Chapter 855: On the Eve of the Storm
Many people may ask, since "I Am Not the God of Medicine" can stage a low-cost counterattack myth, why can't "Heroes of the Three Kingdoms"?
This brings us to the subject matter.
On the one hand, although "I Am Not the God of Medicine" is based on real events, in fact, this film is still an original script.
In terms of plot, the audience is unfamiliar with it.
Secondly, "I Am Not the God of Medicine" is a modern film, not a costume film.
Although costume films have a certain market potential in China, it can even be said that China's costume films have always had a good market performance.
But actually, costume films have ceilings, and the ceilings are not very high.
Looking at those costume films in film history, although in the early days, when the market was small, costume blockbusters were indeed very good, but after the market broke out, the box office of costume films never set a record or anything.
What does a record-setting film look like?
It's a sci-fi blockbuster, it's a romance movie, and it's a film like "I'm Not the God of Medicine".
And not a costume film!
What's more, it's a historical war film.
is another film adapted from romance like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
"Heroes of the Three Kingdoms" certainly has a lot of fan base, but the limitations are also obvious.
In such a film, it is actually difficult to shoot a plot that is too surprising. As for the scenes, it can be operated, but can it be compared with those sci-fi blockbusters?
However, "Heroes of the Three Kingdoms" is indeed a film above the level.
Although the audience score of the film and television library has not reached more than 9 points, it has been maintained at about 8.5, which is a very rare high score for a historical war drama.
On April 23, the national box office was only 280 million! This is still the highest daily box office in April.
"Heroes of the Three Kingdoms" accounted for more than 80% of the box office.
240 million!
The box office of "Heroes of the Three Kingdoms" on the first day still surprised many people.
Not too low, but too high!
Of course, the total cost of the production cost of "Heroes of the Three Kingdoms" plus the publicity and distribution cost is close to 400 million! In terms of box office, it must reach at least 1.2 billion at the box office to recover the cost.
The box office on the first day was actually passing, more than 200 million a day, which seems to be a good number to reach, but this is just a normal situation.
But tomorrow "Six Paths" will be released nationwide, and you can imagine what kind of impact "Heroes of the Three Kingdoms" will encounter at that time.
Tianmeng has already set the number of films scheduled for "Six Paths", at least 80% of the films.
And other theaters are almost all more than 50% of the film schedule.
It's not that everyone is not optimistic about "The Heroes of the Three Kingdoms", but "Six Paths" is a co-production, and it has a higher score for the theater, followed by "Six Roads" obviously has more potential than "The Heroes of the Three Kingdoms".
Even if the box office of "Heroes of the Three Kingdoms" on the first day is already hot, especially in such an off-season, this result is really good.
But in the face of a super production with a cost of more than one billion Chinese dollars, "Heroes of the Three Kingdoms" can only become cannon fodder.
Even on the day of the release of "Heroes of the Three Kingdoms", the stock price of Ling Xiao Ge fell by nearly five percent instead of rising.
It's no wonder that everyone is not confident, it's not that our army is too incompetent, but that the enemy army is too strong, and it's completely crushing.
There is no hope at all, dear!
If the opponent is just a film with a production cost of more than one or two hundred million, then everyone will not be so unconfident, but it is a movie that is even higher than your production cost in terms of special mantissa and even publicity costs.
Moreover, it is also a movie directed by Li Bin, although Li Bin has not made much achievements in domestic films, but people have been in Hollywood for many years, although there are street hits, but they have also been sold well.
The key is that many Chinese people have a fascination with Hollywood giants, especially those who add and advocate the Hollywood model, and they think that the projects of Hollywood giants will only be invested after how much data screening and data investigation, so the probability of failure is very low.
In front of such a movie, how do you make everyone have confidence in "Three Kingdoms"?
If "Three Kingdoms Heroes" was directed by Lin Xiao himself, maybe everyone would still have a little confidence, but the key is, not this time.
Cao Mingzhu is full of ambition.
She didn't think that Lin Xiao still had the possibility of a Jedi reversal this time.
Although the box office of "Heroes of the Three Kingdoms" was not bad on the first day, it was nothing more.
After all, "Heroes of the Three Kingdoms" is a film that Chinese officials pay attention to, so giving a day of buffer is enough to save face, right?
But that's about it.
Li Bin is also full of ambition, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, although he spent a lot of public relations expenses, but the effect is quite good.
He also got the directing rights of a triple-A production with 200 million US dollars.
Li Bin has actually made a lot of films before, and ten years ago, he was full of spirit and successfully entered Hollywood with several films with obvious Li style.
It's just a pity that the next few films failed, and he, who has been shooting commercial films, began to transform into literary films.
Then after the Golden Globe Awards, he finally got the opportunity to direct a triple-A production again, although a large part of this opportunity was that he personally helped the film bring in an investment of 100 million US dollars, although the money may not come from so right, but this is the unspoken rule in the circle, isn't it?
He has great ambitions for the film "Six Paths", not only commercially, but also artistically.
Tomorrow is the day when "Six Roads" will be released in China, Li Bin can be said to be full of ambition, he actually looked down on the Chinese film industry earlier, if nothing else, because of the Chinese film market, which has only developed in the past few years.
It's just that unconsciously, no filmmaker can ignore the film market in Huaguo.
Even many Hollywood big productions have begun to add a lot of Chinese elements to the film, and "Six Paths" is also, the script was not written by him, but a product of Hollywood screenwriters.
However, many of the theories in the "Six Paths" can be explained by the traditional culture of China, although not all, but they are enough.
And there are enough Chinese elements in "Six Paths", although Li Bin has never considered himself a Chinese, but externally, he has known what he can and cannot say in public since he became famous.
Li Honggang has been proud of the spring breeze recently, and was photographed by Li Bin, and appeared in the Hollywood 3A production of "Six Roads", although the salary is not much, although he is actually just a small match with a few more lines than playing soy sauce, but for Li Honggang, or for many stars in China, this is a very, very big opportunity.
Well, to be exact, Li Honggang used to play with those little stars who didn't enter the stream at most, but now, Li Honggang has been able to make an appointment with a cannon that can at least be called a little star.
That's a huge step forward, isn't it?
Of course, Li Honggang still knows the severity, he knows that he can't let go of himself in the recent period, so he adheres to his character of a tough guy uncle and male god, and is abstinent!
This was actually quite unbearable for him, but in order to make his future forts of higher quality, he still endured.