Chapter 525: Word-of-mouth counterattack
Some of Luo Mo's 'explanations' of "The Hangover 2" really appeared in many media quickly, in fact, although he did have bad thoughts about "The Hangover 2", the current status of Luo Mo has made it impossible for everyone to lose hope for Luo Mo because of a film.
What's more, Luo Mo also gave examples of "Killing Nightmare" and "Gravity" in the film?
Although the current "Hangover 2" does not have a good reputation, Luo Mo will definitely have a very strong film in the future, and even he himself said that he is planning a new film, in this case, a lot of the big guys' confidence in him will be restored.
However, everyone is also full of expectations for his new film.
At the same time, the promotion of "Di Renjie Shendu Dragon King" has also begun to appear in many places in the United States.
After some negotiations, "Di Renjie Shendu Dragon King" has also finally confirmed the release time in the United States, and the film will be officially released in the United States in March next year. Now that they have Luo Mo's channel, it is still a lot easier for their films to be released in the United States, and several of the films planned by his new director training plan now have the ability to be released in the United States and Europe.
The release of "Di Renjie Shendu Dragon King" in the United States is much better than the treatment of ordinary films.
Throughout 2013, so far in the United States, the best box office results are two films, one is "The Hangover 2", and the other is Wong Kar-wai's "The Grandmaster", but the gap between the two films in the United States is still very large, "The Hangover 2" So far, the North American box office has been more than 100 million US dollars, and the North American box office of "The Grandmaster" is 6.25 million US dollars.
And "The Grandmaster" actually has a very impressive attendance, and Americans also like this film, but the number of films in this film is not too high, and it didn't take long to get the picture...... "Di Renjie Shendu Dragon King" is a martial arts film, if Luo Mo is not involved, it is very difficult for this film to be released in the United States, and it is difficult to imagine that it will get the same treatment as "The Grandmaster......
After all, Tsui Hark doesn't have much popularity in the United States, and many American fans don't know who he is, and now with Luo Mo as the starring and co-director, "Di Renjie Shendu Dragon King" can be bought by American audiences all of a sudden, and only then can they try to get them to go to the cinema to watch this film through publicity.
After some publicity, "Di Renjie Shendu Dragon King" waited until late October, and more and more people wanted to watch this movie.
An action movie, a martial arts movie, and a 3D martial arts film, and a movie starring Luo Mo...... This immediately met the expectations and fantasies of many American audiences for Chinese costume martial arts films, and with the name Luo Mo as a guarantee, he participated in the performance of "Di Renjie Shendu Dragon King" as an action star who had not appeared before, and of course everyone is looking forward to the official release of the film.
By mid-October, "The Hangover 2" continued to be screened around the world.
The third week of the release of "The Hangover 2" in China and the United States has also passed, and the box office of this film in China did take a big dive in the third week, in the ordinary days of four days, "The Hangover" got a total of 67.4 million yuan at the box office, and 78.9 million yuan in three days over the weekend, with a cumulative weekly box office of 1. 4.5 billion yuan, and the cumulative box office in mainland China is 6. 7.4 billion RMB.
A comedy film breaking through the box office of 600 million is already a remarkable achievement, but for Luo Mo, for "The Hangover 2", this box office result is a bit unsatisfactory, after entering the third week, the box office of "The Hangover 2" did have a big dive that made Qianmo Entertainment Company feel a little too powerful.
However, the film got 1 a week. With a box office of 4.5 billion yuan, this still firmly occupies the top spot of the week's box office list in China, and it still hasn't ceded this position to others.
In the third week of "The Hangover 2" released in the United States, after three days of weekend and four days of free box office, the weekly cumulative box office was 21.5 million US dollars, which is not even as high as the data of the premiere ticket on the day of the premiere of "The Hangover 2" in North America, but 21.5 million US dollars, this figure itself is unimaginable for the total box office of other foreign language films......
With this $21.5 million, the cumulative North American box office of "The Hangover 2" has also reached 1. The total box office of 300 million US dollars surpassed "The Hangover" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in the total box office in North America......
This week, "The Hangover 2" was not able to maintain the film's weekly box office champion position in many major movie box office towns in the world, and the box office shrank greatly, although it did not shrink to the point of shocking, but the box office was indeed not too outrageous. In the end, this week's "The Hangover 2" got 1 in the whole world. With a box office of 0.9 billion US dollars, the cumulative global box office has reached 5. The box office of 1.2 billion US dollars is far from the box office of Luo Mo's own movie, which exceeded 5. $500 million is also about the same, and it is estimated that the box office in Chinese mainland may fill this gap.
At the same time, the number of films scheduled for "The Hangover 2" is also declining further, but the box office in the world still maintains a level after all, although there is a big shrinkage, but after a big shrinkage, it maintains a decent level, which is still a good thing for this film.
In addition, after the word-of-mouth plummeted, the ratings and word-of-mouth of "The Hangover 2" in some places have gradually maintained a level, with an IMDB rating of 7. After 1 point, it did not continue to decline, and the number of movie reviews is increasing, it seems that the IMDB score after "The Hangover 2" should not fall below 7 points, and it can be maintained at the number of 7 points, although "The Hangover 2" is unsatisfactory, but it is not to the extent of unacceptability.
"The Hangover 2" is on Rotten Tomatoes, the freshness is still 74%, and there are hundreds of movie reviews, and this number should not continue to decline. This number proves that "The Hangover 2" has gradually gained a firm foothold in word-of-mouth.
On Chinese film review sites, The Hangover 2 maintained a rating of 7. On 3 points, the Douban score is also 7. On the 0 score, Luo Mo did not hire a water army to brush the score, so this score can barely be regarded as maintaining a level. Although everyone thinks that Luo Mo has no innovation in "The Hangover 2", but this film is indeed more funny than "The Hangover", purely from the perspective of comedy, everyone really should not blame Luo Mo, so the score of "The Hangover 2" has gradually stabilized now.
After the vigorous criticism frenzy of "The Hangover 2", many people feel that the funny in this film is getting more and more flashy...... Especially in the place where it was exploded by a shemale, the more many people think about it, the funnier it becomes, and they almost burst their bellies with laughter! Such a film, as a comedy, is indeed qualified or even exceeded, and Luo Mo should not bear some too much infamy for the so-called non-innovation of this film.
So there are many people who overturn the case for "The Hangover 2".
Moreover, there is another situation, that is, some people have not watched "The Hangover", but only fell in love with Luo Mo later, or walked into the cinema to watch "The Hangover 2" for other reasons, so they were amused by this crazy comedy that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven, and they never stopped laughing crazy from beginning to end of the whole film. So, they felt completely incomprehensible - such a funny film, there are still so many people questioning Luo Mo? Is this world crazy or not?
And some of them went back to watch "The Hangover", it is undeniable that "The Hangover 2" is indeed inheriting the framework of "The Hangover", but preconceived things are always so important, and many people think that "The Hangover" is not as funny as "The Hangover 2", so Luo Mo's "The Hangover 2" is actually a breakthrough, a breakthrough in his comedy career, everyone says that his "Hangover 2" is not as good as "The Hangover", which is completely incredible!
Under such thoughts, there are more and more cases about "The Hangover 2", and the score and reputation of "The Hangover 2" have finally been maintained, balanced on a horizontal line, and have not dropped too low.
This is a good counterattack for Luo Mo's new movie, as well as for his "Di Renjie Shendu Dragon King" and his popularity.
Luo Mo also breathed a sigh of relief......
In October, when Luo Mo participated in an interview variety show in Los Angeles, the host of this variety show asked Luo Mo: "Director Luo Mo, what do you think about the counterattack of "The Hangover 2" in some word-of-mouth now?" ”
Luo Mo smiled: "Of course this is a good thing, as we all know, because of the bad reputation before "The Hangover 2", I always can't eat well and sleep well, and I always think about this matter in my head, and because of this matter, it has seriously affected my life." And now that people are saying that this film is good, and more and more people are saying it, then, without a doubt, I am also very happy, and I am happy for what everyone has said, and I will continue to work hard to make movies......"
"Poof!"
Some reporters who interviewed Luo Mo squirted out instantly - this guy actually said that he couldn't eat well and sleep well for the bad reputation of "The Hangover 2"? His lies are too open-mouthed, right? In fact, what they remember is that Luo Mo is still radiant for the word-of-mouth of "The Hangover 2", and he also finds various reasons and excuses to divert everyone's attention from it, so that everyone's attention is not on it.
The host of the interview said: "Indeed, I also think this is a good opinion, and I hope you can come up with a better movie, someone wants me to ask you, then do you still plan to shoot "The Hangover 3"?" If so, what would it look like? ”
Luo Mo said directly this time: "I don't plan to shoot "The Hangover 3", if someone is willing to shoot I'll probably give up the project of "The Hangover 3", but I at least don't plan to be the director and main actor of "The Hangover 3", because I think it's pretty good to shoot the project "The Hangover" like this...... I'm satisfied. ”
Luo Mo said such high-sounding words, covering up his true thoughts, in fact, deep down in his heart, he found that "The Hangover 2" already has such a bad reputation, and if the original story framework of "The Hangover 3" was filmed by himself, he would definitely be criticized by everyone and bear many things that were not necessary.
But now the matter has finally been explained in this way.