"Didn't I say it, there are too many niche works of Dark Horse Comics, just make them into American dramas, there is no need to buy them!"

By the way, he added: "The year before last, Freman also said that they would make a live-action film adapted from a fairy tale, what was the result?"

Disney's fairy tale blockbuster "Fantasy Forest" in the spring season achieved amazing results, with more than 100 million in the first week, and finally exceeded 360 million in North America and 960 million US dollars worldwide.

I thought this was a good start for this year, which was particularly rich in fairy tale adaptations, but who knew that the four live-action fairy tale movies in the summer file were all received coldly by the market.

The highest-grossing of the four live-action fairy tale movies in the summer is Warner's "Tarzan Returns: Dangerous Jungle", despite the director of the "Harry Potter" series David Yates, which not only has a dismal reputation, but also has a North American box office distance of more than $50 million from the cost line.

After three consecutive defeats in "Jack the Giant Catcher", "Peter Pan: Dream Starts" and "Tarzan Returns", Warner may be lost on the road to childhood reform.

Disney, which has a large number of fairy tale IPs, has three fairy tale blockbusters released during the summer season, namely "Alice in Wonderland 2", "Dream Giant" and the remake of the classic animation "Peter's Dragon".

As a result of this campaign, companies may turn cold in their attitudes towards such themes.

"The tastes of the market are changing rapidly, and we insist on horror movies + action movies..."

"I mean, many of the works of Dark Horse Comics are similar to Lionsgate in terms of positioning!"

“… Adult-oriented?"

"Yes!"

If you think about it, it's true...

Even DC has Vertigo, a sub-brand created for heavier comics that tend to be bloodier, more thriller, or have more nudity than the comics in DC proper. His works include "Sandman", "V-Word Vendetta", "I Am a Zombie", "History of Violence", "Hell Detective" and so on.

Representative works of Dark Horse Comics: "Hellboy", "Sin City", "Witch's Blade"...

Maybe the next big thing is an adult-oriented comic adaptation!

After thinking about it, Zhang Junsheng asked, "How much do they offer?"

“… $600 million!"

"Yo, the price has been reduced?"

Wen Ziren explained: "... Marvel has been too strong in recent years, and the box office of "Hellboy" has not been very good..."

"It can be acquired, but it must be mothballed for a few years..."

"I know. ”

……

In fact, there hasn't been much of a film library at the peak.

Even if it acquires the rights of thousands of films attached to Lionsgate and Artisan, those are all works with obvious characteristics of the times, such as "Assassination of Kennedy", "Assassination of the World", "Assassination of the World" and the like...

Many people say that the era of action movies is over!

The 90s of the last century was the best era for action movies, just like today's "comic" movies...

Also, when special effects and CG technology have not been able to change the times, the "explosive era" supported by hardcore action movies is definitely the hottest box office explosive in the box office market, and its status is higher than that of later special effects blockbusters!

But who let the summit enter too late...

Failed to get the gold mine of Marvel.

Fortunately, the "Expendables", "Hurricane Rescue", and "Resident Evil" series, including "Ace Agent", can be regarded as setting up an ace at the top...

The producer of "The Expendables" is Lionsgate, and when Summit buys Lionsgate, the investor of "The Expendables" is naturally the pinnacle - of course, there are quite a few negotiations.

In addition to horror films, the projects that have really made money in the past few years are a bunch of youth-oriented movies, such as "Twilight", "The Hunger Games", "Divergent"...

The most unexpected is the "Fifty Degrees" series.

From "Fifty Shades of Grey" to "Fifty Shades of Darkness" to "Fifty Shades of Fly"...

"Fifty Shades of Grey" sold $570 million worldwide;

to the third "Fifty Degrees of Flight" 100 million in North America and 368 million US dollars worldwide...

Both word-of-mouth and box office have declined...

There's no way, it's impossible to fight the real army, no matter how the plot is made, it's hard to come up with new ideas...

Lao Mei is still quite conservative...

The greatest contribution of the "Fifty Degrees" series is to divide the spirits of people all over the world.

While angrily denouncing the obscenity, everyone secretly watched, raised their postures, and opened their eyes...

At most, two points will be revealed...

But the box office performance of this series is still the best among the current R-rated films, and with a single film cost of only 50 million, it is likely to be the most profitable R-rated series of all time.

I'm thinking about whether to start another series...

But the focus is still on the original big production.

Aesthetic fatigue inevitably occurs in superhero movies, which is good for the pinnacle!

Maybe the next outlet is the adult direction of manga...

……

In August, Yuehua head office.

Zhang Junsheng is in a meeting.

"The Wandering Earth" was released for 40 days, with a cumulative box office of 4.22 billion, and the single-day box office has already dropped to about 1 million, and the number of films scheduled is pitiful...

"The Big Secret of Pets" takes over "The Wandering Earth"...

I always have to give other movies in the mainland a little respite...

The producers of "The Big Secret of Pets" are Illumination Entertainment and Yuehua Animation, the latter of which participated in the production...

In recent years, the animation works produced by Lighting Entertainment have basically been produced by Yuehua Animation, nothing else, cheap and durable!

The annual salary of Yuehua Animation's top animation studio is only 800,000, which is less than 200,000 dollars when converted into dollars...

This is also the main reason why Lighting Entertainment has been able to insist on controlling costs!

Last year, under the leadership of the three head Chinese comic works of "The Return of the Great Sage", "Kung Fu Panda 3", and "My Master Jiang Ziya 2", as well as animation works such as "Despicable Me 3" and "Minions with Big Eyes", the total box office of animation movies reached 8.9 billion, and the box office results of animation movies reached 16% of the total box office!

Anime movies have ushered in the best stage of development!

Yuehua releases at least five self-developed animation works to the market every year, as well as one or two co-produced animation films...

"The Big Secret of Pets" has a good momentum, and it may be able to win 500 million box office results...

In fact, "Full-Band Blocking Interference" has been produced and is scheduled for the New Year.

"Now the audience is very disgusted with small fresh meat and the like, what is the reason?"

"Shoddy, a bunch of people think that as long as there is a little fresh meat, the movie will definitely have fans to pay, this is not right, mainstream movies must be large-scale commercial films, fan movies, literary films, and independent films should only be ancillary!"

“… I said this five years ago, Yuehua will only make mainstream movies!"

Tang Ningyu took over the topic: ""The Wandering Earth" proves that we already have the strength to make big-budget sci-fi movies, and the next step is to carry out a series of developments around the work of 'Liu Cixin'!"

Zhang Junsheng reminded: "... Pay attention to coordinate the schedule with other companies..."

“… You think too much, at present, we are the only ones in China who have the strength to produce a big movie with a cost of more than 100 million US dollars!"

Brother Song suddenly interjected: "... I heard that Anle Film and Television and Lu Chuan teamed up to create a big movie?"