Chapter 301: Master
Half of the summer season has passed, and July of the domestic protection month has also begun to flatten.
"Painted Skin 2" was affected by three new films with a good box office, and after the box office exceeded one billion, it gradually did not rise, and the single-day box office was only two million.
The box office of "The Legend of Mortal Cultivation of Immortals" finally fell to 880 million, failing to break through the 900 million mark.
After the fifteenth, the box office of "The Legend of Mortal Cultivation of Immortals" was even a little higher than that of "Painted Skin 2", which was due to the fact that many authors under Singularity spontaneously released a single chapter to promote "The Legend of Mortal Cultivation of Immortals" in those days.
In those two days, the attendance rate of "The Legend of Mortal Immortals" rarely reached 80%, and if it weren't for the low film schedule, maybe it would have won the first box office championship since its release.
Among the other films, "Listener to the Wind" relied on super high word-of-mouth and finally won a box office of 320 million, which can be called a reversal.
Although the reputation of "The Four Famous Catches" is average, the popularity accumulated by Liu Yifei and Huang Xiaoming over the years is not ordinary, coupled with the bonus points of the villain Wu Xiubo's excellent performance, as well as Huayi's fancy to Huang Xiaoming, a lot of publicity expenses were invested in the later stage, and a large number of special tickets of nine yuan nine and nineteen yuan nine appeared on major platforms later, which stubbornly raised the box office of this movie to 290 million, which is close to 300 million.
The box office of the great director Chen Kaige's new film "Search" has successfully exceeded 100 million, and the total box office is currently more than 180 million.
Nine years later, "Farewell My Concubine" won the Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film and the Palme d'Or in the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival, bringing his directorial career to the peak.
But later, a "Wuji", also known as "A Bloody Case Caused by a Steamed Bun", squandered his reputation accumulated for more than ten years.
Since then, neither the well-received "Mei Lanfang" nor "Zhao's Orphan" have been able to bring him back to his original glory.
Maybe he'll never reach that height.
Thinking of Brother Chen Kai, a great director who could once be compared to Zhang Yimou, now falls into this field, he can't turn over because of a movie.
As one of the three major film masters in the mainland at the beginning of the new century, Chen Kaige's situation is enough to make all filmmakers vigilant.
is such a talented director, but he was once completely defeated by a little-known spoof video, and he couldn't turn over for a long time. For Chen Kaige, his experience was a bloody case caused by steamed buns.
Feng Xiaogang once said that a director like Chen Kaige should stay in the ivory tower and think about the spiritual issues of human beings and nations.
Among Chinese film directors, only Chen Kaige can catch the word heavy. But Chen Kaige didn't want to stay in the ivory tower, he wanted to come out to take a breath, so "Wuji" became Chen Kaige's first fierce charge against commercial blockbusters, but it was also the worst defeat.
The master is lonely, Brother Chen Kai is like the old man of heaven in Gu Long's pen, in that kind of supreme position, after all, because he has not eaten the fireworks of the world for too long, he suddenly wants to eat the food of the world, and chokes......
In addition to Brother Chen Kai, Zhang Yimou almost fell off the altar because of a "City Full of Golden Armor".
It's not good, fortunately, he is a little luckier than Chen Kaige, and a perfect Olympic opening ceremony in 08 brought him back to the top again.
However, the two big bad movies "Three Guns Shooting Surprise" and "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" made the name of the master completely fade from his head.
Perhaps now Feng Xiaogang is really qualified to be called a film master, the laughter and scolding of "Party A and Party B" back then, and "Big Names" began to occupy the champion of the Chinese New Year file for a long time in 01 year.
In addition to the Fung comedy he is good at, the two films "Assembly Number" and "Tangshan Earthquake" have made him transform perfectly, and as long as "1942" released this year is successful again, he can firmly press his two former companions under him.
and Jiang Wen, it seems that "One Step Away" has been filmed, and it is estimated that it will be released in the Chinese New Year, I don't know how it will be filmed......
"Knock knock!"
Just when Li Mu was thinking about Feng Dacang and Jiang Wen's new film, there were suddenly two hurried knocks at the door of the office.
"Come in!" Li Mu said as he put away his arm on the table.
"Mr. Li, it's not good!"
The door to the office was immediately opened, and before anyone could enter, they heard a frightened word.
Zhao Dong rushed in in a hurry and forgot to close the door, and said eagerly, "Oh no, Mr. Li!"
"Close the door!" Looking at the reckless Zhao Dong, Li Mu frowned.
"Mr. Li..."
"Close the door first!"
Zhao Dong wanted to say something but was interrupted by Li Mu, so he had no choice but to hurriedly close the door.
"Sit down and talk slowly!"
Seeing him like this, Li Mu knew that something big had happened, otherwise Zhao Dong, who had always been calm, would not have lost his temper so much.
Being tossed by Li Mu like this, Zhao Dong also realized that he had lost his temper, calmed down, and sat on the chair opposite Li Mu.
No matter how anxious Zhao Dong was in his heart, he reported bad news like Li Mu.
"Mr. Li, I just received the film scheduling plan for early August from major theaters, and only 26% of our "Looking for the Dragon" was scheduled on ......the first day," Zhao Dong said anxiously with a document.
Twenty-six percent?
"What's going on, isn't it only "Crossfire" and our "Looking for the Dragon" in early August that will be released, how can there be only such a little bit of film scheduling!" Li Mu took the document and wondered.
According to the release date that has been announced, "Crossfire" is scheduled to be released on August 1, Army Day.
On Thursday, August 2, "Looking for the Dragon" also began its world premiere.
Then there was the Hollywood blockbuster "The Hunger Games" on Friday the 3rd, and "Titanic 3D" on Friday the 10th.
The three films "Madagascar 3", "Spy 4" and "Prometheus" were released at the same time on the third Friday of the 17th.
Originally, Li Mu didn't want "Looking for the Dragon" and "Crossfire" to collide, after all, the two sides were cooperating.
The release of "Crossfire" on Army Day must not be changed, originally Li Mu wanted to let "Looking for the Dragon" be released on the 9th, so that the two movies were eight days apart, cleverly avoiding the period of box office concentration and explosion.
And twenty days is enough time to fully stimulate the potential of "Dragon Quest".
However, after the announcement of the world premiere of "Titanic 3D" on the 10th, Li Mu changed his mind.
After all, the two blockbusters "Crossfire" and "The Hunger Games" are about to occupy a large number of films, plus "Titanic 3D" only one day apart, the four movies will squeeze each other's market, and they will definitely lose out.