Approaching the New Year, the 2011 Spring Festival stalls have officially begun.

Originally, at this time, it was still in the category of Chinese New Year stalls, until the explosion of "Thai Embarrassment" last year, which made the Spring Festival holiday, which was not very popular in the past, burst out with amazing box office potential.

The number of moviegoers in February last year was also second only to December and July, ranking third in the year.

The Chinese New Year file is already tense, with five or six blockbusters released a month, and there are super strong opponents every week.

At present, the Spring Festival can produce such a high box office, which is naturally targeted by many distributors.

The action blockbuster "New Shaolin Temple" co-produced by China Film, Bernard, Huayi, Shaolin Temple Culture Media, Henan and Yinghuang was released in China on January 19.

The box office in the first 5 days was more than 100 million points, which is not bad.

Immediately after the Chinese New Year's regulars "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: The Year of the Rabbit" was released two days later, and a total of 55 million were received in three days over the weekend, and breaking 100 million is not a problem.

This is the third animated film in the "Pleasant Goat" series, except that the first one did not break 100 million, and last year's one also broke 100 million.

The continuous success of Pleasant Goat may also have stimulated the animated film market, and another animated film "Old Master" was released on the 27th, but the box office on the first day was less than 500,000.

The movie version of "Wulin Gaiden" was released on the 26th, and it got a box office of 16 million on the first day, and this adapted film with a cost of only 20 million can be said to be a great success, and there is no problem with breaking 100 million.

The film adapted from the well-known cartoon was successful, and the TV series adaptation that was popular in the ratings was a big hit at the box office, and many people were eyeing the adaptation project for a while.

Businessmen are like that, they go with the flow.

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On the afternoon of February 1, the comedy film "Modern Times" starring Xu Zheng reported the premiere ceremony in Beijing, and Tang An also took a few hours to visit.

Not only Tang An, but also Wang Zhongjun, Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, Song Ge, Li Ming.....

The CEOs of major film and television companies came, and Liu Bing, the former deputy director of Yuedong Optoelectronics and chairman of Zhuying Group, was also present as a producer.

"Hello Chairman Liu. ”

Tang An shook hands with Liu Bing and said hello to the few of them.

"It's rare for a few people to get together. ”

Why don't Tang An know what they are doing, if Xu Zheng's movie is successful, he will definitely propose a high share of the embarrassing series, and if he doesn't make trouble, he will collapse with Tang An, and then they may have the opportunity to win over Xu Zheng, a talent who can direct and act.

"Hehe, Tang Dong has been a big deal lately, I heard that you are going to adapt "Ghost Blowing the Lantern"?" Yu Dong asked with a smile.

"Yu Dong is well-informed, and he is already preparing. "Tang An didn't hide it.

Wang Changtian asked, "This film is not easy to shoot, is Tang Dong sure that he can pass the review?"

"As long as everything can be explained, and there are no ghosts or anything, it's still okay to pass the trial. ”

There is a stubble chatting without a stubble, and everyone is in a good mood for the New Year.

Berner and Guangxian were relatively stable after they went public, and although Wanda Pictures did not make much progress in the early days, there were no problems.

Xiaoma is preparing to go public, and Li Ming is also in a good mood.

However, Wang Zhongjun was very unhappy, some time ago, Huayi, as the leader of the film and television industry, took the lead in initiating a lawsuit to the court, but was scolded by netizens.

But he can't show it in public, cracking down on piracy is a good thing for them, all major companies in the circle are involved, and Huayi is the leader of the largest film and television company in the industry.

Soon the main creators of the crew walked in from the red carpet outside, and Wang Zhongjun actually put down his body and took the initiative to greet him and chatted with Xu Zheng.

Tang An didn't care, the premiere was about to start, so find a good seat and sit first.

Yu Dong sat down beside him and looked at Wang Zhongjun, who was chatting with Xu Zheng over there, "Tang Dong, this Wang Zhongjun seems to value Xu Zheng very much, I heard that we met privately two days ago." ”

"Wang Dong cherishes talents, aren't you Yu Dong too?" Tang An smiled.

Tang An looked like he didn't care from beginning to end, but it made Yu Dong scratch his head, could it be that he really didn't care about Xu Zheng so much, or was so confident in himself, sure that Xu Zheng would not leave?

Yu Dong shook his head secretly in his heart, and didn't say anything about it, but mentioned another thing.

"It is said that Xiangjiang's Xinghao Media found Han Dong and is ready to remake the 3D version of Journey to the West, with an investment of 500 million, what does Tang Dong think?"

"I've also heard that making blockbusters is a good thing, the theme of Journey to the West has a wide audience, and it depends on the director's ability. Tang An nodded.

"Havoc in Heaven" has begun preparations at this time, and the investment is said to be 500 million, but 250 million of the special effects fees have been exchanged for full copyright in North America.

Originally, Tiangong Yicai also wanted to take it, but the film investment was too large, so Han Sanping and Xinghao still chose the special effects company in the United States and gave up the North American copyright in exchange for the special effects fee.

said that it was a special effects fee of 250 million, and only God knows how much the specific special effects company spent on it, director Zheng Baorui was born in B-grade films, where do you understand special effects.

This film costs a lot more special effects than "Edge of Tomorrow", after all, it is all special effects shots.

However, the special effects side all chose to build models and CG production, and there were basically few real scenes, which was too fake.

Making money must be making money, but Tang An is not much interested, with this money, it is better to invest in other movies, engage in a new director training program, and tap some capable new directors.

Yu Dong originally had the intention of investing, and it didn't matter if the cost was high, but the cycle was too long, and in more than three years, a small profit was equivalent to a loss, and the distribution right had to be divided equally with China Film, so it couldn't be drawn.

It didn't take long for the premiere to start, and Xu Zheng, as the producer and starring, seemed full of confidence and shouted the slogan of 500 million box office!

Then at the beginning of the movie, the plot still has not changed, Xu Zheng and Zhang Zifeng's "father-daughter matching" is the main line, but the daughter is two years younger than the original.

Almost all laughter occurs in the conflict and communication between the two people, and in this setting, the gap between the two people in terms of age, personality, outlook on life, etc., is convenient for creating a bridge of dramatic conflict. More importantly, a daughter is the reason and meaning for the actor to reconstruct his real life and inner world.

Just like in "A Tiger", the confused Liu Dehua decided to fight another punch after knowing that he had a daughter, and in "Modern Times", the third-rate liar played by Xu Zheng decided to perform a magic trick seriously for the sake of his daughter.

There are a lot of laughs and burdens, and there are basically all that should be there, and what should be said is basically said, and it is basically a process from laughing to crying, and finally satisfying.

But it's not too amazing, it's a passing comedy.

Some viewers who watched this movie with the expectation of watching "Thai Embarrassment" may be disappointed.

In the end, the box office was passable, relying on Xu Zheng's fame to get 12 million on the first day, and pressed several other movies to become the box office champion of the day.