Chapter 292: Box Office and Word of Mouth
Except for a few shaking their heads and muttering "What the hell is filming, it's too brainless", in general, the audience still recognizes "Little Master".
When the premiere day is over, there will naturally be movie reviews and discussions on the Internet, and the real reputation of the little master will be almost known by then.
Yang Yang was the last to walk out of the screening room, stayed in the manager's room for a while, and then moved into another screening room.
was released at the same time as "Little Master", as well as two Hollywood blockbusters - "Dinosaur Age 4" and "A Group of Agents".
Since he wants to grab the same piece of cake, Yang Yang naturally has to have a good understanding of the opponent's strength.
He watched "Fear 4" first.
Since the big upset of "Fear 1" and the popularity of "Fear 2", the quality of "Fear 3" began to decline slowly, and when Yang Yang finished watching "Fear 4", he completely understood that he could launch such a sci-fi masterpiece again only a year later, and the producers of "Dinosaur Age" were clearly taking advantage of the fact that its popularity had not completely passed, and the audience's aesthetic fatigue had not yet reached the limit.
The plot of "Dinosaur 4" still continues the nonsense and boring plots of the previous films, and as Yang Yang expected, the war between dinosaurs and humans has indeed expanded to outer space. However, more importantly, the biggest highlight of the "Dinosaurs" series, the computer special effects, also seems shoddy, and in many places they look like cartoons.
They can't be blamed for it, the sequel was launched again in less than a year, and the production was inevitably a little rougher.
When Yang Yang was watching the movie, he heard someone complaining frantically: "Is there a mistake, this dinosaur is too fake, right?" "Has the director changed, I feel that it can't be compared with the previous ones?"
When the movie was halfway through, there were even a few disappointed audience members who chose to leave, which shows how bad "Fear 4" is.
Yang Yang calmly watched the movie, although the level of "Fear 4" fell off a cliff, but the use of some special effects technology in the movie is still difficult for many domestic films to achieve, including "Little Master".
Yang Yang once wanted to shoot a science fiction film to break into the Hollywood market, but computer special effects have always been a threshold that he can't get around. The reason why Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters in the past life are so classic is that in addition to the unbridled imagination and brain-opening plot creativity, it is the shocking special effects.
If Yang Yang wants to reproduce those classic movies in his mind, he must first have an excellent film special effects team.
"Fear 4" ended the screening with a lot of scolding, and the audience frantically complained about its low-level bad production. Yang Yang was a little puzzled by the producer's murderous behavior, but this was good news for him and "Little Master".
Yang Yang walked out of the screening hall of "Fear 4", turned around and entered "A Group of Agents" next to him.
Spy war films are also a movie theme that has become popular in the past two years, such as last year's "Breaking Bad" and now "A Group of Agents", which have well followed Hollywood's consistent fine tradition - big productions, big scenes, and grandeur.
The tight plot that doesn't let the audience breathe from beginning to end, all kinds of cool flying car shootout shots, and eye-catching high-tech elements are all eye-catching.
Even from Yang Yang's point of view, the quality of this "Group of Agents" is excellent, surpassing last year's "Breaking Bad", and the style and charm are very similar to the "Spy in Spy" series in the previous life.
The audience also praised it unanimously, shouting: "It's exciting", "It's exciting"...
This can be regarded as a strong rival of "Little Master".
Since the beginning of the summer season on June 1, various films have launched fierce hand-to-hand combat, and the audience is feasting their eyes.
Yang Yang's new film "Little Master" sparked heated discussions among the audience as soon as it was released.
"Highly recommended! If you haven't watched it, you must watch it, Yang Yangshuai in this film is blown up!"
"The protagonists Yang Yang and Wu Yi have been playing handsome from beginning to end... But I still have to say, it's really handsome!"
"I was supposed to watch "Fear 4" that day, but I couldn't stand it anymore, and I bought a ticket for "Little Master" a long time ago. The result is surprisingly good-looking, Wu Yi is domineering, Yang Yang is handsome, and the two heroines are also beautiful, and the appearance of the starring actors is enough to pay back the ticket price. ”
"Logic Party, please take a detour, many details of this film are unreasonable, I guess Yang Yang should put all his energy on the viewing experience. This film sums up two words: very cool. Three words: very cool. I won't let everyone down. ”
"This film is really super happy, it is dripping, and my blood is boiling when I watch it. ”
"The special effects are pretty good, it's exaggerated, anyway, I think it's better than "Fear 4". ”
Unlike the unanimous praise received by "Those Years", the online reputation of "Little Master" has shown a polarizing trend.
People who like it shout that "Little Master" subverts the concept of traditional martial arts films, and makes a big scene of science fiction films, which is very rare; people who don't like it simply scold "Little Master" for being bloody, martial arts films are not like martial arts films, police and gangster films are not like police movies, science fiction films are not like science fiction films, all kinds of themes have to be stained a little, and the result is not like four things, which is too bad.
No matter whether there are many people who like it or scold it on the Internet, the box office of "Little Master" is still growing rapidly like a rocket.
broke 300 million in one week, 500 million in two weeks, and the one-month release period ended, which was close to one billion box office.
Well, the investment of "Little Master" is nearly ten times that of "Those Years", but the box office is not as much as "Those Years", does it feel a little unsatisfactory?
Actually, this is normal.
"Those Years" can have a box office of more than one billion, and the extremely high reputation is a factor, the actress Su Mo is a factor, Yang Yang's love affair exposure is a factor, and countless people are moved to choose three or four brushes is also a factor..
A myriad of factors have created the irreproducible box office myth of "Those Years".
On the other hand, "Little Master", in addition to the radish greens have their own loves, several other movies released at the same time also had an impact on the box office.
Moreover, this kind of brainless and cool movie with no lofty theme connotation is enough for the audience to watch it once, and you don't expect a large number of people to go back and savor it.
However, Yang Yang was very satisfied with this result.
This time he chose to shoot "Little Master" because he was willful, everything was completely original by himself, and without the success of his previous life, Yang Yang took a great risk.
Fortunately, it turned out that his idea was right, and the audience still bought it.
From this shooting, Yang Yang also clearly realized his various shortcomings in the directing process, there was no ready-made pictures from his previous life for him to refer to, and he did not handle many details very well.