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The continuous filming is really hard.

However, Li Donglai is eating this bowl of rice, and he has already adapted to it.

During the years when he was not in the rivers and lakes, the rivers and lakes were still full of his legends.

In Chinese mainland, this summer, "Pacific Rim" almost dominated: it grossed more than 660 million yuan in the mainland, becoming the first Hollywood A-grade film to pass the North American box office since the Chinese film market was restructured in 1994. In addition to "Pacific Rim", "Monsters University" and "Jurassic Park" Zhou Deng6 Chinese market won a high box office of 280 million yuan.

However, in North America, where the time difference is 12 hours, these Hollywood blockbusters are a different story. "Pacific Rim" cost $200 million and grossed $970,000 in North America; "The Lone Ranger" cost $250 million and grossed only $87.34 million in North America...... In North America, what is favored is the surprisingly successful small-budget films, "Growing Up 2" and "Spicy Police Flower" have good box office.

In the first two weeks of July, "Despicable Me 2" dominated the list, winning 225 million in two weeks and 276 million in three weeks. The global box office has been even higher, becoming the highest-grossing animation production in the world this year.

Along with the popularity of the movie, "happy", which was adopted as the theme song, also became popular again, and many versions of the mV appeared on the Internet. The Minion version of Happy is naturally no problem. Indirectly led to the album, which had gradually entered a sales impasse, it has improved again.

On the weekend of July 19~21, the low-cost natural thriller "The Conjuring" filmed by Phantom not only pulled down the championship of "Despicable Me 2", which won the championship for two consecutive weeks, but also resisted the all-round three-dimensional combination attack of the animation "Turbo" and the magic "Underworld Police Department" (R.I.p.d.), and reached the championship with twice the cost.

The director of this film is the new king of horror, the Chinese-American director James Wing. This is also his first horror film released after moving to Phantom. Interestingly. He had already taken over the filming task of the big monster "Godzilla" blockbuster, but he didn't think that he was going to make this movie, but Li Donglai pulled it out of the ruins and asked James Wing to shoot it in his spare time.

The scale of the release of 29o3 theaters won a high box office of 4.15 million US dollars over the weekend. It's a veritable dark horse.

The unexpected success of the movie also made James Wen overjoyed, and he had a greater grasp of the future after transferring to Phantom. In an interview, he was surprised and said, "My original plan was not to conjure spirits, I still have several options at hand, and I just took over Godzilla. You know. Godzilla has a big investment, and although it's still in preparation, I'll have to give it my all. But Lee made me change my mind, saying that he liked my horror movies and should not give up on them, and supported me to take time out to finish the film. Thereupon...... Haha, I didn't expect everyone to like it so much. ”

"Say so. Was it Lee Dong-rae who made this movie so hard? You are all Chinese, how is your relationship with him, and what kind of person is he in private? ”

"Yes. Without his persuasion, perhaps "The Conjuring" would have taken a long time to appear. We were very easy-going in private, Lee was very kind, and he was more fun-loving. Of course, this kind of play is not an American style of pies, bars, and nightclubs. He didn't like that. We will play some old games with a touch of Chinese tradition, such as chess. ”

"Oh? How are you playing chess? ”

"It's not very good, I came to the United States at a very young age, so naturally I can't compare to him. And most of the time, everyone is busy, his film has started shooting, my film has started shooting, and it has been a long time since we have seen each other. ”

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In front of reporters, James talked warmly and looked proud. However, many questions revolve around Li Donglai. This made him very helpless. He also has this capital spring breeze, because the results of "The Conjuring" are completely unexpected by the industry. This thriller sketch, which cost only $5oo million, was released in 29o3 theaters, won the championship with an excellent single-theater score of $143o6, and earned as much as $41.53 million in three days over the weekend!

Even if you count the cost of publicity, it is only 2ooo million dù. The weekend box office is twice the cost of shooting!

Shun lì defeated all the films of the same genre released this year, including the spring dark horse "Mother Invasion" (2.84 million open pictures), the classic remake of "Evil Dead" (25.77 million open pictures) and the new version of "Texas Saw Massacre" (21.74 million open pictures). This achievement even rewrote the opening list of natural thriller film history, with a weekly price of 41.53 million US dollars, second only to the 52.56 million of "Natural Phenomena 3", ranking second in film history!

The fact that a nature horror film can win the championship in the bloody summer file is also due to the audience's desire for high-IQ thriller themes. Pinch your fingers and count when the last film of the same genre (natural thriller) was released? It goes all the way back to the new version of "Ghost Play" in early April!

And in the next three and a half months, there was no decent horror work of the same kind! After entering the summer file, first "Iron Man", "Enterprise", "Rush Racing" and other stunt action blockbusters bombarded in turn, and then there was the sweet warmth of the month-long "monster" + "daddy", and the "heavy taste" people in the North American consumer group who are eager for excitement are hungry and thirsty.

Don't you see, at this time last year, the "teddy bears" and "strippers" had already started selling meat and selling ** the lower limit! As a result, the bloody massacre of everyone's "Human Purge Plan" became a blockbuster, and this week's "The Conjuring" has also become an unexpected and logical explosion.

And for the director, Hollywood thriller master James Win, this opening result is also the best in his directing career!

The sudden rise of "The Conjuring" has made the industry exclaim, in fact, this is due to the gradual accumulation of director James Win's popularity!

The director, like the actor, is also one of the main elements of the box office. If it weren't for Guillermo del Toro's "Pan's Labyrinth" that shined at the Oscars and accumulated enough popularity base for him, "Hellboy 2" probably wouldn't have appeared at all.

And the same is true of James Win, from the earliest "Dead Silence" to "Chainsaw", and then to the "Ghost Room", James Wynn is a Chinese director. Use his unique thriller aesthetics to ascend to the throne of Hollywood's thriller master step by step.

This year, James transferred to Phantom, partnering with Li Donglai, who is also Chinese, and his career has reached a higher level. He has become one of the leading directors of the Phantom. "The Conjuring" is only the first part, and there is another "Yin Erfang 2" to be released in the second half of the year, which is also a product after being transferred to the Phantom. And it's being operated on your hands. There is also a large-scale movie "Godzilla" with an investment of more than 100 million.

And Lin Huobin, another Chinese director of Phantom, is also extremely brilliant. He no longer plans to continue directing "Degree and Passion 7", and the Phantom series of magic movies "Shocking Demon Thieves" directed by him has achieved a good result of more than 100 million in the United States, and the global box office has also continued to rise, and the box office has exceeded 350 million, which is already a very high-grossing movie. The sequel is not negotiable at all.

And "Degree and Passion 7" did not have Justin Lin, but found James Wing, which also proved from the side that his personal career and appeal are in full swing.

Under the leadership of Li Donglai, the new force of Hollywood Chinese directors is blooming brightly.

Now "The Conjuring" has sat on the two titles of the highest opening of horror films in 2o13 and the highest opening of original horror films in film history, if it can successfully resist the steel claw raid of "Wolverine" next week and control the decline within 5o%, then it has the strength to hit the 100 million yuan level!

And if the assault of this film is successful. It will also become James Win's first work to break 100 million.

In addition to filming, Li Donglai also took the time to call James Wen to congratulate him.

James Wyn looked happy, "Rejoicing, haha." Lee, how's your film going? I heard that you have a high secrecy policy, and the outside reports are noisy, and you can bear it. ”

"It's all hunger marketing. I'm busy all day and night, so much care. When do you have time to get together again, on the set all day, I'm almost irritable to death. ”

"Come on, don't sell well. I saw the news that you were paddling with your daughter in New Zealand. I didn't expect it to be a small meat mound last year, but it has grown so big this year. What a envy. ”

"Haha, you're almost there." As soon as he talked about this, Li Donglai looked very proud.

Both sides are busy people, and there is nothing to contact except for phone calls. After chatting for a while, he hung up.

Lee Dong Lai at his desk on the set. has released a recent "Forbes" "mid-year summary" of the North American film market, which is Godie's arrangement. He picked it up and looked at it, and it really made a little sense.

Forbes summarizes the top 10 most cost-effective films since the beginning of 2o13, among which low-budget horror movies dominate.

The low-budget film "Human Eradication Project". No. 1 in "Return on Investment".

"Human Removal Project", "Haunted House Movie", "Ghost Play", "Dark Sky", "The Conjuring", these movie names make people "panic" just by hearing them. There is no doubt that these movies on the list are all thriller and horror films, and they also have one thing in common: almost none of them cost more than $5oo, but they have recovered several times, or even more than ten or twenty times the box office returns.

"Human Eradication Project", which ranked first in "return on investment", was released in North America on June 7 this year, and with only $3oo dollar of film investment, it grossed $810 million at the global box office, and the return on investment was amazingly high.

Although the word-of-mouth is not ideal, the theme of the film is very appealing: the future of low unemployment and low crime in the United States is contributed to the unheard-of purge program, in which the state specifically stipulates that citizens are allowed to carry out legal massacres for up to 12 hours after 7 p.m. on June 7 every year.

In addition, "Haunted House Movie", which was spoofed by the original cast of "Screaming 5", used an investment of $250,000 and won $4ooo at the global box office, with a high return on investment; Kevin Hart: I'm Only Responsible for Joy is a comedy full of American jokes, with a $250,000 investment and $320,000 at the global box office.

Americans are good at this. Unlike the big productions, which rely on the global box office, these low-budget films have earned more than 6o% of the box office in the United States. Seeing these numbers, it is not difficult to understand why major Hollywood studios have favored small-budget horror films in recent years. They are low-cost, targeted and profitable. However, as Forbes says, production companies can't always make small-budget films, and they must also have big-budget films to ensure that they have enough cash flow.

"Despicable Me 2" is one of the few major productions that have made it to the list of high value for money. By early August, "Despicable Me 2" had not been approved to enter the mainland market, but it still made a big run in North America, and now it has won $800 million at the global box office, making it the most profitable film in the history of Universal Pictures.

"Despicable Me 2" has an investment of 760,000 US dollars, although it is not a small cost system, but the hot box office still makes its return on investment reach 1o times.

Another big production that has entered the list of "cost-effective" is "Iron Man 3", directed and starred by the great director Li Donglai.

On May 3 this year, "Iron Man 3" was released in North America, and the last film with an investment of 200 million US dollars attracted $1.6 billion worldwide, breaking a number of box office records, but the return rate was far less than that of the small film "Human Eradication Project".

Of course, investing in such a big blockbuster, you can't make him compare the rate of return with a small cost. Because blockbusters are all going for the big box office.

This week, the Phantom also released another sequel to the old movie.

It was also "Red Flame Battlefield 2", which was planned by Li Donglai last year and pulled out of the film library at the peak of the acquisition to chase the sequel.

Produced by Phantom - The Peak, "Red Flame Battlefield 2" adds Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zett Jones to the original lineup...... Seeing this name, fans will definitely have similar questions, is Zeta-Jones, who is "only" 53 years old, too young for this team?

Phantom is very generous for the film has discharged 3ooo theater scale, and earned 1.85o US dollars in three days over the weekend. This result is inferior to the opening score of $2.18 million in the first part of the series, but it still earns a good reputation.

In addition, several leading actors have high box office appeal around the world, and the overseas box office is expected. At least not at a loss. And so far, the Phantom has not appeared in a loss-making movie, which is their pride.

As a large film company that is almost wholly owned, they disdain to make false accounts. (It's almost clear that Hollywood giant companies have a black history of making fake accounts) is not necessary, unless blockbusters need to cooperate with other film giant companies, and the rest of the small-budget films are all invested in them. There is no other investor to share the money, and naturally there is no need to make false accounts.

A word from the boss, the employee broke his leg.

arranged to restart the "Flame Battlefield" series of movies, but Li Donglai said casually.

But the main creative team didn't dare to take it lightly, and they still used a lot of brains to create this sequel.

In addition to the addition of Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta-Jones to continue to add little gold chips to the film, South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun was also recommended by Lee Dong-rae to enter. The selection of young characters such as Neil MacDonald is also included, which can also show the producer's good intentions.

The media have predicted that this "Sunset Red" movie has a high chance of surviving under the raid of "Wolverine", and it is hoped that the cost bottom line of 840,000 will be reached in North America.

And Wolverine is the movie starring Yuna.

It was Li Donglai who helped her get the starring position, but she didn't expect to turn back to play the phantom, which is really tricky.