Chapter 251: Great Expectations
A literary film with the theme of depicting musicians, once released, the box office exceeded 90 million on the first day in the film market in mainland China alone, and the box office in the first week also exceeded 480 million!
This number is enough to make "New Love" leave a name in film history, everyone knows that literary films are the least themes that directors dare to touch in the entire film industry, although the cost of shooting literary films is indeed very low, just like "New Love", the shooting cost of the whole movie is only more than 20 million, although a lot of publicity expenses were spent in the later stage, but the first-day box office records were almost earned......
It is said that last year's filming of "The Gift of Love" encountered Waterloo, and director Chen Guoxin, who was once known as the godfather of Chinese literary films, almost vomited blood and died after seeing the box office of "New Love" exceed 480 million in the first week!
No one thought that such a literary film with no big scenes at all could achieve such box office results, and it can be said that even Xiao Ran himself was scared by this number.
"Simple love, but still extremely thick! Xiao Ran's "New Love" can be said to be a civilian movie, only people with a certain amount of life experience can understand that the editor's husband is an orthopedic surgeon, so after watching the movie, the editor also ran to ask him how hard it is for people with bone cancer? The answer is that life is better than death, it is hard to imagine how the character of Amin was supported when he was young, and what he did not expect is that in the face of such a trick of fate, young girls can still be so optimistic and playful, Amin told us what is the attitude of a truly strong person to life......" - "Minbao".
"Liking and begging for life are two different things, and I see more faces in one night than you see in a year...... Such classic lines have also created such a classic movie, in this vast sea of people. How many people bury their dreams and pursuits deep for the sake of their families. Choose to crawl around in real life for the sake of responsibility? How many of us in our lives regret our decision when we think back to our decision in the middle of the night? But no matter what path you choose, you should continue to walk bravely. It is too difficult to turn back, and the cost is too great, only by giving up daily complaints and improving in silence can we be worthy of the sacrifice ......of our dreams."
Xiao Ran plays Applejack is an aspiring musician, willing to give up his excellent girlfriend and the superior life she gives in order to stick to his dreams, in addition to his dreams, there is actually a man's dignity, and no man wants to look at a woman's face to live. There is no man who is willing to rely on women to support, of course, some people will say that there are still men who eat soft rice in this world, but the editor wants to say that those are not men at all! There is no doubt that Applejack is a man with great principles and firm beliefs, so he can't do it, and he doesn't want to change himself, so he can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to make a record of niche music, but no matter how tough the steel is, there is a time when Applejack meets Amin......" - "New Light Times".
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During the hot screening of "New Love", the reactions of major newspapers and magazines were also very strong. The reason is that there was no such unnatural literary film with box office results before, so this time there was a demonic work like "New Love", and many newspapers and magazines, and even online forums and communities felt that they couldn't afford their sales if they didn't boast too much!
In the past, the entire entertainment industry has been in the doldrums for many years. Many Chinese people hope that a star of their own can appear in Huaxia, rather than everyone chasing a superstar from the country of sticks or Hollywood, so after a long downturn. finally appeared a demonic figure like Xiao Ran, which can be described as highly anticipated.
So naturally, many Chinese audiences are very supportive of Xiao Ran. Even if you're not a fan of him, you can't say you hate him. In fact, a really talented person, even if he is proud of his talents, will not necessarily arouse the disgust of the audience, because he has the capital to be proud.
What's more, Xiao Ran has repeatedly appeared in the media and on TV as a boy next door, although he is mature in thinking, calm and rational, but from time to time he still shows a little shyness that matches his age, which is in line with the audience's impression of him.
No matter how successful a twenty-year-old man is, if he is like a seventy or eighty-year-old man, he treats everything indifferently and everything is unwavering, then he will lose his human taste!
To put it bluntly, it is like a goblin, and Xiao Ran's truth is also a reason why the audience likes it, so many media are also very cooperative, as long as it is news related to Xiao Ran, it is handled on a good side.
Of course, in addition to the support for Xiao Ran, there is also a consideration for his own sales, in fact, since Xiao Ran's debut two years ago, he has also tried to have a newspaper that specifically went the opposite way, fabricating and fabricating to slander Xiao Ran, and finally Xiao Ran did not do it, this newspaper was consciously boycotted by the masses, and finally when the sales were getting worse, only quickly apologized to Xiao Ran in the newspaper, and finally won the forgiveness of the masses......
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On April 1st, the box office of "New Love" finally exceeded 600 million, and the average attendance rate still exceeded 70%.
The total box office of "Once Upon a Time 3: The Lion King", which has been released for more than a month, has also exceeded 1.5 billion in mainland China, and the average attendance rate is still higher than 40%, so after reducing the number of screenings, it is still in theaters.
But the remaining prime time will begin to be released, and Zhengying Pictures has already finished "Mr. Zombie 3: Mr. Phantom", which has been pressed.
Wu Zhengying's supernatural movies have accumulated a lot of loyal audiences at this time, which is also the reason why Yida Cinemas will give a prime time schedule when scheduling films, and in the end, "Mr. Zombie 3: Mr. Phantom" also lived up to expectations, and the box office on the first day has exceeded more than 63 million, far better than the first two.
And the classicity of the entire Mr. Zombie series is that it has not used zombie elements because of the success of the zombie elements in the first part, but has continuously added other elements as neutralization, such as the second Mr. Zombie tells the story of the revenge of the demon baby who was killed by abortion, and in the third part, it is a bunch of mushroom hairs and blood-drinking warlocks!
The saying in the movie is that the so-called warlocks are people who don't learn and don't know how to do it, they have a hard body, they must use blood as a guide to kill, and they are good at evil techniques, such as bat formations, and cockroaches disgusting people, and they can also control ghosts, and after they die, they can turn into evil ghosts, which is very difficult!
It is precisely because of this that when they see Uncle Nine played by Wu Zhengying dealing with them, the audience will feel more nervous and exciting, it can be said that the success of the Mr. Zombie series accounts for a large proportion of the wonderful fighting methods of both good and evil.
And in the movie, a set of self-justifying supernatural theories can be formed, such as the ink fountain line and the peach wood sword to fight zombies, the use of wine jars to collect ghosts, the use of cinnabar to draw talismans, the use of glutinous rice to treat zombies, and the ability to hold their breath to avoid zombies, all of which can convince the audience and do it with fake and real, and even now many game companies have approached Zhengying Film Company to buy the copyright of the movie to make the game.
Of course, this also inspired Xiao Ran, the reason why there was no such good thing in the previous life was mainly because the Mr. Zombie series was filmed too early, and it was not the heyday of the development of online games, but now the time for the launch of the Mr. Zombie series is just right, and a set of theories and worldviews that can be used to convince the audience of the truth can appear, which is the most needed content for the game setting.
Therefore, Xiao Ran directly sold the copyright of the movie to his own Shengshi Yinghao online game production company and Shengshi Peak mobile phone program development company, preparing to produce related games to launch, I believe that just these die-hard audiences of the Mr. Zombie series can already bring a lot of game traffic.
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"Seeing the batter-covered ghost running out of the pan being fried half-cooked, I can only say that it is a heavy taste......"
"I just like Uncle Nine's zombie movies, Uncle Nine is the authentic zombie Taoist, and other movies that follow the trend will die!"
"The plot of using the ancestral tablet as a protector is simply a joke, Xiao Ran's idea is too fanciful......"
"I love Uncle Jiu, and I only recognize Wu Zhengying's zombie Taoist ......"
The hot screening of "Mr. Zombie 3: Mr. Phantom" has aroused heated discussions among many netizens on the Internet, especially since the success of the first Mr. Zombie has led the boom of zombie movies, and eighteen follow-up movies with the same content have been released within a year, but most of the movies are box office hits!
Wu Zhengying's image of a zombie Taoist can be said to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and when other film companies started filming supernatural zombie films, they couldn't poach Wu Zhengying, so they used other actors in the circle, and even really found Taoist priests to star, and a small number of plots that followed the trend of the movie are still more interesting, but there is no way, the audience still doesn't buy it!
So for a while, the Mr. Zombie series has almost become the only supernatural zombie film that can make money in the entire film industry, and other genre movies that follow the trend have been wiped out, such a result has puzzled countless filmmakers, but also because Wu Zhengying's zombie Taoist image has become more and more a classic of the times, no one can surpass it at all......
There is such a myth in the film industry: there is an actor who can play countless roles, and each role is played very well, but few audiences can remember it, but there is a kind of actor, because he has played a role, he can play the same role for life, and the audience will not only not get tired of it, but will feel that this image is more and more classic!
And Wu Zhengying is such a myth in the film industry, the image of a zombie Taoist is enough for him to eat the old book for a lifetime! (To be continued......)