With the box office of "Journey to the West" soaring, the box office of blockbuster movies released in Hollywood summer has been affected.

Although Hua Na's killer "Harry Potter: The Half-Blood Prince" still received a super high box office of more than 72 million on the day of its release, because of the condemnation of Hollywood studios by Chinese netizens, the subsequent box office of this film fell all the way, and finally until the next release, the box office just exceeded 600 million, reaching 620 million.

The three movies "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic of China", "Devil Terminator 2018" and "Transformers 2", which were released before "Journey to the West", finally won a total box office of 630 million, 510 million, and 650 million respectively before the next release.

And "Journey to the West" showed strong stamina after the "Hollywood Film Company Mafia" incident, until the final release received a total box office of an astonishing 1.05 billion, and this vigorous summer box office war was completely divided into winners and losers by the beginning of August.

Peng Yichen and his "Journey to the West" are obviously the ultimate winners.

And Huimin Film and Television Group also became the seed contestant of the president of the Huaxia Film Projection Association at the end of the year because of the filming of this movie.

Of course, the first movie with a total box office of more than 1 billion in China has far more impact and impact on the entire film market.

Almost all the media in China put Peng Yichen's photo and the poster of "Journey to the West" on the front page on the second day when the box office of "Journey to the West" exceeded 1 billion.

Their titles have never been so consistent, all of them:

"Peng Yichen, China's first commercial director, created China's first 1 billion commercial blockbuster "Journey to the West"!!"

Peng Yichen, a very young director, editor, and actor who is a genius on his shoulders, has so easily sat on the throne of "China's No. 1 Commercial Director".

For many people in the film industry, it is incredible, and it feels like falling into a dream.

But they have to admit that in just over 4 years, Peng Yichen has unwittingly created countless Chinese film historical records.

"The director, screenwriter, and actor who was the first to shoot and participate in the first movie, with a box office of more than 200 million. ”

"The first director to shoot only 3 movies and the total box office exceeded 1 billion. ”

"The first actor who was only 24 years old and broke the box office record when he starred in a movie (Golden Jade House). ”

"The first director, screenwriter, and starring in a single film that has a box office of more than 1 billion. ”

And the garlic clove score of "Journey to the West" has not dropped much compared with when it was first released, reaching 9.1 points, second only to Zhang Reform's "Meng Jiangnu" and Chen Guozhong's "Terracotta Warriors", two classic Chinese movies.

Even Han Sanpin, who is a competitor, admitted in front of the media that Peng Yichen is the younger generation of directors he admires the most, and the "Journey to the West" craze is "the miracle of Chinese films in the 21st century." Using a movie to make people rethink their lives is where the real value of the movie "Journey to the West" comes in. ”

Of course, although the praise of competitors is pleasant, it is far less exciting than the actual thing, and in the end, the 1.05 billion movie made the entire Chen Jing Film Company happy to bloom.

Sun Yizou directly announced that the year-end bonuses of all employees would be doubled.

On the side of Huimin Film and Television Group, of course, it is also happy.

Gu Jiahui gave a big red envelope to all the members of the crew of "Journey to the West".

The least red envelopes were stuffed with 50,000 yuan.

During the celebration banquet, Gu Jiahui even joked to Peng Yichen: "Huimin Film and Television Company has made movies for so many years, and I don't make much money with the movie "Journey to the West", I think I can retire now." ”

"Now where is it this time, we can only go around in circles in the Huaxia market until now. I'll have to be busy in the future. Peng Yichen did not relax at all, and replied to Gu Jiahui with a smile.

Of course, not everyone thinks that "Journey to the West" is so amazing, and there are many film critics who pour cold water.

They have rebuked the film's amazing box office, which is just a by-product of the "Hollywood Mafia Scandal" on Weibo, and it is all kinds of online public opinion that hype up the movie, not that the film itself is not so valuable.

When the famous director Zhang Gengai was asked by a reporter about his own evaluation of this movie, he was very dissatisfied with everyone's comparison of "Journey to the West" with his famous work "Meng Jiangnu".

Zhang Gengai won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival with "Meng Jiangnu", and since then he has become a top director in China.

He told reporters: "The film "Journey to the West" is good, but it is not as good as others say, whether it is commercial or artistic, it cannot be regarded as a representative of Chinese domestic films. ”

Although the craze of this film has aroused the dissatisfaction of the older generation of filmmakers, it has not affected the mood of Gu Jiahui's senior executives of Chenjing Film Company.

The company has already made a lot of money because of this film, and it has also greatly launched the fame of the company's newly acquired film digital technology training center.

Many Huaxia film companies have approached them to inquire about the price of special effects, obviously seeing the wonderful special effects shots in the movie "Journey to the West", and want to add this special effects to their movies.

This means that in the future, the digital special effects center will not only rely on the profitability of Chen Jing Film Company's films, but also receive more special effects production projects, and even finally rely on its own profitability to complete the update and innovation of technology.

This is very good news for Peng Yichen.

After all, when he was filming "Journey to the West", he used so many special effects shots, and he also wanted to stimulate Huaxia Film Company to pay attention to computer special effects in the later stage.

Nowadays, so many companies come to inquire about the price of special effects production, which proves that Chinese filmmakers have slowly begun to pay attention to the use of film special effects technology.

And Gu Jiahui, chairman of Huimin Film and Television Group, was interviewed by some media through the movie "Journey to the West", officially announcing to the national audience that Huimin Film and Television Group, the overlord of the film industry, wants to bring Chinese films to prosperity.

This is not that Gu Jiahui feels good about himself, but the confidence that "Journey to the West" brought to him after the popularity of "Journey to the West".

You must know that although it has undergone two equity dilutions, Huimin Film and Television Group still owns 40% of the shares of Chenjing Film Company.

"Journey to the West" is a film produced by Chen Jing Film Company, and Huimin Film and Television Group also invested half of the funds. Therefore, the honor of this film is also the honor of Huimin Film and Television Group.

After the box office of "Journey to the West" broke 1 billion, even the leaders of the Ministry of Culture called him in person and praised Huimin Film and Television Group.

He promised that in the future, the Department of Cultural Affairs will focus on supporting some cultural film enterprises such as Huimin Film and Television Group and Chenjing Film Company.

And next year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film will also be reserved for Chen Jing Film Company.

This is great news for private film companies.

If you can get a nomination at the Oscars, it will immediately open the door to the North American film market.

If you are not careful to get an Oscar, it will be even more amazing, and the door of Hollywood will be open for you immediately.

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