Chapter 432: "Assembly Number" VS "Vote for the Name"
The hit screening of "Juno" continued to earn $8.52 million on the weekend of its fourth week of release in North America, ranking 6th on the TOP10 list, and overseas markets have also begun to be released one after another. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
This movie may not be as popular as "Inception" and "The Hangover" at the box office, but its impact is far-reaching. It easily raised a group of new actors, including Nina in a supporting role, and now they are starting to take the lead. Andrew even took over the leading actor in a big drama like "Transformers", and even the purely Asian Yang Ying began to have directors send her an interview invitation.
In the Chinese mainland market, it was also released as scheduled.
This is the biggest difference created by this film, because in the previous life, "Juno" could not have been released in China at all.
may have learned from this kind of experience, so Hu Yifei did not give an order to launch a huge publicity for the release of "Juno" in China, but just followed the routine process. But as long as this movie is marked by Hu Yifei, and it surpasses "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" at the North American box office and is another masterpiece that breaks 100 million, it will not be ignored by fans, so its release can definitely get a good box office.
In today's family film industry, overseas companies may not have many films, but domestic companies are busy.
The filming of the two TV series "Step by Step" and "Palace", as well as urban TV series such as "Struggle" and "Naked Marriage" have been prepared to start filming, which is the most prolific in the TV drama industry over the years.
The news of "Assembly Number", which is jointly invested with Huayi Brothers, has been completed and is entering post-production. Feng Xiaogang called Hu Yifei and wanted to come to the American digital field company to supervise post-production, and Hu Yifei naturally gave him the green light. Another domestic blockbuster "Casting a Name", directed by Chen Kexin and gathering nearly half of the biggest stars in the entertainment industry, is still in the final stage of filming, and is currently tentatively scheduled to be released at the end of the year.
The total investment of the two films is almost more than 400 million yuan.
"Assembly" uses newcomer Zhang Hanyu as the leading actor, and adds a few more family film teams, the cost is not high, but it also costs 100 million yuan in investment costs. "Vote for Fame" cost nearly $40 million, which can be regarded as an out-and-out domestic production in recent years.
$40 million, compared to the cost of "Juno", can shoot two "Juno". But "Juno" has now grossed over 100 million dollars, can "Vote for Fame" generate a box office of 200 million US dollars?
To be honest, this kind of investment, in the Asian market, Hu Yifei does not have much confidence to recover the cost. It seems that in the previous life, the movie "Vote for Fame" was boasted in various ways, and it seems that in the end, it didn't make any money, most of it was a loss to make money.
But when the company has developed to this point, it can't continue to shoot small-budget comedies to make a small profit, and sometimes winning awards and getting a name are essential. The family film industry needs this kind of domestic production to be lowered, and Hu Yifei also let it go.
In addition, he has many channels to make money, and his distribution ability is also increasing day by day, and his radiation capacity in Asia is absolutely second to none. If you want to recoup your costs, it should be much easier than in your previous life.
As long as it's good, it's always good.
The whole company may not be able to produce as many films as a year like the Hollywood Big Six. But in China, it is already the number one.
Along with it, Hu Yifei's status in the Chinese entertainment industry has also risen.
So this time "Juno" was released in China, even if Hu Yifei did not appear, he also invited Angelina Jolie to go to China for a friendly trip. Coupled with the starring role of the movie, led by the new Huadan Yang Ying, he disliked the entertainment frenzy at the beginning of its domestic release.
After the release, it really lived up to expectations.
Hu Yifei's fans don't have a date or dinner on this day, and watching "Juno" in the cinema has naturally become their first choice.
On the day of the premiere, Angelina Jolie's surprise appearance, as well as the support of a group of pretty actresses from the family film industry and several powerful actors, made the entire film industry as lively as the New Year.
Even when Li Huizhao went to the cinema at the invitation of Yang Ying, she found that the cinema was like a jar full of fish, which was very lively.
She originally wanted to stay at home with Xiao Shujun (Charlotte's Chinese name) today, but Scarlett finished filming and ran to meet the child. She could only reluctantly hand over the child to her own mother. Fortunately, Scarlett just came over to take a look, and she was going to shoot the next scene. Although she is a little jealous, she is also a woman, and she naturally knows a mother's concern for her children. Although Scarlett doesn't look like the type who can't live without her daughter.
The movie does not have a Chinese version, but domestic audiences are used to listening to English and reading Chinese subtitles, which does not seem to hinder.
The living habits in the film are very different from those in China, as well as the way in which teenagers are disposed of after they become pregnant, which makes mainland audiences very novel. The occasional laugh also caused the theater to burst into laughter.
"A good movie!"
"It's worthy of Hu Yifei!"
"Good looking, funny...... But it's also limited to foreign countries. If you do this in China, you will definitely drop out of school and be punished! ”
After watching it, many viewers complained.
Even the undercover agents of film and television companies, such as Zhang Weiping, are quietly watching, and after watching it, they are jealous: "This kind of film can also be sold for 100 million US dollars?" I feel that the big names are all interested in cameos, but it's not a blockbuster. ”
That's why Hu Yi is popular, he was originally born in a low-budget comedy, and now he is going to Hollywood, picking up the old routine again, and still making a lot of money. Wait, according to the law, it's time to make a blockbuster rise. ”
The domestic box office in the first week was 80 million, although it was not high in Hu Yifei's movies, but there was a National Day holiday in a row, and there were not many movies that could compete with it in the same period. According to expert assessments, the final box office is expected to be 200 million or more. This number is already among the top three in China.
Other film companies are also jealous, and Huayi Er Wang Wangyang sighed, "The family film industry is now completely complete...... I don't know if Feng Cannon can catch Hu Yifei's ride this time. ”
For domestic audiences, the most impressive thing is Yang Ying's performance.
This lucky little girl, the first memory of the domestic audience, is the inexplicable scandal with Hu Yifei. After that, he was lucky enough to star in the mythical blockbuster "Inception" and became an instant hit, and he took the lead in this movie and became a rising star. Although her acting skills are still to be discussed, her appearance and physical condition have the potential to become popular, and many directors have focused on her, including Xu Ke, who is preparing a new film adaptation script for Hu Yifei.
Recently, Tsui Hark has visited many domestic cultural relics circles in order to create an original "Ghost Blows the Lantern" series of films.
But when he prepared for it, he found that this project was really huge, which made him a little bottomless.
Many of the professional terms of tomb robbery in the movie are easy to solve, but according to Hu Yifei's requirements, the endless monsters, all kinds of almost mythical legends, and a wave of scientific terms must be forcibly explained, at least so that foreigners can understand it, then it will be annoying.
Although there are many rumors in China that "Feng Shui" is scientific, and most people believe it, there are too many things to understand with modern scientific knowledge. It can only be attributed to the inability of modern science to explain...... This kind of talk is open to discussion. Feng Shui has been passed down in China for thousands of years, and most people can accept it. But if it is filmed ambiguously, it can only be released in China, and it will be extremely difficult to get out of China (North America). No matter how well it is filmed, it is at most similar to "A Chinese Ghost Story", which is not what Hu Yifei wants.
Xu Ke and Hu Yifei have similar opinions, both strive to create a Chinese "Raiders of the Lost Ark" story.
This time, with Hu Yifei's capital and technology, and a good IP story foundation, it can be described as a good opportunity to rise. Xu Ke also cherishes it very much. Therefore, I dare not make conclusions easily.
After watching this "Juno", Yang Ying, an actress, came into his eyes and helped him make up his mind. After he went home, he picked up two scripts, one was "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", and the other was the story "Di Renjie" detective series that he had told Hu Yifei.
He decided to shoot "Di Renjie" first to test the water, which can be regarded as a sentinel battle for "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". picked up the phone and dialed Hu Yifei's number.
"Mr. Hu, are you busy?"
It's night in China, it's just afternoon in North America, Hu Yifei is filming, it doesn't matter if he's busy or not, "Director Xu, you're filming, it's going to be finished soon, what's wrong?" ”
"That's the case, I can't pay attention to "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", or I decided to shoot the detective story "Di Renjie" you mentioned before to try it out, which can be regarded as an experimental film for the filming of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp".
The story of "Di Renjie" is probably told to him by Hu Yifei, so it is naturally clear. He himself thinks that it doesn't matter if he makes these two movies, with the current technology, it can be solved. It's just that how to shoot and shoot are different in the form of appearance, which is in the middle or west. But since Xu Ke was invited, he naturally had to be respected, and he didn't have time to shoot himself, which was the point.
After thinking about it, he replied: "Yes, then your script is ready?" ”
"Of course, I'll fax it to you when I get back. But I'm going to borrow an actor from you? ”
Hu Yifei laughed and said: "Who is so lucky to be able to get into the eyes of Director Xu Ke?" ”
"It's your beauty, a Hong Kong actor, Yang Ying. I heard that she is taking on a lot of dramas now, so I will book it for you in advance. ”
Hu Yifei was slightly flustered, he didn't know very well how many scenes Yang Ying had taken on recently, but there was no doubt about making the decision, "Okay, you tell Han Mi, I'm going to go back to China to shoot domestic scenes." Let's talk about it together. (To be continued.) )