beautiful Jing Yan, and then thought about Lu Lin and said: "Director Lu, Miss Jing, welcome, you two can come to the scene, thank you so much!"
Lu Lin smiled: "Longlin Pictures is one of the shareholders of Bona, and we have been old friends for many years, so it is right to come over!"
In the process of Bona's delisting and privatization from the U.S. stock market, Longlin Pictures bought a part of the shares and was considered a low-ranking shareholder.
Huang Minfang seemed to react, and hurriedly said: "Look at me, I'm old, I can't react, and I said the wrong thing again." It's a loss to be with Director Lu, if it's someone else, it will be a shame!"
Lu Lin knew that she was a face-to-face person, and when she spoke politely, she could speak for a long time without repeating the same, and said, "Then let's go inside!"
Huang Minfang nodded, and walked into the waiting area with Lu Lin and Jing Yan. Andy, who was waiting in the rest area, had a good look in his eyes, and hurriedly got up and came over to shake hands, "Director Lu, welcome, welcome!"
Zhen Zidan was a little slower, shook hands with Lu Lin, and patted his shoulder again, showing that the relationship was closer.
"How was the filming of the series?" asked Zhen Zidan.
"Shoot slowly! It's not going very fast!"
Andy obviously also knew about Lu Lin going to shoot a TV series, and asked in Gangpu: "Guoshu Liu, like the past "Hero Huo Yuanjia"!"
Lu Lin nodded, immediately patted Zhen Zidan on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Well, there is also "Chen Zhen" played by my senior brother, they are all the same type, and it is very enjoyable to fight!"
"Wow, that's your real kung fu, like me, you can only put on a show. Is there a fancy role on Director Lu's side, I can make a cameo when I'm not busy!" Andy said with a smile, looking very affinity.
Lu Lin smiled: "Okay, there are a lot of characters in this film, Brother Hua, if you meet other friends in Hong Kong, help me ask by the way, see who is more interested in this!"