Chapter 92: Surpassing "Transformers"
In the afternoon of the same day, on several large website forums such as Tianya, Sohu, Sina, and Blog, the news of the "Kung Fu Panda" seminar was openly discussed.
Many people in the industry know that Zhang Junsheng is on the peak!
Yuehua also followed a wave of publicity, of course, they promoted more "A Chinese Ghost Story"...
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On October 25, "Dialogue" was broadcast, and Zhang Junsheng once again staged a tongue battle.
At the scene, a certain audience member questioned: "I won't watch "A Chinese Ghost Story", I think that movie is too simple!"
Zhang Junsheng almost smiled: "Simple?"
"Then tell me about the Hollywood blockbuster movie, which one has a complicated plot?"
"Is the plot of Titanic, is it complicated, and why did it sell for $1.8 billion worldwide?"
The viewer replied, "Titanic" was a big seller because love is the eternal theme of human beings!"
"Yes, "A Chinese Ghost Story" also celebrates love, you didn't even watch it, wouldn't it be too much to criticize it directly?"
"Zhang Junsheng, you just made a movie, what qualifications do you have to compare with Cameron?"
"When did I say I wanted to compare myself to Cameron?"
"Then you just gave an example..."
"I'm giving an example because "Titanic" is the current global box office champion!" After a pause, Zhang Junsheng continued: "The North American box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is 120 million US dollars, is it true that the North American audience is mentally retarded? Do you have to watch a simple movie?"
Another viewer with glasses stood up: "I don't like "Titanic", I think movies are art, what I like is "Glorious Road", "A Clockwork Orange", "Eight and a Half Films", "Fang Ming Carmen", you may not have seen these movies when I am talking about..."
Zhang Junsheng couldn't help it: "I haven't seen it? Kubrick, Godard, and Fellini are compulsory courses in film schools, do you think I won't know the movie you're talking about?"
"I found a phenomenon, a chain of contempt, many viewers who have watched literary films look down on those who like commercial films, I don't understand where this sense of superiority comes from, watching a few movies is very powerful?
"Actually, I don't think there's really any need to pretend like that, and there's nothing to be ashamed of admitting that I like the products of business culture. What I'm afraid of is that instead of treating mediocre commercial products as elegant art, I am still complacent. ”
The host made a good point: "Then why weren't there so many bad movies ten years ago?"
"At that time, movies were not popular art, how many people were idle and said they wanted to go to the movies?"
"Film is born a contradiction, artistry needs a high degree of professionalism to support, and it is commerciality that supports professionalism. Therefore, in the film industry, the more normal practice is that the film company makes a commercial film, which is rotten and vulgar, but it can make money, and the money earned is used to squander literary and artistic films, and make money at a loss. ”
"You want me to say that the literary and artistic nature of "A Chinese Ghost Story" has no literary properties except for the composition and picture, but it is a big seller!"
"If you go to Douban and Time.com, you feel that Chinese audiences are very fond of art, and the level of art appreciation is particularly high. However, the films that sell well at the box office are basically commercial films! It is very difficult for literary films to sell well! The box office of "If Love" has reached 20 million, and it has already set a record for literary films!
"How much is the box office of Jia Zhangke's "The Good Man of the Three Gorges"? Do you know when he was released?"
"The total box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story" has reached 248 million!"
"Everyone scolds bad movies, I can understand that most people make movies mainly to make money, and the more people who are lazy and make bad movies, the fewer people who are conscientious about making good movies. Therefore, we have to boycott bad movies, but we can't boycott commercial films together!"
"You don't even have the idea of going into the theater to take a look, you read a few posts on the Internet, and you follow the trend, what if that post is deliberately smeared?"
"I have a friend who is like this, the National Day file, he went to watch "Sharpshooter Zhiduoxing", "Lottery is also crazy", "Iron Triangle", but he didn't watch "A Chinese Ghost Story", and he called me back and said that the Chinese movie was going to end... You like to watch bad movies, and it has something to do with Chinese movies?"
"One more thing, the development of the film industry is not driven by literary films, but commercial films!"
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In addition to "Dialogue", Zhang Junsheng also took Zhou Xing and Xu Yan to "Face to Face", and by the way, Xu Yan also went to the movie channel to do a light and shadow star podcast.
Stimulated by a series of TV promotions, "A Chinese Ghost Story", which had already decreased its enthusiasm for watching movies, ushered in a new wave of movie-watching craze, and the cinema was crowded.
Even many middle-aged and elderly audiences who usually don't live in movie theaters have walked into the theater...
It has brought a lot of non-stock audiences!
The box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is also getting higher and higher, and finally, the box office of the new week is released, and "A Chinese Ghost Story" has ranked the box office champion for three consecutive weeks with 60 million in a single week, with a cumulative total box office of more than 260 million...
is stable, there are still about ten days before the release of "Spy 3" and "Die Hard 4", and this cycle is enough to bring the total box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story" to 290 million...
It is unlikely that it will exceed the 356 million of "Titanic", but it will exceed the 280 million of "Transformers", and there is absolutely no problem!
can even surpass "The City is Full of Big Wave Girls" and sit on the top spot in the mainland box office of Chinese films!
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In fact, in late October, many new films were released, "Food Story", "Brothers' Alliance of Life and Death", and "Soul Chariot 1", but unfortunately none of them could stop "A Chinese Ghost Story" from harvesting the box office!
"Brothers' Alliance of Life and Death" deliberately used four of the 'Five Tiger Generals', and Bona's box office expectation for this film is over 100 million...
Then it didn't reach 20 million in the first week...
Yu Dong was about to cry!
If you just look at the box office for a week, you will feel that this result is not bad, 16 million, in this era, it is already a big hit!
But "Brothers' Alliance of Life and Death" claims to have invested 50 million, and according to the current state, the total box office may be 30 million, which is absolutely bloodless!
"The main line is reasonable, and the performance is not bad, but there is nothing outstanding other than that, the biggest problem is whether the exciting scene is not exciting - "The Beijing News"
The evaluation is very reasonable...
The biggest problem is not only the plot itself, but also because of the collision schedule with "A Chinese Ghost Story"!
Although the target group of watching the movie does not coincide, the ticket price is too expensive, 50 yuan a ticket, and the consumption potential of students and young people is limited, many people would rather watch "A Chinese Ghost Story" twice than watch "Brothers' Alliance of Life and Death"...
As for "Soul Chariot 1", Cage's appeal is not so strong, besides, "Soul Chariot 1" is indeed a bad movie...
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As of November 5th, Yuehua Media, which has been pressing the news, announced the news that the total box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story" in 36 days was 298 million, surpassing "Transformers", and by the way, Lao Mouzi was taken down...
"A Chinese Ghost Story" broke the record of "The City Full of Golden Armor" and became the highest-grossing domestic movie!"
"A Chinese Ghost Story won the championship, and the new generation of directors carried the banner of domestic films!"
"A Chinese Ghost Story" has a box office of 296 million, and the king of domestic film box office is born!"
In all kinds of continuous reports, Zhang Junsheng's popularity has climbed to the peak!
Zhang Junsheng publicly wrote on Weibo: "Director Zhang is the filmmaker I admire the most, and what he sees is not only a movie, but the future of Chinese films." He is not only a director, but also a guide for Chinese films. If it weren't for the stock audience he driven, the cinema would have closed long ago!"
That's right, it's Weibo!
And it's also Yuehua's own Weibo!
Zhang's mother was immersed in making games and couldn't extricate herself, and she couldn't toss new things at all, Zhang Junsheng was fed up with the days without Weibo, so he simply made one himself!
Anyway, this thing doesn't have any technological content, the most important thing is to promote...