"When I used to study, there were three things I hated the most: Zhou Guoping talked about philosophy, Lin Qingxuan talked about Zen Buddhism, and Guo Moruo wrote Qu Yuan. ”

After thinking about it, he added: "There is also Xu Zhimo's true feelings!"

"Now I'm afraid I have to add Zhu Da to talk about movies!"

The audience burst into laughter, and even a few sitting teachers smiled heartily, chatting with readers about this kind of stalk, they understand - courtesy, righteousness and shame Zhou Guoping, Lin Qingxuan with a smile, and Guo Moruo with iron bones.

"So you think a movie is a good movie as long as it sells well?"

"Of course not! The criteria for evaluating a good movie are too broad!"

Zhang Junsheng organized the language: "After the movie is released, how to evaluate it is the audience's business, there is a type of people, when they enter the cinema, they feel comfortable after watching it, this is a good movie, there is a type of people, they laugh when they watch the movie, they are happy like something, when they come out, they immediately change their faces, 'there is no practical significance; you don't remember when you laugh; you can only watch movies with brains." ”

"Let's not talk about the former category, let's talk about the latter category alone, they have a characteristic, all movies must be treated with the standards of "Shawshank" and "The Pianist". ”

"But they are also the food and clothing parents of filmmakers, no matter how poor they are, they also bought tickets, and in terms of status, they are naturally one level higher than the audience who sprays blindly without buying tickets!"

"As far as the current situation in China is concerned, filmmakers and ticket-buying audiences are actually on the same front, and it doesn't hurt to scold your own family!"

"Back to the topic, what is a good movie? It wants to make you laugh, and you laugh, and you laugh a lot. It wants you to cry, and you cry, and you cry fiercely. The story is still left with the director and the characters, this should be the most suitable movie for the current film market!"

After a pause, Zhang Junsheng asked rhetorically: "Has anyone seen "The Teeth of Love" released some time ago?"

Only a small percentage of the audience raised their hands...

That's right, Yan Bingyan's appeal has not yet been reflected, "Teeth of Love" is too literary...

"That movie is very well made, the plot is smooth, the actors' performances are also very good, and our company does the distribution!"

"In fact, after seeing the finished film, the company's distribution department was very difficult, because the movie had no selling points, and the director was also a completely unknown newcomer, if we hadn't found a breakthrough, it is estimated that the film would not have been able to sell at all!"

One student immediately asked, "What breakthrough?"

"I can't say this, it involves trade secrets!"

Xu Wenjing pulled the host over and reminded him in a low voice, the host nodded, and said, "Okay, the time is almost up, Director Zhang and they have to go to the mountain city later, come, let's have the last question." ”

A woman stood up: "Director, how much do you think the box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story" can be?"

"I think?"

"The total box office of general commercial films should be about three times the box office of the first week, "A Chinese Ghost Story" has a good reputation, and there are no competitors in the same period, so it is 3.5 times, 280 million!"

"Why 280 million?"

"Because the gun shot the first bird!"

At present, the first domestic movie at the box office is "Let's Watch the Big Round Ball", Lao Mouzi's work...

……

is like this, the "A Chinese Ghost Story" roadshow, the crew is divided into two, Zhang Junsheng, as the director, the task is to go into the campus and talk about the concept of film creation;

Zhou Xing and Xu Yan are responsible for the promotion of major theaters, they are the leading actors, and they are more suitable for facing the audience...

As Yuehua's first film produced and distributed, I can't pay too much attention to it!

The box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story" did not disappoint them!

130 million in the seven days of the National Day, temporarily ranking first in the annual box office list...

Su * Zhou, media conference, there is a question about the profitability of "A Chinese Ghost Story":

"200 million investment, judging from the books, "A Chinese Ghost Story" has not recovered its investment yet, right?"

"Don't mention this, I'm angry at the mention of this!"

Zhang Junsheng's face is engraved with 'depressed'...

"You may not know that the investor of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is Universal, we are responsible for the production, and the contract signed at the beginning, the Chinese box office belongs to us, and the overseas revenue belongs to Universal!"

"When I was in this contract, I thought that the overseas box office might not be good - after all, ghost stories, except for us Chinese, no one should like them. ”

"Yesterday, the company received news that the overseas box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story" has reached 80 million US dollars, and the box office in North America has reported 39.59 million, according to their estimates, the North American box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is likely to exceed 100 million!"

"Once the North American box office exceeds 100 million, DVD rental and sales and TV copyright income can add another 100 million..."

"Universal has made a lot of money this time, and we have lost it!"

"They kept urging us to shoot the next two films, and they even offered a production fee of $50 million!"

"Not this time, let alone 50 million US dollars, even 100 million US dollars, we will not agree, we must renegotiate, and we will also share it overseas!"

"This story educates us to cooperate with foreigners in the future, we must be careful!"

The reporters in the audience stopped talking...

I thought that Yuehua was just making money at a loss, but now I know that what people are doing is simply trading without capital!

Pretend to be like the wind, always accompany me!

……

"A Chinese Ghost Story" was indeed a big hit at the North American box office.

On the first day, 2,800 theaters opened and won $7.83 million at the first-day box office, directly occupying the first place at the box office...

There is a clear distinction between off-season and peak season in the North American film market, October and November are obvious off-seasons, and it is already a very good result to win 7.83 million on the first day of release in the off-season...

After all, "A Chinese Ghost Story" does not have a mass base in North America, and purely relies on global publicity and marketing and Zhang Junsheng's fame!

Released on September 30, October 1 happened to be Friday, and the box office score of 24.5 million in the first weekend was successfully won't be won the weekly championship, and there are no strong opponents in the market, "Jigsaw 4" will not be released until the 26th.

In second place is the "Game Plan"...

Disney's traditional family comedy, family series, unfortunately, didn't work very well...

As for "Resident Evil 3: Extinction" in third place, 18 million...

The popularity of the "Resident Evil" series in North America is not very common, let's put it this way, the "Resident Evil" series, the highest investment in a single part is only 50 million US dollars, which is not a big production!

However, North American word-of-mouth can't control the world!

I think of a group of people in later generations who always talk about North American word-of-mouth, every time a movie with a very bad reputation in North America is sold in China, they will say that we Chinese only deserve to watch bad movies!

And then what? Wait until Li An's "Billy Lynn's Halftime Fight" fails at the North American box office, and say that North America is not worthy of having Li An...

Nima, what does the North American audience have to do with you? What do they like to watch, and what do they like to do with you?

It's so wide!