Chapter 181: Help as much as you can
At the end of June, the summer file has entered the beginning, and in the May Day file that ended not long ago, "Spider-Man 3" won the 2007 May Day champion without accident, with a total box office of 150 million, and it is currently the annual box office champion in the mainland.
Another Hollywood blockbuster, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", ranked second with a score of 35 million, which is also the only film with a box office of more than 10 million in the entire May.
Now the highlight of the summer file, "Transformers 1", "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", two heavyweight blockbusters, as well as "The Fuse", "The True Colors of Men", "The Secret That Can't Be Said", "The Sun Also Rises", "Heaven's Mouth" and other competitive movies have not yet been released.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: The End of the World", which was released in mid-June, is already the only blockbuster on the market, and after half a month of release, it can still earn nearly 2 million box office per day.
Shabby!
On the high-speed train from Beijing to Guazhou, looking at the entertainment newspaper in his hand, Liu Dong can only use these two words to describe the summary of the domestic film market in the recent period.
There are only a handful of movies with a single-day box office of more than one million, and there are less than 20 movies with a total box office of more than 10 million in the first half of the year, and two Hollywood blockbusters "Harry Potter" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" with a box office of more than 100 million. This made Liu Dong, who was used to the fact that the single-day box office often exceeded 100 million yuan, and the total box office exceeded 1 billion before it was a big hit.
It seems that the box office of "Fuse" and "The True Colors of Men" together will be difficult to break 100 million.
Liu Dong looked at the newspaper over and over again, and when he was a little bored, he looked at Li Manyu, who was closing his eyes and recuperating on the other side, and said loudly, "How is the matter with Wu Jing, has it not come to fruition after so long?"
"What's the hurry!" Li Manyu opened his eyes and said lightly, "He hasn't found an actor yet, and the crew hasn't even set up a shelf, Berner will definitely need time to review it, but if everything goes well, he will have the results within a week after he has formed the crew!"
After Li Manyu finished speaking, he closed his eyes again, which made Liu Dong a little strange, "Why don't you give me about popular science distribution now?"
"This has nothing to do with you now, you don't need to know so much!" Li Manyu said.
Suddenly, Li Manyu broke away from his eyes, stared straight at Liu Dong, and asked, "Why do you want me to help Wu Jing this time?"
"Well, he helped me!" Liu Dong said in a daze.
"Then why don't you offer to play a role in his movie, the action movie is just right with you!" asked Li Manyu again.
"......" Liu Dong was silent.
"Do you think there is a high probability that his movie will fail?"
"......" Liu Dong is still silent, he does have this idea, if he makes that "Wolf Warrior" in 15 years......
To be honest, Liu Dong also thought about playing a role in friendship, but that idea was immediately put to the back of his mind, and now he is on the rise, every movie is crucial, and "Wolf Teeth" will not be popular because of his joining.
At that time, he had another idea, saying that Wu Jing would change the theme and shoot "Wolf Warrior" in advance, but it was still vetoed.
Not to mention the cost, the time is 8 years in advance, there are too many unknown factors, the success of "Wolf Warrior" is not only the movie itself, but also the distribution, publicity, and opponents in the same period are all factors that determine the new factor.
And without the training of "Wolf Teeth", Wu Jing, who was in charge of the guide tube for the first time, can still shoot the original "Wolf Warrior".
Also, excellent military war TV series such as "Bright Sword", "Soldier Assault", and "My Regiment Commander, My Regiment" have only been broadcast for less than two years, can movies with the same theme attract audiences?
There are too many unstable factors, Liu Dong can't rashly suggest, otherwise once "Wolf Warrior" comes out in advance and fails, then there will still be the glory of "Wolf Warrior 2" after Wu Jing?
So all he can do is give a little help as much as he can, and with Bernard's release, the box office should be a little higher than the original.
According to the cost of 3 million mentioned by Wu Jing, the mainland box office needs nearly 10 million to make a profit.
Liu Dong doesn't remember what the box office of this film is, it seems to have millions, and he also took millions in Xiangjiang.
In this way, it should not be a loss and help him keep the house.
Unexpectedly, Li Manyuan didn't mean to despise him, she nodded in agreement, "It seems that you have matured a lot, I'm afraid that you will participate in Wu Jing's film as soon as your head is hot!"
"Don't you think I'm ungrateful?" Liu Dong said strangely.
"Do you have anything to be sorry for him?" asked Li Manyuan rhetorically.
"No, but..."Liu Dong said hesitantly.
"If you are really going to star in that "Wolf Teeth", I will be disappointed, not only will you not be able to help him, but you will also harm yourself. ”
"It's okay for friends to help each other, but within your own ability, it's the stupidest thing to put yourself in!" Li Manyuan said solemnly.
Li Manyuan's words made Liu Dong suddenly brighten up, and his originally gloomy mood was much better, and he didn't blame himself so much in his heart.
As she said, the wolf tooth who would have been "Hitting the Street" could not have exploded at the box office because of her joining. The best situation is that after the distribution of Berner's agent, the box office is a little higher, and I have one more "bad movie" that no one watches.
"I'm in a much better mood, thank you for your enlightenment!" Liu Dong smiled and stretched, it was still a little uncomfortable to sit in the narrow space of the high-speed rail soft sleeper for a long time.
"How can you be so sentimental with your woman!" Li Manyuan shook her head and laughed.
"Then I didn't see you being sentimental, aren't you tired of tensing your nerves all day?" Liu Dong said disapprovingly.
"You just don't have to cause me a little trouble, I have a bad premonition this time in "Three Kingdoms: Seeing the Dragon Unloading the Armor", I'm afraid it won't be so simple!" Li Manyuan shook her head and said.
"Don't worry, I don't have any big enmity with Hong Jinbao, he can't do anything to me, and I took a look, there is no rivalry between Deng Zhi and Luo Ping'an, he can't find a chance!" Liu Dong comforted, signaling her to rest assured.
"I hope that's the case, I won't go back to the capital during this time, everything has been arranged, I will stay here at the sweet potato for half a month, and then go back together when "The True Colors of Men" premieres. Li Manyuan thought about it and said.
Liu Dong nodded and stopped talking, and began to close his eyes and recuperate.
After about 4 hours of high-speed rail, Liu Dong and his entourage arrived in the small city of Guazhou County, where there is no airport near the city, only a high-speed rail station.
The living base of the crew of "Three Kingdoms: Seeing the Dragon Unloading the Armor" is in Guazhou, and the main exterior filming location is in Subei County, which is next door to Guazhou County, where most of the exterior scenes will be filmed. After that, I had to travel to Lanzhou, Squatting and other places.