At the beginning of May, "The Silence of the Lambs" was completely screened in China and North America.

Nearly 1.6 billion Chinese coins and $110 million at the box office have drawn an end to "The Silence of the Lambs", and the global achievement of $470 million is still not the end, but there is not much potential left, and those countries that still have hope of being released can basically be ignored.

For a movie written by Lao Bai, this achievement is very average.

Although the late stage of the release was very good because of the word-of-mouth, and there were many fans of the thriller who hyped it on the Internet, the box office trend looked a lot better, and finally rushed to the mark of 1.5 billion Chinese coins, but there is no doubt that it is indeed a lot worse than Lao Bai's other movies.

The box office in North America is quite surprising.

However, Sun Peng was not surprised, after all, this is a Hollywood movie, the core and script have basically not changed, and the main actors except Linlin are also Americans; Second, "Criminal Minds" has also been broadcast in North America for many years, although it has never won the ratings championship, but it has been a frequent visitor to the top 20 ratings since the third season, and even reached the sixth level at the peak, until the last two seasons began to decline.

There are content and fans, but the box office score of 110 million has not even exceeded the original version, which is a failure in Sun Peng's opinion.

However, for others, a low-budget movie can win more than $100 million at the box office in North America, which once again verifies the value of the name Lao Bai, and at the same time makes the new season of "Criminal Minds", which is being filmed and produced, become popular again. Originally, because he didn't get the film copyright in the early years, he could only watch the producers of "The Silence of the Lambs" harvest the box office, and finally got some comfort.

In fact, after the time entered April, whether it was "The Silence of the Lambs" or the previous "Han Bo and Lingshi", or even Luo Cheng's album that was still sweeping the world, the popularity began to decline at an alarming rate, especially at the end of April, everyone basically stopped talking about these past things.

Because next, it's the warm-up time for the blockbusters in the summer vacation!

And......

June 20th, "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe".

July 4th, "Heroes".

July 26, "Mulan".

August 16, Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

……

No matter which filmmaker sees such a list of movie releases, I am afraid that he will be the same as Liang Ren, who can't close his mouth for a long time, with a shocked and helpless face.

Mom, this is really not a way to live!

After carefully reading the release schedule again, Liang Ren smiled helplessly.

In the second half of this year, the big brother of the Chinese film industry will also have a new movie released, a modern thriller and suspense genre drama. Because the movie genre is not suitable for the Chinese New Year, it was originally planned to be released in the summer vacation, but later considering that there are many blockbusters in the summer vacation, especially the release of Lao Bai's three movies, it was postponed to mid-September......

Then no one expected that "Tomb Raider" would also squeeze into this schedule!

"This ...... What an exaggeration! ”

After also smiling bitterly, director Meng Fei sighed: "Four movies will be released in two months, one is directed by himself, and three are written scripts or original works, is this old white teacher going against the sky?" ”

"Hehe, you've only seen four movies?"

After listening to Director Meng's words, Liang Ren shook his head and said.

"Uh...... Could there be anything else? ”

Hearing this, he was slightly stunned, and Meng Feibo hurriedly looked at the list carefully.

In this summer vacation, if the release date is strictly limited to June 20th Road and August 20th, hundreds of movies will appear on the big screen of Chinese movies. This includes more than 80 films from China, 19 imported films from Hollywood, and 11 imported films from other countries. It can be said that from June 20th, the entire Chinese film market will enter the most competitive schedule of the year!

In contrast, although the competition for the Chinese New Year stalls is more intense, the time is still too short.

After all, the most important thing for the Chinese New Year is actually the few days off for the New Year, even if you add the entire winter vacation, it will not be too long. And for people in the northern region, if you want to go out to watch a movie or something on a big winter night, you must still hesitate.

But the summer vacation is much longer than the winter vacation every year.

And it's hot during the summer vacation, and everyone wears less, so it's much easier to go out and watch a movie or something. Therefore, the annual summer vacation is not only a must for major film companies, but also at least one-third of the super big productions in the year will be squeezed into this time period, which is simply daunting!

This year's summer vacation is naturally no exception.

In the list that Meng Feibo saw alone, if you only look at the film investment, there are 24 blockbusters that claim to cost more than 100 million US dollars, seven of which are made in China, 16 in Hollywood, and one co-production between China and Germany!

But......

What did Liang Ren mean by what he said just now?

Seeing that the director was still confused and didn't seem to have figured it out, the corners of Liang Ren's mouth twitched, and he reminded: "Meng Dao, look at Lao Bai's four movies...... Look at how much they cost to make! ”

"Old white? How much does it cost? ”

After being slightly stunned, Meng Feibo quickly picked up the list, and then calculated it carefully in his heart.

"Sizzle......"

"Holy!"

Meng Feibo, a famous director who is over fifty years old, finally couldn't help the shock in his heart, and cursed a dirty word after gasping for air!

I'm going to go, and this still doesn't let people live?!

"Hehe, you get it, right?"

With an eyelid pick, Liang Ren took a deep breath and sighed: "Of the four movies, the highest investment is "The Lion, the Witch and the Magic Wardrobe", which is claimed to be more than $250 million, and the second place is "Mulan", which is claimed to be $220 million...... I guess it's all an exaggeration, but it's certainly not much! The one with the lowest investment should be "Tomb Raider", which is claimed to be $150 million, but after watching the trailer, it can be full of moisture, and the publicity and distribution costs should not exceed $100 million...... Maybe the production cost of "Hero" will be lower, but the publicity cost will definitely be higher than the production cost! ”

With a narrowing of his eyes, Meng Feibo nodded and said: "That's right, after all, it is a film written, directed and composed by Lao Bai himself, and it is understandable that the publicity and distribution costs are higher." ”

The more potential a movie has, the higher the cost of publicity and distribution.

In order not to let their investment go down the drain, the larger the investment, the producer will allocate high publicity costs to attract more audiences to the cinema. The production cost of "Hero" may not be the highest, but the publicity cost is quite exaggerated!

And......

"So, what about adding up their cost?"

A few pieces of flesh on his cheeks trembled, and Liang Ren smiled bitterly: "Even if you remove their moisture to the maximum, the cost of these four movies will definitely not be less than 600 million US dollars, and there is a high probability that it will be between 700 million and 800 million US dollars!" The investment in movies related to Lao Bai is as high as more than 700 million US dollars, don't you think this summer vacation is too crazy......"