Chapter 268: The Storm

In October, after a short school season, the domestic film market reached a new peak again with the arrival of the National Day holiday.

After the seven-day long holiday, the Journey to the West movie "Three Dozen White Bone Spirits" still firmly occupies the championship, and the box office reached 950 million in nine days of release, which has entered the top ten in the history of Chinese films, and is only one step away from the billion mark.

The box office of the critically acclaimed "Detective Chinatown" has also risen steadily in the nine days since its release, and has exceeded 600 million in seven days so far, and it still retains the possibility of hitting the billion mark.

As for another "Legend of the White Snake" starring Li Lianjie, the box office has fallen all the way, the box office has fallen by 30 million in a single day on October 2, and the box office on the 7th has been less than 20 million, and the box office can reach 240 million in nine days of release, which is a failure compared to the investment cost of nearly 200 million.

However, according to Yangzi, chairman of Juli Film and Television Group, two-thirds of the cost of the overseas copyright of this film has been recovered, so it seems that it should be no problem to recover the cost, but it is a matter of how much you earn.

Two billion in nine days, an average of more than 220 million per day in the nine days when the box office of the entire National Day stalls was the most concentrated, which was twice as high as the summer stalls.

However, the summer file lasts for more than two months, and the National Day file only has a few days of outbreak time, so in the long run, the summer file is a little better.

However, before they could be happy for a few days, a news from across the ocean shocked the entire Chinese entertainment industry.

"Men in Black 3", "Ice Age 4", "Adventure in the Center of the Earth 2: The Mysterious Island", "The Expendables 2", "The Amazing Spider-Man", "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey", "Pacific Rim", "007: Skyfall" and several other Hollywood blockbusters will land in the domestic film market around Thanksgiving at the end of November.

The source of the news is no longer verifiable, and as soon as this news came out, it attracted the attention of the entire entertainment industry.

Later, after many inquiries from major companies, the authenticity of the news was also confirmed.

The domestic film market, which has just become a little deserted because of the National Day holiday, has been detonated again for a while.

Six of these eight films are sequels to blockbuster films, "Men in Black" is the famous work of black superstar Will Smith, and the first "Men in Black" in 1997 grossed nearly 600 million worldwide.

It's been nine years since the second part, and the film has already gathered a considerable number of fans through various means such as videotapes, and the third part is not expected to be much worse.

And Will Smith is also one of the several Hollywood superstars who are well-known in China, and his starring "I Am Legend" and "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" are also very popular in China.

"Ice Age", as the famous work of Hollywood's famous animation studio Blue Sky Studio, has been released three times so far, with global box offices of 3.8, 6.6, and 8.8 billion yuan respectively.

The box office that has been increasing year by year also shows that this series has withstood the test of the market, and it is estimated that there is no problem in ranking in the top ten of the year this year, and there is even hope of hitting a billion yuan mark, which is also a quite strong opponent.

Although "Adventure in the Center of the Earth" is not very famous, it only won 60 million at the domestic box office in 08, ranking only 20th at the annual box office.

However, the actor in the second part was replaced by the famous Hollywood tough guy Dwayne Johnson, coupled with the word-of-mouth of the first part, there is no possibility of a big hit.

As for "The Expendables 2", "The Amazing Spider-Man", and "007: Skyfall", it goes without saying.

A blockbuster that brings together Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Brusway History, and many other action superstars, these names alone are enough to draw audiences into the cinema.

Because Tobey Maguire didn't want to be fixed by Spider-Man and gave up the chance to be a superhero again, Columbia started the series again after four years.

Not to mention the super high box office of nearly 2.5 billion in the world of the first three films, Spider-Man is undoubtedly one of the most famous superheroes in China, and it is attractive enough whether the protagonist is changed or not.

"007", a real hero in the eyes of the British like Sherlock Holmes, has been more than 70 years since 1930.

As a typical example of a series of movies supporting a company, a big reason why the half-dead MGM can still be among the six Hollywood giants is that they hold the copyright of "007" in their hands, and they can always survive for a while when they can't hold on.

Although none of this series has a box office of more than one billion, and the highest is only "007: Casino Royale", which was released in 06, has a global 600 million yuan, but the previous "007" series have all ranked in the top ten domestic annual box office, which should not be underestimated.

The most important is of course the fantastic epic film "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" directed by Peter Jackson.

As the second director to win the Oscar with a commercial blockbuster, the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy has a global box office of nearly 3 billion, and after eight years, he came out again with the spin-off series "The Hobbit" of "The Lord of the Rings".

Seven blockbusters, each of which is no worse than "Mission Impossible" released in the summer, and it is not comparable to movies with no popularity foundation such as "The Smurfs" and "Captain Rice".

From the end of November, two movies will be released almost every weekend, plus several domestic blockbusters that were originally scheduled to be released in the Lunar New Year file, twelve blockbusters will be squeezed into these two months, and it is not an exaggeration to call it the most crowded Chinese New Year file in history.

Among them, there are no less than five movies that may reach the billion-level level, and this year's Chinese New Year file can be called a death schedule.

For a while, the major film companies held meetings to study the change of schedule.

For the theater chain, of course, it is painful and happy, this year so many blockbusters are released, they don't have to worry about not being able to sell the box office, but how to arrange the film schedule is enough to give them a headache.

As for the media and audiences, of course, they are happy to see it, and many people have added a few names to this year's viewing plan.

The media, fearing that the world would not be chaotic, threw aside the three National Day movies and began to warm up for the Chinese New Year.

For a while, the Internet was also very lively, what "Hollywood blockbusters are coming, can Chinese movies hold their ground?"

"Chinese movies vs Hollywood movies, who will dominate the domestic film market!"

"The heroes are competing for the deer, who will be the box office champion for the Chinese New Year!"

Such posts and news are flooding the entire network, and people are discussing this matter everywhere, but with the example of "Wolf Warrior" beating four Hollywood blockbusters, most people still believe in domestic movies.