Chapter 190: Rivalry
"The Matrix" broke into the domestic film market, and Huayi and Columbia, which were in charge of domestic distribution, couldn't sit still.
Huayi Company, as an upstart in the domestic entertainment industry, has invested in several movies this year, Feng Xiaogang's "Mobile Phone" can only recover the cost, and the expenses are down, but it actually doesn't make much money, and other movies also have gains and losses, and the results are not too ideal, and "Kung Fu" starring its artist Feng Feng Xing can be said to be the company's top priority, just counting on this movie to make money, China Film and Huaying's approach is undoubtedly to grab food in the bowl, which is related to the problem of jobs, Huayi has to pay attention to it.
Columbia Pictures, as one of the eight giants of Hollywood, is the first film company to enter the country, in recent years, actively cooperate with domestic film companies, make movies together, and are quite interested in promoting kung fu movies, "Kung Fu" is produced in this context, for this film, the person in charge of the company's Asian side is very optimistic, thinking that it has the strength to compete with Hollywood blockbusters, and now facing the challenge of China Film and Huaying, of course, it will not stop.
As soon as Huayi and the person in charge of Colombia discussed, they immediately sent people to negotiate with major domestic theaters on the issue of film scheduling, because "Kung Fu" performed very well in the first two days, beating other movies and breaking domestic records, it is impossible for the theater chain to make money without making money, so the negotiation went smoothly, and the two sides quickly finalized the plan. In order to protect small and medium-cost films, the government stipulates that the maximum number of commercial films cannot be higher than 40 percent, and literary films are slightly higher, and can have 45 percent of the film schedule, of course, those main theme films are not in this range.
Forty percent of the film schedule is very satisfactory to Huayi and Columbia, even if the box office of the film will drop every day in the second week, the increased number of films can also slow down the process, plus there are other arrangements, it should be enough to deal with "The Matrix", after solving the problem of film scheduling, the two companies sent people to send hundreds of copies to various theaters, just waiting for the release tomorrow.
Compared with the calm handling of the distribution company, the reaction of domestic fans is much more complicated, since the release of the movie "Kung Fu", it has been welcomed and praised by the audience and has been floating around on the Internet, information about this movie, now "The Matrix" is coming, and "Kung Fu" is bumping together, like Mars hitting the earth, the movie has not yet been released, the gossip has been flying all over the Internet, and people can be seen talking about the two movies in every corner, chat rooms, social forums, and stick-bars, all arguing about kung fu and hacking, In the end, who is better and who is inferior, and which movie is better at the box office.
"You know what? The Matrix's third "Short Revolution" will be released tomorrow"
"Nonsense, who doesn't know now, this kind of outdated news dares to bring water, does your family know?"
"The last "Reloaded" was very good, I don't know how this one is?"
"I think "Kung Fu" is good-looking, like Bruce Lee's movie, it's hot-blooded, ahhhh
"What's the fight, is it good to be in the wind and rain, have you ever seen it?"
"Hey, you're crooked, we're discussing which movie is better and rejecting topics that have nothing to do with the theme"
"The Matrix" is a movie series, belonging to the future science fiction category, I have watched the second part, and it is not as amazing as I imagined, the third part may not be as good as the second part, this is a common problem of the series of movies, the front has used up the creativity, and most of the plots in the back are not new, it is better to watch "Kung Fu".
"Upstairs is jealous, who stipulates that the series of movies, the latter one is not as good as the previous one?"
"I only like kung fu movies, which means that I have no love for science fiction"
"Yes, support domestic films, and to hell with foreign blockbusters"
"Watching movies is entertainment, please don't get involved in patriotic feelings, angry youth or something is the most annoying"
"The plot of science fiction movies is hard and bruised, and the special effects come and go, like a child's toy gun, it's too fake"
"I decided to go watch both movies once, post a comment at that time, and everyone will go and cheer for it."
On a review website, the two movies "Kung Fu" and "The Matrix" were made into a separate feature and placed on the homepage.
(To be continued)